Martial art instructors should not teach children a martial art

I apologise for the faulty youtube links, it seems they don't work when copy and pasted. I’ll fix this issue. The video which brought my attention to the abuse in martial arts is below My opponent says “he'd have to prove that one instance of abuse occurring means that all martial arts are taught this same way”. So Con thinks that every single martial art instructor must be abusive for it to be banned for children, and also thinks that I cannot show any more than one instance of abuse despite showing many links (which unfortunately didn’t work). He then goes on to say “if they were deceptive, surely they’d be successfully hiding the fact that they were bullies and he wouldn’t be raising the point”. So Con thinks that because I can tell when a martial art instructor is abusive and he can’t, they are not deceptive bullies. This is a very unconvincing and poor argument. Martial art instructors are deceptive because they claim to teach confidence and respect. Learning to be obedient or doing what you are told e.g. bowing, does not teach you to be respectful; it teaches you to be submissive, and this is the opposite of what confident is. What they teach is not as useful as they claim e.g. it does not reduce bullying or crime. However it does raise the chance of someone being killed by trying to be a hero by stopping an armed robber. When a student is asked to close their eyes before being knocked out, it should be clear that the student is being abused. Con states “Very few martial arts ever actually involve any real striking of the body in training as opposed to tournaments or practise fights.” Here are some examples of people being abused during TRAINING I could find many more videos highlighting abusive instructors in every style of martial art, but I won’t as they are all codified systems of fighting techniques claiming to teach the same thing. Just encase you still think abuse does not occur in dojos, and it’s all fake or normal training I have made a link below. If you still have doubts whether it is real, and want to study the full graphic version without subtitles click the link below – warning very graphic Con says “people begin martial arts are either because they themselves are bullies and are rather unruly and need a good outlet for their anger that is disciplined or they themselves are victims of bullying and want to learn ways to stick up to the bullies without outright killing them” People who enjoy hurting others should not learn martial arts when they are growing up, they are more likely to become abusive instructors. Teaching children how to fight is not the best way to tackle bullying, it is like giving Americans a gun to solve murder, it doesn’t work! And is completely unnecessary! Children who are taught martial arts are less likely to tell a teacher or parent, or scream for help, and are more likely to deal with something their self by arranging fights. Anyone can be a bully, the fact instructors can be abusive shows this is true. Children under 18 are suffering more pain than they would if martial arts were not taught when they are young. It is irresponsible to expect children to not misuse these fighting techniques. If children were encouraged to do other things they would be friendlier to each other instead of experimenting moves (and dangerous made-up ones) on others. My opponent talks about dojo’s being a safe controlled environment however there are many trainers who abuse their position of trust. Here is just one example: http://www.dailymail.co.uk... Students often call teachers ‘sir or miss’ but they do not have to form a line and take it in turns to shake their hand, bow or thank them like in Dojo’s to be educated like in the video below:There is no way a student can know whether their instructor is a good role model, because not all of them are, and they do not all have respect for others despite receiving more training. If martial artists are taught respect, why are so many abusive? Here is one more video I’d like you to look at: Should every student be taught how to knock someone out or learn how to revive someone on the off chance they will start their own dojo without telling anybody? This trainer clearly performs these moves for personal reasons. He deceives everyone around him and does not have his students interest at heart. Sadly this is true for most martial art instructors; all they care about is taking your money or abusing you physically, mentally or sexually. It is true that some parents abuse their own children. However abusive martial art instructors are a significant risk to the public!! I doubt many dojos allow cameras or phones whilst training, and much is unreported because their mind is conditioned to accept abuse, and it may not always be uploaded. Places for childen to learn English, Maths, Science etc are needed but it’s not necessary for children to learn a martial art. Con simply simply wants to believe it is, there are better ways to receive exercise and you are less likely to be injuried. My opponents last argument is purely wishful thinking. Parents are not sent flyers advertising the abusive nature of martial arts. Trainers will always want people to believe what they teach is important, and so will the students taught it. The truth is, in these times it is not, and it just spreads violence. Cage fighters learn martial arts. Deceptive bullies learn martial arts. Abused students learn martial arts. Many thanks for reading.