Do Martial Artists Make Good Parents? Maybe not Ninjas

[PizDoff]

Police say US dad left sleeping son, 4, home alone while he was out playing 'ninja'



SCOTTDALE, Pa. - Police say a man left his sleeping 4-year-old son home alone while he went outside and prentended to be a ninja warrior.

Online court records show 28-year-old Ross Hurst has applied for a public defender but has yet to be appointed one.

The Daily Courier of Connellsville reports Hurst was charged March 3 after police found him outside about 1:30 a.m. dressed all in black and "playing ninja" on a borough street. Scottdale is about 35 miles (55 kilometres) southeast of Pittsburgh.

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What type of martial art parent would make the best parents?

[Permalost]

What does that article have to do with martial artists?

The aiki arts are best for parents- they excel at tossing children around and the de-emphasis of atemi means no bruises to explain.

[P Marsh]

Yellow Bamboo, their usually overweight and are only really good at yelling at you where actual MA parents can back up their threats with something other than more yelling.

[Jiujitsunista]

Of course they do. I've found an entirely new way to punish my children when they misbehave!

http://twitpic.com/3vumis

[Snake Plissken]

if he was a halfway decent ninja, he would never have been caught

[tantivy22]

if he was a halfway decent ninja, he would never have been caught

He apparently has not learned the art of Ninja invisibility yet.

[tao.jonez]

Best MA parents:

TKDers -
When the kids misbehave, parents can hit all they want and nobody gets hurt.

[twisted mind]

Best MA parents:

TKDers -
When the kids misbehave, parents can hit all they want and nobody gets hurt.

ROFLMAO.............err wait, *looks at style field*

[ZZMaxX]

What does that article have to do with martial artists?

The aiki arts are best for parents- they excel at tossing children around and the de-emphasis of atemi means no bruises to explain.

Couldn't you do the same with other grappling arts as well?

[Jim_Jude]

Proper martial artist (i.e. PROPER INSTRUCTORS) will convey a work ethic to their children. I can think of no greater, more applicable lesson. The children of the 1st world nations (for lack of a better term) need a work ethic to pull their fat out of the fire (where their parents placed it, esp in the US), not more entitlement & entertainment culture to distract them.

[Permalost]

Couldn't you do the same with other grappling arts as well?

In my teaching experience, kids like to attack with the dumpy overcommitted attacks that aikido is excellent at dealing with. And single point of contact throws actually work on tiny people. Yeah, I had a student who liked to attack me at random, using full force attacks. I didn't really discourage it since I could always defend against it and there were lots of teaching opportunities. Little aikido disbalancing things kept him off balance. It was pretty funny.

Unfortunately, aikido techniques don't work nearly as well on adults.

[ZZMaxX]

Oh ok. I thought you were just talking about parenting. Personally, I wish parents used grappling moves rather than hit their kids. In the case of students under 14, I usually have an easy time grabbing and locking a body part if they misbehave and have an easy time throwing them if we spar.

[Grey Owl]

I have two sons and they innately enjoy wrestling. BJJ is an essential survival skill for guiding elbows and knees away from the softer parts of your own anatomy.

Also useful for restraining someone without hurting them. Very useful for breaking up fights between siblings for example.

[Like_A_Boss]

He apparently has not learned the art of Ninja invisibility yet.

He should have read this book:

I have and it works, see you cant see me so it must work. Yes WIN!

[Permalost]

Oh ok. I thought you were just talking about parenting. Personally, I wish parents used grappling moves rather than hit their kids.

In all honesty though, I was kidding around- I don't think parents should be hurting their kids physically, by hitting or aikidoing.

You heard it here first, folks: Permalost does not actually approve of aiki-violence against children!


Unless they really, really have it coming, of course.