Most children wo practice martial arts can do so from an early age but the recent video footage of two 8 year old boys competing in a cage fighting demonstration in England recently has caused an uproar amongst many groups who are now calling for, in some extreme cases, for the sport to be banned.

The video shows two young boys in a preliminary event grappling display at a social club before the main show was about to start but most of the complaints seem to be stemming from the fact that neither of the two boys were wearing any head or limb protection and that the display got a little rough. At one point in the demonstration, one of the boys picks the other up from the ground and slams his opponent to the canvas. At this point even the commentators were calling for the bout to be stopped.

According to the event officials, the two boys were not required to wear any head or limb protection because no strikes were being permitted but for some, the display still should not have gone ahead. Event officials have stated that a full medical team and a staff compromising of fully qualified judges and referees were in attendance and the two boys were never in any harm.

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