| Youngsters seem to think fight clubs as quite a fad. | | | | art of fighting. The fight club gym teaches grapple |
| As a matter of fact, let's not take 'fight club' in the | | | | and wrestle and also training in mixed martial arts like |
| terms of the underground, illegal contests posted so | | | | jujitsu and kickboxing. The Brazilian jujitsu is a |
| blatantly in some websites. No, actually due to its | | | | favorite. |
| popularity, some gyms are catering to young boys | | | | One fight club gym in California also has a caged |
| and girls, forming legal fight clubs all under the | | | | arena, kids love it especially. Though yes, its |
| supervision of trained adults and disciplining students | | | | hexagonal structure surrounded by a flexible chain-link |
| in the art of fighting. These gyms are in fact filled | | | | fence is padded protectively. The youngsters have |
| with eager teens, ready to practice as well as | | | | the freedom to punch, jab, kick at each other, |
| contest in fights. | | | | grapple for five-minute intervals, and repeatedly |
| As such these gyms benefits youngsters greatly and | | | | slamming against the sides of the cage, shaking the |
| they usually have trained coaches and masters who | | | | floor. It's actually a no-holds-barred, but being under |
| not only trains the pupils in the art of fighting but also | | | | supervision, the youngsters contest never becomes |
| make them aware of the dangers involved in | | | | an all-out brawling as its illegal. Normally the |
| unsupervised combats. It's more of a disciplined area. | | | | participants in this type of fights involve professionals |
| Some combat master are known to have opened | | | | only. |
| gyms, taking over run down locations, fitting it well | | | | These fight club gyms are always packed with at |
| with training arenas, lockers and exercise equipments | | | | least 15 to 20 students every day and it's a great |
| and allowing the young ones to have contest | | | | experience for them too. Experts teach them mental |
| matches under their supervision. Usually the trainings | | | | toughness and how to master the fear of failure. In |
| during the weekdays, say after school hours to | | | | fact a reputed international fight club of Saudi Arabia |
| accommodate the school schedules. | | | | also teaches youngsters on similar principles of |
| As a matter of fact youngsters seems to be | | | | fighting. That learning comes either from winning or |
| attracted to these fight club gyms; the word 'fight | | | | losing, but one learns more when we lose as we get |
| club' itself catching them like a magnet and are really | | | | to learn from mistakes. Also the gyms emphasize the |
| curious and eager about the fighting techniques. | | | | importance of a stable training regimen, thereby |
| Usually these fight club gyms teaches the pupils that | | | | encouraging a healthy lifestyle by coaching the club |
| fighting is not for fun but is in fact an art. It teaches | | | | members in nutrition and exercise. Its one great way |
| them not to misuse their talents on ugly brawls out in | | | | of disciplining and also teaching the youngsters about |
| the streets for no apparent reason but respect the | | | | fighting! |