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