Saturday, May 30, 2015
Child Black Belts and BGT
On Face Book there has been a debate on Black Belts for Kids and the Child on BGT Martial arts Dance here is my reply
Swale Martial Arts Club A competitive Black Belt is quite
easy to Judge You set a standard and the students obtain
that standard. i.e You compete against ex amount of 1st Kyu
(brown Belt) you beat them you are promoted, a system we
use in Sambo. Most Judo organisations also include some
theory/Philosophy i.e Kata. So age should not come in to it
BUT the body does if you are competing in a physical sport
then you must have the physical strength and strength of
mind etc to compete against all comers that is why most
competitive grappling sports have an age limit because it
would be dangerous for say a 12 year old 50 kg player to
fight a 80 k 20 year old. With regard to theoretical grades
there must also be some degree of strength and power so
the techniques they use are effective but what concerns me
me is that you can give a very young person a false sense of
security in they maybe convinced that as an 8 years old 40
kg Black Belt they can protect themselves against 30 year
old 90k man? lets be honest most children's Black Belts are
about making money and if parents want to pay the fee that
is their business. A lot of Martial Arts Gradings are about
Choreography. With regard to the child on BGT she done an
extremely good choreographies routine and remember the
show is about entertainment.
The only relevance this act had to Martial Arts was she had
some sort of Martial Arts Uniform and sword.
The routine could have as easily been with a Baton but then
that does not have the impact of a sword. She was a very
Good Dancer/Gymnast and I expect if she sticks to that she
could have a career in Show Business because BGT is
about Show Business not Martial Arts
Swale Martial Arts Club A competitive Black Belt is quite
easy to Judge You set a standard and the students obtain
that standard. i.e You compete against ex amount of 1st Kyu
(brown Belt) you beat them you are promoted, a system we
use in Sambo. Most Judo organisations also include some
theory/Philosophy i.e Kata. So age should not come in to it
BUT the body does if you are competing in a physical sport
then you must have the physical strength and strength of
mind etc to compete against all comers that is why most
competitive grappling sports have an age limit because it
would be dangerous for say a 12 year old 50 kg player to
fight a 80 k 20 year old. With regard to theoretical grades
there must also be some degree of strength and power so
the techniques they use are effective but what concerns me
me is that you can give a very young person a false sense of
security in they maybe convinced that as an 8 years old 40
kg Black Belt they can protect themselves against 30 year
old 90k man? lets be honest most children's Black Belts are
about making money and if parents want to pay the fee that
is their business. A lot of Martial Arts Gradings are about
Choreography. With regard to the child on BGT she done an
extremely good choreographies routine and remember the
show is about entertainment.
The only relevance this act had to Martial Arts was she had
some sort of Martial Arts Uniform and sword.
The routine could have as easily been with a Baton but then
that does not have the impact of a sword. She was a very
Good Dancer/Gymnast and I expect if she sticks to that she
could have a career in Show Business because BGT is
about Show Business not Martial Arts
# posted by IBFBCSA @ 1:48 AM 
