The other side of Kids Karate, Black Belt and more

This blog is also related to Martial arts, you might be wondering why most of my blogs are related to martial arts that is because I have not immersed completely into anything as much as Martial Arts and even if I am to direct a movie that would have something related to Martial Arts :), now coming back to the subject, ever since I started learning Karate I have always seen groups of Kids flocking the dojo (Martial Arts class room) even I started at the young age of 10, I felt that I would be able to kick a man out but I don't know why I never felt it realistic when I see a young guy kicking a man's life out in demonstrations or for a photo shoots. The "kids karate" band wagon now is more louder than it was ever before. To be frank I can never imagine a kid defending himself in the street fight simply because of the mind set of an young soul and shear size of an adult, there are various benefits a kid gains during a martial art session no one can deny that, for example its a nice place to have fun with the other kids, the exercise which he does along with the senior students improves is confidence level, Actually I am not at against "Kids Karate" if he has to fight with his class mate there are chance that he would easily over power him but unfortunately the same cannot be done when he is fighting with an adult. Never come to a conclusion by seeing demonstration of a kid taking on 4 to 6 guys which you would have easily seen in a Karate Demonstrations or demonstrations of other Martial Art, the reason why I use Karate as an example is there is no Martial Art in this whole world which is as popular as Karate. Karate has the maximum number students when it comes to learning self defense. I have seen some kids with amazing abilities to kick and some who can generate a natural flair of power in their kicks and punches but they are not that common, these abilities are in born and the master should insure that the talent is not wasted. the ratio of those kids may be one in a thousand or the ratio may be even wider

The black belts Kids: I think some of you are seeing this as an "anti kids karate" blog, no its not but I see a little kid with a Black Belt I jus go Omg!!!! this is something which is completely out of proposition, I think the kid is given a wrong signal, to start with I don't think its fair to give away black belts to kids unless they are extremely talented, I have seen clubs which gives away Black Belt to kids every year simply because he or she is a member in the club for 2 and a half years and cause he/she has learned all the Katas (moving meditation, forms in Karate) by heart (though its no little achievement) which is ridicules, a black belt should always be given based on the performance of a candidate, the primary and the most important thing to insure is if he able to defend himself when his life or his belongings are in threat. There should be no compromise in issuing a black belt, no one should be issued a black belt in different standards, I personally feel that giving Belts Belts to kids is a very sensitive issue and it should be handled with care
The better side of Kids learning Karate: Its no secret that what a normal kid has to undergo in the name of Education, a kid today should indulge in some kinds of activities other than Education but once again it should not be forced onto him, if he is in peace with the just playing some thing with his friends in his apartments it should be accepted, If a kid is in my class I won't be expecting perfection in his work its not because I don't care or because I can easily milk his parents, its because I don't have the heart to dictate a kid after his tiresome schooling periods but at the same time I would never under estimate the degree of a black belt and grand him it with love, there should be a different set of syllabus for a kids sessions and it should be filled with fun and some learning tips on self defense, giving a Belt Belt to a normal kid simply because because he has completed the kata's will only give their parents a false sense of security. I will surely do justice to both, my art and to my student, I respect my art and my students so there is no question of issuing of Black Belts unless he is a "super kid" who can take on an adult on any given day