Learning Dangerous Techniques Too Soon

You have to be careful about what kind of material will be taught to a newer student at a given school. The Martial Arts contains a vast amount of dangerous techniques that can easily injure someone. Try to avoid schools that teach techniques like choke holds, joint locks, or eye gouges in the beginning levels. These types of techniques require a significant amount of control and supervision to be trained properly and safely.

We once got a complaint from a parent from another school that his 6 year old beginner was being taught choke holds. You read that right, SIX YEARS OLD! If you are a parent, DO NOT let anyone choke out your young child. Not the instructor or another child. This is extremely dangerous and could possibly lead to a fatal injury. Kids should not be taught any of this type of material until they have had plenty of control experience and should be no younger than 11 or 12 years old. Younger kids have not developed the control nor the maturity to safely practice these types of techniques. Yet there are plenty of instructors out there who continue to teach young kids joint locks and chokes and even brag about how "hard core" they are as a school. Younger kids also do not understand the potential consequences to others if they were to use these types of techniques. Some will go and use these on their friends at school with sometimes fatal consequences.

Any responsible, mature, experienced Martial Ats instructor knows this type of material should not be taught to newer, younger children. It is far too dangerous.

At American Kempo Karate Academy, dangerous techniques are taught in the higher levels after a student has established a certain amount of control and maturity. This insures that students can learn these valuable self defense techniques and can train them safely with each other. For more information on our programs, visit http://www.akka.com/