Raj Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 Anyone see it? It was on Channel 4 from 9-10pm It had Chavvy parents who had their kids(one girl was about 4-5 years old!) Thai kick boxing!!! One meathead from Wigan had his Girl fighting,even though she was crying when she went in to bout "I dont force her to do it,its upt her like" The mum"Go on gilr rip her fcuking head off" One single mother from East London(who had a Staffordshire Bull terrier,probably called Tyson!) had her 10 year old son fighting called Connor.(To be fair he seemed half decent, and i wouldnt mess with him!) He had a "real'diamond Beckhamesque ear ring and stone Island top and was a real 'Cckney geezer"!!! Parents eh???
Dr The Singh Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 Anyone see it?It was on Channel 4 from 9-10pm It had Chavvy parents who had their kids(one girl was about 4-5 years old!) Thai kick boxing!!! One meathead from Wigan had his Girl fighting,even though she was crying when she went in to bout "I dont force her to do it,its upt her like" The mum"Go on gilr rip her fcuking head off" One single mother from East London(who had a Staffordshire Bull terrier,probably called Tyson!) had her 10 year old son fighting called Connor.(To be fair he seemed half decent, and i wouldnt mess with him!) He had a "real'diamond Beckhamesque ear ring and stone Island top and was a real 'Cckney geezer"!!! Parents eh??? My little boy (aged 5) goes boxing training with my brother and goes Shin Kin(Sikh martial arts), but in no way would allow my boy to start competing!!! Thise parents seem like there living there dream within there kids, and I get the sense they think being tough is the do all and end all of life, education etc comes second!!
Raj Posted 25 April 2008 Author Posted 25 April 2008 My little boy (aged 5) goes boxing training with my brother and goes Shin Kin(Sikh martial arts), but in no way would allow my boy to start competing!!!Thise parents seem like there living there dream within there kids, and I get the sense they think being tough is the do all and end all of life, education etc comes second!! Like you say,theres a difference between training and encouraging to participate in self defence and sporst to keep fit. But for 4-5 year old girls to compete,when she's in tears and for the Dad to say'I dont force her to do owt"? P.S if City lose on saturday,we could all be Shin Kin......(For DB11 thats a play on words...ie.Sinking!!!)
Raj Posted 25 April 2008 Author Posted 25 April 2008 Does Stone Island make you hard? YES! WELL FCUKING HARD!
Dr The Singh Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 Does Stone Island make you hard? It definitely gives me a semi though, the thought of a red city shirt definietly makes me go hard!!!
Tabou Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 It definitely gives me a semi though, the thought of a red city shirt definietly makes me go hard!!! I actually 'LOL'd" to that.
Fat Ron Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 It definitely gives me a semi though, the thought of a red city shirt definietly makes me go hard!!! Was watching the Great Escape Season the other day, we had a Red Away kit that season, probebly the nicest away kit I have ever seen
General Smuts Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 The fella that lost in the final was called Thai and was from Melton. Was a pile of shite there wasn't even any blood or broken bones or nuffink. Best bit was the slow motion kick to the ead when Thai went to Thailand.
Fat Ron Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 I do hope that Social Services are now involved with the families of these children, some people dont deserve to have kids.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 P.S if City lose on saturday,we could all be Shin Kin......(For DB11 thats a play on words...ie.Sinking!!!) Oi, you've been warned about your humour elsewhere (see below) <_< Dubai...or not to buy!!!! Is this what your humour has come to? Yellow card. Any more like that and it's an early bath! (You can think yourself lucky it wasn't a straight red! )
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 Yeah I saw it. Those parents got really mardy at the end. "THEY'RE CHEATING BASTARDS! THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN DISQUALIFIED!" Alot of the children in it were unwatchable as well, especially the child with the glistening earring, flat cap and chavvy shaved eyebrow.
Thracian Posted 25 April 2008 Posted 25 April 2008 My youngest boxed for Hinckley Olympic but must have spent two or three years preparing before they'd allow him to compete. I couldn't speak highly enough of the club's attitudes and the emphasis was never so much on competing or on winning or losing but on learning the skills properly and such things as discipline and respect. It was just the same when he moved on to Aikido clubs in Earls Barton and Coventry. It was all about discipline, respect and learning skills and the combined effects of these experiences I believe to have been 100% positive in terms of fitness, self-confidence, respect for himself and for others and, perhaps surprisingly, for teaching him to stay calm in a crisis. To me it is a great pity sports like boxing have ceased to be options in school. But organised fighting involving five year olds? I'm not one to approve of over protective restrictions on people and this Government's nannying is one of my pet hates but I would say that youngsters need to be properly prepared for combat sport competition, both in mind and body. It is a considerable responsibility. I don't think it's an age thing though - more a time and experience thing. Quality instructors know when people are ready and would be careful to match people of similar abilities. I would also say though that children are often far more capable and adaptable than people often give them credit for. Some learn very quickly when they want to. As for the one who was crying I have no idea of the cirumstances but fear and last minute nervousness can affect youngsters of all ages and it is the job of the instructor to recognise this and, using their judgement, decide whether the person concerned is fit mentally and physically to be allowed in the competition. Just occasionally I've seen teenagers so tentative I didn't think they should have been allowed in a boxing ring although, being fair, the referees are so protective now that the fights are stopped at the very first sign that someone cannot cope. The real, and occasionally fatal, problems come when supposedly qualified instructors ignore obvious danger signs or expert advice as with relaively recent incidents involving canoeists and hikers in the Pennines. As for the anti-combat theorists the reality is that life is tough for some people and especially tough in certain areas so people do have to compete as they always have from the dawn of time. The more skills youngsters learn along the way the greater their chance of competing, coping, earning respect and surviving reasonably happily into adulthood and old age. Respect is important. I remember an old maths master of mine. McKenzie his name was. He had a fearsome reputation but in fact had a simply strategy for imparting discipline. The first offender of a new term he sent straight to the headmaster for a caning. And that's all he ever did. One every term, regular as clockwork. It focused the class, the terms passed quietly and no-one took liberties. He didn't need to be tough, just for people to think he was tough. Even I did well in that year's maths exams.
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