What’s the best age for kids to start training in MMA / UFC?
think it is a great way to teach dedication and discipline. Plus it helps you learn you aren’t invincible once you get hurt so you learn to value life more. The majority of people training hard will get injured, but I was wondering when you think the best age to teach at is so that the student will think about their choices more.
When is the best age for kids to take MMA up and learn? I’m thinking it will teach 80% of kids that it is a VERY stupid risk to fight as it did me. I got a head injury, but I learned a lot from the experience of fighting. Even though I had all this anger inside, I was able to find other ways to get it out besides fighting. But I do think an extreme physical activity is the ticket to getting that anger and confusion out more than the majority of sports. Yes, I do think the majority of MMA fighters have problems that they should deal with otherwise, but that’s another topic. I want to teach students at an age where they will consider the consequences once they get injured moderately. Do you think it varies or is there an age where you realize upon breaking a leg or get a head injury that you have much more to live for? I want them to conquer their fears and be able to do something more positive with their lives than fighting.
Nathaniel
March 6th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Connor
16 i think is good
March 8th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Miguel
about 13.
March 9th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Julian
i’d start out in the womb. if that fucker can survive a pounding in there then they can survive anything.
March 9th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Eric
15 Or 17
March 11th, 2010 at 2:12 am
Angel
im gonna say about 10 but its really if the kid wants to and when the parents feel safe about it
March 13th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Julia
In my opinion, when they are hungry to fight, but mature enough to have discpline
March 15th, 2010 at 4:08 am
Ariana
7
March 15th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Brady
Five, I saw some awesome kids training at Xtreme Couture in Vegas.
MMA is safe, they wear pads, they are closely supervised and when things start to hurt, they can tap out.
March 18th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Brandon
not a good idea!
March 19th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Carson
Like it’s been said, there is no set age that works for everyone. I’d say you can start getting them into the core discipline such as wrestling, judo, boxing, BJJ, karate, taekwondo or whatever probably about age five. It’s a great way to learn things like respect, work ethic, teamwork and so on. I don’t know of too many places that actually have children’s MMA programs, but again I think if you can find one, five is probably the earliest I’d want them to start training.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:31 am
Brooklyn
14 SIR!
March 22nd, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Ashley
I would think about 15 or 16 is fine, that way they’re not just pressured into it by parents trying to live through their children and they still have enough time in the gym garnering experience during formative years that they’ll have some foundation set before adulthood.
I would definitely recommend some competitive grappling before that though, wrestling and judo both have deep, firmly established youth divisions and provide an excellent base for mixed martial arts as well as self defense.
March 23rd, 2010 at 1:29 am
Nathan
for MMA training with punches, kicks, submissions the whole 9 yards 14-16 depending on how athletic your kid is
but dont bother going about it that way
start young with BJJ, Judo, or some karate
get him into high school wrestling and stop doing w/e martial art you are and switch it to boxing if you were doing BJJ or Judo or to BJJ or Judo if you were doing a stand up striking art
by the time hes 18 he will be an animal, if he wants it that is
but seriously start young with BJJ or Judo, i wish i stayed in martial arts when i was little, i went to a Japanese Ju Jitsu dojo for like 4 months before my mom saw what sparring was
then when i turned 18 i boxed anyway lol