This powerful, one-off observational documentary offers a rare insight into child Thai boxing, one of the fastest growing martial arts in the UK with now over 500 registered clubs teaching this sport.Children as young as four or five are becoming the latest recruits to organised fighting, where some people's attitude is: if you're good enough to fight, you're old enough.
nothing could be quite as scary as the strictly baby ballroomers shown a year or so ago, and their fearsome mothers who invaded the culture forum to berate and harrass anyone who suggested there was anything slightly off about dressing up 8 year olds in false nails, fake tan, 3 ton of slap and getting them to dance the rhumba...
in a fight out between them and the baby fight club parents, my money would be on the ballroomers.....
I have been involved in contact sports for over 20 years. If there is one thing I strongly disapprove of is when so called trainers and managers ,make bouts with fighters who cannot defend themselves properly . I personally consider under 12 year old in this category . It is a art after all.
Originally posted by BigChull: I have been involved in contact sports for over 20 years. If there is one thing I strongly disapprove of is when so called trainers and managers ,make bouts with fighters who cannot defend themselves properly . I personally consider under 12 year old in this category . It is a art after all.
I was shocked, very uncomfortable viewing. In Thailand not wearing protective head gear they could punch and kick to the head, it seems they have bets on the kids, bets taken on fights in Thailand, the father stated that he tells his kid to not go in hard in the first round so it looks like he is not going to win, you get better odds, then in the second round he picks it up and wins, so I presume the dad is winning money on it, the blows to the head was shocking, they got permission to take the kids out of school to go to Thailand for this fighting.
The cage fighting, infact almost everything in this prog I found disturbing, like the confusion of the rules in the last fight, not sure of blows to the head were allowed or not, eventually it was decided no, but they were punching each other in the head. Other fights showed blows to the head made a kid dazed and another looked like he nearly pased out. They stated the sport is not regulated. Parents starting them off as young as 2-3 years of age training.
The young girl, at begining of prog at one stage crying, father telling her to stop be tough etc. Some kids were not allowed a break from training.
Hello folks, Whether you liked or disliked Strictly Baby Fight Club and other Cutting Edge films in this series, this may interest you, as the commissioning editor reflects on what makes a successful documentary, the films we’ve seen and those that are coming up.
Give him your opinion on the series – the best and worst, and what’s missing, he’ll appreciate your feedback as he looks ahead to the next season in the autumn.
By the programme's end I was left hoping that these kids will grow up to rebel against their ghastly parents - and refuse to be used in this way or any other. Breaking away will be the best thing they ever did.
