you can get hurt in football you can get hurt in soccer you can get hurt in baseball letting him fight in the cage and teaching him to protect himself and be able to defend himself in the real world icing their problem of it mixed martial arts as popularized by the Ultimate Fighting Championship is one of the world's most brutal sports but incredibly MMA is growing popularity amongst children as young as school and some critics says like cockfighting it's just people who don't really understand the sport who's not trained in it before I like in Malay because it helps me protect martial arts has been a part of my life throughout my life and I love it and this is what I do for a living it's what I'll do till I got a cane and I'm walking around I can't do them all I have both adult and children we're teaching on a mixed martial art we're teaching them some jujitsu we're teaching them some kickboxing we're teaching a box in some Taekwondo just a mix of martial arts and since we do that but it is mixed martial art too of Bunny's most promising students are sisters Maria aged 11 and Valerie who is 9 and they have no qualms about going toe-to-toe with the boys most of my Naga competitions I had to fight boys because I can finally go matches for me it is a little nerve-wracking but you get used to it after a while boys are more aggressive and crazy sometimes and they get mad and faster some boys if they get submitted days those two girls will stand up and meet boys toe-to-toe head to head they don't fear a boy at all you'll see no change in their performance no change in how they execute the sisters who also enjoy gymnastics and painting we're introduced to the sport by their parents who are both martial arts black belts a little different is older Maria she is more calm I guess she's a little bit more like to play more different let the other patient make a mistake and take an advantage and the younger Valerie she's little faster a little bit more aggressive she likes to attack not to wait for the other person for me it's never know when you gonna get what in your life it's better no it'll never near them needed and not been able to do it and they are the only parents you see the benefits of the sport for their children the truth of the matter is there are bad people out there and this is to prepare him in the event if something were to happen if he were to get in a bad situation he would know how to handle himself we knew it was dangerous but no matter what you sports you plays there's some type of danger involved in it I think it's just a great builder it shows them teaches and restraint balance great physical you know endurance that's it's a very active sport while children in the United States can compete in mixed martial arts it is not legal for them to participate in the full contact version UFC style we do not do what you see on TV children's when they're grappling they can't punch each other where adults can't children are not allowed to punch each other so then but when they do punch each other it's called stand-up when we teach them stand-up training then we have put the headgear arm and boxing gloves and mouthpieces and we stand over them and supervise them and we wash in and then step pads for the shin and feet and we watch them in we don't even have to wait till they tap if a child has an armbar out for instance we don't have to wait till it's locked in the child's at home we see the the position is there we we call it anyway I've been teaching children for many years and I've never had a child hurting MMA and bunny is unfazed by any criticism he receives you still have those critics that are quickly when they hear the name mm a whole children are doing that there that's child abuse uh whatever but once they the truth comes out and they say it it's like oh I understand we definitely were against violence definitely and we've stressed that children get out and we find out that they're doing anything even showing other kids some of the techniques out on the playground at school or anywhere we want them first time and we'll tell the parent they they'd have to take them out second time because that is not what we teach and as the club grows bunny is hopeful some of the children will continue the sport into adulthood football has peewee football soccer peewee soccer every sport just about basketballs got peewee well now MMA has peewee now MMA stars of tomorrow or B kids who are peewee stars of today you
