Which is humorous, considering that I have seen it referred to as "children's karate" quite a few times on this BBS.
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Article 8 Time/Age limits POOM/DAN
- Thread starter Gorilla
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Which is humorous, considering that I have seen it referred to as "children's karate" quite a few times on this BBS.
ralphmcpherson
Senior Master
Skill level does have a lot to do with it. When I see a child black belt who is incredibly skilled I dont have a problem with it as much, but highly skilled child black belts are incredibly rare. I must admit, since Ive started shotokan I have seen much higher skilled children, there is a kid in my shotokan class who is an eight year old green belt and he is really good, he trains six days a week though, and the club is incredibly strict on kid's standards. It is extremely rare for a child not to have to "sit out" every second grading, and the slightest slip up at grading is automatic fail. With these sorts of guidelines, I can accept child black belts a little more. I have only seen one child black belt since training there and he is mind blowingly good.
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Charlie just won a Bronze Medal tonight at the Karate JR International Open under 60kl..he won 5 fights lost 4-3 to Venezuela...
This kid was the under 57 kg Pan Am Champion...had fighters From Australia, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Venezuela and Ecuador.
HE fights in the US Open on Sunday un 52kg...
This kid was the under 57 kg Pan Am Champion...had fighters From Australia, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Venezuela and Ecuador.
HE fights in the US Open on Sunday un 52kg...
When the child demonstrates the ability, I am fine with it. I don't even require them to be as good as the one's in the video, as many adult black belts are not either. As I said, I saw video of a fourth dan who wasn't that good within the past year.Skill level does have a lot to do with it. When I see a child black belt who is incredibly skilled I dont have a problem with it as much, but highly skilled child black belts are incredibly rare. I must admit, since Ive started shotokan I have seen much higher skilled children, there is a kid in my shotokan class who is an eight year old green belt and he is really good, he trains six days a week though, and the club is incredibly strict on kid's standards. It is extremely rare for a child not to have to "sit out" every second grading, and the slightest slip up at grading is automatic fail. With these sorts of guidelines, I can accept child black belts a little more. I have only seen one child black belt since training there and he is mind blowingly good.
However, when a school is cranking them out, I tend to view it as a business decision designed to milk parents out of one last chunk of cash prior to the contract's end.
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When the child demonstrates the ability, I am fine with it. I don't even require them to be as good as the one's in the video, as many adult black belts are not either. As I said, I saw video of a fourth dan who wasn't that good within the past year.
However, when a school is cranking them out, I tend to view it as a business decision designed to milk parents out of one last chunk of cash prior to the contract's end.
Did we see the same video!:fart:
chrispillertkd
Senior Master
You're suggesting the girl in the video did poorly? I just did a youtube search on taekwondo children poomse and the results were woeful. Pax, ChrisDid we see the same video!:fart:
Are you talking about the kid or the adult that I mentioned?Did we see the same video!:fart:When the child demonstrates the ability, I am fine with it. I don't even require them to be as good as the one's in the video, as many adult black belts are not either. As I said, I saw video of a fourth dan who wasn't that good within the past year.
However, when a school is cranking them out, I tend to view it as a business decision designed to milk parents out of one last chunk of cash prior to the contract's end.
