Kung Fu Kids - Is This Child Abuse?

[CecilRyuTaekwondo]

I need to show this to my students, and their parents, the next time someone complaints that my asking them to kick the air or do a form is "too hard".

[bostonteabagger71739]

@CecilRyuTaekwondo Haha that's funny

[roclan]

He's going to thank his father later for making him so strong, wouldn't we all be able to endure more than we can now?

[Cognatusinfinitum]

Not child abuse at all anyone who thinks so is probably from usa...

[nunshote]

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[LOVERcallofduty]

haha 2:54 

[applebaj]

this is qigong practice.. not child abuse

[1UrbanNinjaz1]

WTF Young grasshopper has honorably strong head

[niqat]

You must learn grasshopper...

[joneunderground]

In east, we rise children to work and make money for the rich. In west they rise children to be warriors.

[cliff01x]

Amazing! But this sounds like 1950's film

[FireBomberBassist]

Cultural difference not abuse. I bet nobody fucks with this family though

[dragonrises1]

No this is not abuse.....it is their way of life and how their family wishes to use their life and time....its all.about conditioning....when a person works hard with his/her hands all day they will have callous on their hands...tie is the same thing...although this type of training takes time and dedication.

[daesani00]

not a few children are forced to do that thing in china. really hate that thing. but don't get me wrong. i love china

[27alli]

Are their heads harder than most?

[antofa77]

This is abuse :( The way that they're treating the kids is especially illegal in the U.S. It gives me a headache just thinking about getting bricks smashed on my head.

[HeyJoeHaze]

The roofing tiles part looks really painful, especially the slow motion footage.

[lmollot]

severe abuse used to get this level of perfection-mkultra all over again-look up tibetan monk abusers-why peghouses is name of male prostitute houses in malaysia

[sk8terplbivpz]

of coure what the f@#$% what bad parent s

[lizhose4899]

WHAT IN THE FUCKING FUCK!!!

[LauraGaynorTV]

poor old howching!

[LauraGaynorTV]

how old is this?

[MrMZaccone]

All of this is easily explainable by the physics involved and fairly easy to reproduce with the proper methodology and a bit of practice. I'm not saying it's healthy but it's far from what it appears. Child abuse? By some standards, I'm sure. By others, certainly not. I wouldn't have my kid doing it by any stretch of the imagination.

[Gertywow]

thanks dad

[katiegirl2080]

I think the 12 is another video! Check "Chinese Kung Fu Kid" and tell me if it is.

[NORMANandEDMOND12]

not child abuse, its called training, I used to do it too before I moved to Canada and it became illegal

[scythe8216]

I've seen videos of ppl from the USA feeding stuff to their kids that most asian people wouldn't even put to their organical garbage. That's what I call child abuse.

[amrositoo]

i think thats kids brain is not functioning more than 20% especially the upper part

i was doing such things to impress neighbors girls in my early teenage

[williamsimpson2]

this definitely doesn't kill any brain cells...

[canectar]

Child abuse? Does anyone in USA have any intellectual knowledge seems so many feel Hear Say and Gossip as fact.. THIS is OLD SCHOOL TRUE Martial Art Training its what makes someone stronger then Fear.. mind of matter, and WHY Most Americans are becoming Obese population and Lazy.. everything is too hard, mean, abuse, and yet we are a race of FAT LAZY SELF SEVERING and complacent kind of like the way Rome was before the fall of the empire! WAKE UP PPL learn from OTHERS stop being SUCH WIMPS

[bostonteabagger71739]

@canectar thanks for the comment. as an overweight and lazy american myself, i completely agree with your statements. i wish i was half as tough as these kids.

[samsf90]

kid's got some glorious sweatpants

[Ultimativnaruto]

Very funny and cool, hahahaha!!!! XD XD XD

[mofotax]

This is NOT child abuse.

When Chi Gung involves the "Master" using his own "flesh spear" in the boy's throat - THEN it is child abuse!

[WordoftheFree]

My only concern, from a medical standpoint a childs head needs to expand until it reaches the standard adult circumference. Bone-hardening, "which is what there doing" could effect its growth or even stop the cranial vault from fully forming. Other then that, bone hardening and muscle hardening is a fairly usefull attribute.

[sippiecup2]

lol, kid has small bald spot on top of head from so much shit hitting it'

[jasontester3]

this is intense they rock

[race2max]

i believe in chi kung and internal energy for health reasons but these and most all of chi king skills are nothing but learn skills that most Westerners see it as incredible when in reality they are just practice and learn. The tiles,nuts, and nut cracking are done by hitting fast but stopping not continuing the impact. Search Chinese street kid performance and you will see a bunch of poor Chinese kids doing this. Back in china this is called beggars skills. It still admirable to watch

[race2max]

most of this so called chi kung is actually consider street perfomance art you dont need an iron throat to bend the bar you only need to not push it straight forward but pressed down right on your bone

[bostonteabagger71739]

i hear that. there definately is a showmanship to this whole performance. check out :18 when the old man is "trying" to straighten out the bar again. looks a little staged. a stack of roofing tiles to the head of a 6 year old is pretty hardcore though.

[Shinde16]

nope i don't think it's child abuse. The kids seem cool about it and plus this is done with years of training the father knows what the kids are really capable of. This is actually quite awesome ^_^

[magnocrow]

氣功 Chi Kung (Qi Gong) = Tecnic Energy from Kung Fu... (chinese martial art shaolin)

[Ic3yDragon]

how in the world would you even consider this child abuse......... It is amazing and brilliant. A form of martial arts. This is the kids lives which they love.

[MicroSkate19]

wtf

[Parismarke]

OOOOOMMMMGGGG cool !!

[angelalicia199]

i think its only child abuse if you force the child to do it

[KigurumiAlice]

Master of Chi Gong

[snow057]

child abuse. but it makes them pretty damn strong!

[bostonteabagger71739]

a little abuse never hurt anyone right? haha. this stuff is wild!

[snow057]

no not rlly, but u can get in deep shit if its in the US

[carnesar]

Child abuse? I dare any western adult to challenge one of these kids!

[bostonteabagger71739]

yeah these kids are tough.

[onehipdawg]

DUDE!!

This shit is wild!!

I can't wait to have kids!

[Cosmodot256]

Instead of judging an artform and way of life on a basis of brutality before learning to respect their history, customs and traditions, try watching the way they look at and speak with each other. You can't hear their words, but by their body language, they seem to hold a lot of respect for each other.

I assume that the child began training as son as he was able and is already probably more capable and confident at his age than most people become within their lifetimes.

[Cosmodot256]

Yes, it is a little ridiculous, but Kung Fu isn't all about technique. As you can quite obviously see, they also train their bodies to be literally as hard as rock. I can't speak for their family values because I don't know what they are, but the kid's smile doesn't seem posed and I would bet very good money that he's actually quite thankful for strength, confidence, and independence shown to him through discipline, hard work and a little pain.

Besides, I bet he never gets picked on at school.

[bostonteabagger71739]

Hey man I appreciate the comments. I do respect the art form. There are thousands vids on youtube called "Kung Fu Kids" and I added the "this is child abuse" line in part to catch people's attention. Call it unethical if you want but I think its an awesome clip and that more people should see it. I wouldnt have gone through the trouble of putting it online if I didnt think it was a worth it. anyway thanks again for the remarks.

[Cosmodot256]

No... it's Kung Fu.

[bostonteabagger71739]

maybe some of it. but the last part is a little ridiculous. doesnt seem to be much technique there. still........its an interesting vid.

[bostonteabagger71739]

and yeah its very amazing that their bodies can handle all that. there's definately more to it than simply smashing someone on the head. Like the narrator says, "an adult couldnt take one tile." I know I couldnt.