At what age should boys start fighting with full contact to the body?

[spidersam]

Too young to start taking head hits in my opinion. Maybe let them grapple full contact. Kids usually don’t know what’s best for them. That’s why adults need to be responsible. Teenage boy goes blind after existing on Pringles and french fries - CNN

 

[Tez3]

Too young to start taking head hits in my opinion. Maybe let them grapple full contact. Kids usually don’t know what’s best for them. That’s why adults need to be responsible. Teenage boy goes blind after existing on Pringles and french fries - CNN

That case is over simplified, the teenager had mental health problems and an eating disorder, not 'picky eating' he had a phobia about certain textures in food. It was the doctor's responsibility to pick up his condition and they didn't. It was widely publicised here in the UK.

 

[KenpoMaster805]

10 to 13 is to young bradah make it atleast 18 or 19 they should try karate 1st before mama

 

[Headhunter]

10 to 13 is to young bradah make it atleast 18 or 19 they should try karate 1st before mama

yeah because everyone train what you train shouldn't they

 

[dvcochran]

Too young to start taking head hits in my opinion. Maybe let them grapple full contact. Kids usually don’t know what’s best for them. That’s why adults need to be responsible. Teenage boy goes blind after existing on Pringles and french fries - CNN

I think spidersam's point of the link is to highlight the level of absurdity some parents go to in enabling their children.

That case is over simplified, the teenager had mental health problems and an eating disorder, not 'picky eating' he had a phobia about certain textures in food. It was the doctor's responsibility to pick up his condition and they didn't. It was widely publicised here in the UK.

I do think the article did a poor job of displaying the childs real history. It mentioned little to nothing about the child's living conditions, environment, economic structure, etc... I agree, there was a lot of content missing, apparently to make it a 'story'.
But, I don't think that was the point in regards to the OP.

 

[Tez3]

hink spidersam's point of the link is to highlight the level of absurdity some parents go to in enabling their children.

Then he should have chosen another article as the parents did not enable their son at all, he was under medical supervision all the time from being very young. The doctors are at fault for missing his condition, hence the reason for putting it out in public to highlight the issue. It was originally in a medical journal. The teenager suffers from avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (Arfid)

Prof Keith Williams, a paediatrician who specialises in childhood eating disorders at the Milton S Hershey Medical Center, part of Pennsylvania State University’s medical school, believes Arfid is on the rise.

The biggest misconception about children with Arfid is that they would eat properly if they were forced to by their parents – that they are just fussy. “You see a lot of comments like: ‘When I was little, you ate what was in front of you,
The rise of Arfid: the truth about the eating disorder that made a teenager go blind

 

[WaterGal]

Some 10-13 year old boys want to start fighting full contact. In our club (Thai Boxing and MMA) full contact to the head starts with 16 and to the body with 14.

I think, when the boys want to fight with full contact and the parents agree, there is no reason not to allow it. And for self defense it would be better. In my opinion boys until 16 years should use headgear in thaiboxing. In MMA punches to the head should start with 16 at competitions and only light contact in training to the head, because headgear is very annoying on the ground.

I once watched a fight with two 12 year old kids. One fighter took some hard low kicks and punches to the gut. Then he stood groggy in the ring corner, after several punches and an elbow to the head. He tighened his sixpack and his opponed kicked him 8 times with full force in the stomach. He went down, but he was back on his feet in time. His opponent punched him to the head, clinched him and rammed one knee after another in his stomach, until the boy went down again and couldn't get up. When he hit the ground, his opponend kicked him in the belly - I don't know if that is allowed in Thailand. Pretty hard fight, but no injury and the kid smiled after a while.

By the way, the boys in Australia seem to be pretty tough, too.

I think full head contact at age 10-13 is too much too young. IMO kids should only be doing light head contact. The risk of brain damage is just too serious to take lightly. Bruises will heal, but too many concussions will mess you up for life.

 

[Denis4fight]

You are right, 10 would be too young for hard punches to the head - in my opinion a 16 year old can to decide for himself, if he wants to fight full contact. In normal training we don't do full contact to the head anyway. But I think a 10 year old can decide if he wants to fight full contact to the body. The training partners know each other and how hard they can punch.

 

[Headhunter]

You are right, 10 would be too young for hard punches to the head - in my opinion a 16 year old can to decide for himself, if he wants to fight full contact. In normal training we don't do full contact to the head anyway. But I think a 10 year old can decide if he wants to fight full contact to the body. The training partners know each other and how hard they can punch.

10 year olds don't have a clue what they really want at that age. Also kids who's bodies aren't fully developed should not be taking hits to the ribs, the liver or the kidneys. Everyone who trains knows that a well placed body shot can be more painful than a punch to the head

 

[drop bear]

Burke's win catches the attention of Muay Thai champion Trask

Interestingly a mate of mine is very pro starting early.

I know some child fighters and they don't seem disadvantaged by the experience.

But I am not totally sold on the idea.

 

[dvcochran]

Burke's win catches the attention of Muay Thai champion Trask

Interestingly a mate of mine is very pro starting early.

I know some child fighters and they don't seem disadvantaged by the experience.

But I am not totally sold on the idea.

The looked like a pretty venue and some serious promotion of young children. Not sure how good that is since I don't really know the whole story.