How do I get my 10 year old brother into UFC/MMA?

[FreedomCricket]

Also, part of hockey is fighting.. so naturally he can train MMA to improve his "enforcer" abilities on the ice during juniors and then in the NHL.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

Hi.

looking for Insight from some users who may have kids around the age of my younger brother, (born 2014). My Younger brother is very into sports. He's super athletically inclined and dominates in all sports he plays. He plays hockey, Basketball, and baseball most competitively.

I want to use inception tactics to influence him into making his rich grandparents pay for Martial arts training. (instead of playing stupid sports ball) He's bigger and stronger than any 10 year I think I've ever seen in my life, and with his athletic abilities and his mental dominance I think he could do very well, as well as keep him in peak shape. he's got a very competitive (this kid CANNOT stand losing, He's lost before but it right miffs him)

He got into all these other sports he plays by watching them growing up as a child (our dad is big into basketball, his grandfather is old white and Canadian so pays for the hockey ), Last weekend I bought him an xbox series x so he could play NHL with his friends, I was thinking maybe I should try to get him to play the UFC game with me, But im afraid it'll turn him off because the game is dog shit.

how can I get him interested? If you have kids how do you get them interested? (if you want them interested) I didn't get interested until Early adult hood (2010), because I wasn't exposed to it earlier. Fights are usually happening past his bed time and I don't live with him.

Great thread! I am going through this with my daughter.
Have you been able to knock him out? How is his chin?

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

Also, part of hockey is fighting.. so naturally he can train MMA to improve his "enforcer" abilities on the ice during juniors and then in the NHL.

Hockey jocks can't fight for shit once they are off the ice.
You just have to wait for them.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

I'll be his friend, I have lots of MMA knowledge. Got MMA VHS tapes before UFC 1 even happened, when Ken Shamrock was fighting

 

[jeskola]

Send him to a UFC Gym to train UFC.

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[50koruny]

To be honest, I dont care if he fights or not. I'd just like for him to be an MMA fan so we can bond over it. If he wants to fight that's great. However I am pretty adamant about him learning a martial art wether or not he chooses to pursuit it professionally.

I assume he knows that martial arts exist.
If he was interested in it, you'd already know about it.
If he's not interested (he clearly isn't), then it's completely pointless to push and manipulate him into it.
You'd be better off finding something else to do that would bring you together.
Something that would entertain both of you.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Also, part of hockey is fighting.. so naturally he can train MMA to improve his "enforcer" abilities on the ice during juniors and then in the NHL.

It's just that 10 years old as and age is "special" it's kind of the age where your Motivation, Confidence, and Motor Skills converge into this certain space...."space" in life where if you being to apply yourself to something with devotion while realizing real tangible results through hardwork like; Trophies, Medals, Glory, Taking a loss, Humility everything that comes with being truly great at something. It creates a great launch pad for life regarding setting long term goals and working towards them. Wether it be playing the guitar, soccer, boxing, Skateboarding.... all these things can be learned at this point and they are all things that are simple to learn but incredibly hard to master. These things all take very long to get good at and at 10 years of age, Drugs, Girls, Popularity, Ego, Insecurities, Confidence and all the other things that makes good young athletes turn out from comitting to sports are not yet a factor in your life. I'm sure we've all seen at least one of these ruin a good athele we knew growing up who may have gone far but stop doing sports because they wanted to "hang out" and stuff like that. didn't want to practice, Ect. That's all my 10 year old brother WANTS to do. He plays fortnite when he cant play basketball, then is playing basketball between any of his other practices. (he does baseball and soccer in a leauge)

I think one of the most important traits you want to develop in life is delayed gratification and it's very difficult with world with the world we live in. especially when you're aware of how media is marketed to youth Very fast, Snappy, quick to consume and discard. Live service video games, Vines/tictoks/reels/stories/shorts, Gambling...... it's all Instant gratifcation and what you want at your finger tips in quick digestable format. It's the absolute enemy of creating the lifestyle and mindset needed to be dedicated to something that takes a long time to get good at, IMO. Im glad my dad is a 55+ year old rasta man from yard who knows nothing about computers and does have tech laying around all over the place. It's good for the boy.

 

[RockyLockridge]

If he's not interested (he clearly isn't)

Regardless of whether or not he's interested in it, I'd still encourage it anyways because it's objectively good for you to know a martial art for many practial and mechanical reasons as well as confidence building and self defense. Much like he's not interested in vegetables, I'd still encourage them anyway.

 

[Domitian]

We have different mothers, But my father is jamaican so of course he had to have a kid at age 48 smdh



I'm like wayyyyyy to big, Im 33 years old lol



Ya know what? Even I haven't watched. Maybe we could bond over it lmao

Fuck I thought it was weird I had a sister 13 years younger than me. You've got it topped with a brother 23 years younger.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Fuck I thought it was weird I had a sister 13 years younger than me. You've got it topped with a brother 23 years younger.

yeah right? I found out when he was 3 years old when I face booked my dad after not seeing him for over 15 years


and Im the youngest of my dads first 3, My older brother is 4 years older than me and my sister is a year and half older than myself lol.

 

[Domitian]

yeah right? I found out when he was 3 years old when I face booked my dad after not seeing him for over 15 years


and Im the youngest of my dads first 3, My older brother is 4 years older than me and my sister is a year and half older than myself lol.

Does he like combat related things? As was mentioned, wrestling would be a great start. It's the best base for MMA as proven by thousands of fights. Sprinkle in some jiu jitsu classes which unironically would help with the wrestling. Keep him away from getting any sort of head trauma so boxing and muay thai etc would be a no go right now.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Does he like combat related things?

he's not really exposed you see he's kinda sheltered. he plays sports literally ever day just goes to school, sports after, if he has it, Plays basket ball if he doesn't. Doesn't have a computer or laptop or tablet, just a cellphone and he uses it to talk to girls on the phone.


He's a very peculiar child. Doesn't like chocolate, Thinks toys are for geeks.

 

[Domitian]

he's not really exposed you see he's kinda sheltered. he plays sports literally ever day just goes to schools sports if he has it, Plays basket ball if he doesn't. Doesn't have a computer or laptop or tablet, just a cellphone and he uses it to talk to girls on the phone.

Basketball is the highest paid sport in the world if you reach elite tier skills. If he's good at it definitely push him in that direction. Of course, that's if you think he's going to be like 6'5 or taller.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Basketball is the highest paid sport in the world if you reach elite tier skills. If he's good at it definitely push him in that direction. Of course, that's if you think he's going to be like 6'5 or taller.

My older brother, whom my younger brother resembles exactly, is 6'5. my dad is also 6'3. younger brother is pretty tall for his age and if he sizes out like my older brother who was also a very talented basket ball player, He'd be pretty well off. Just not quite sure he'll be taller than that.... I don't think anyone in my family is taller than 6'6 but he's not hit puberty yet, so all bets are off. Now that i think about it, My mom is much much shorter than his mom. So maybe that gives him a height edge over my full siblings vs him.

His grandparents are hell bent on the hockey, Which is the least safe and makes the least money. but I do think it would be the easiest for him to gain attention.

 

[pclanadmin2]

If my brother was hella good at a sport that has a league that pays annually on average millions of dollars to each player, I'd push him toward that. Your brother is good at multiple of those sports. Don't push him toward the UFC; they share only 18% of their revenue with their fighters.

 

[Lord Pyjamas]

If my brother was hella good at a sport that has a league that pays annually on average millions of dollars to each player, I'd push him toward that. Your brother is good at multiple of those sports. Don't push him toward the UFC; they share only 18% of their revenue with their fighters.

That is dork talk.

 

[BowserJr]

Have him watch the entire PRIDE Bushido series in order

Honestly watching all the PrideFC events in order is probably the best way to get someone into MMA

 

[Sensee]

With my nephews I used to have them pick who they thought would win each fight on the card. Whoever had the most picks right got $5. If I won i gave it to the runner up. It kept them engaged and there was a ton of innocent trash talking. Brock vs Carwin was one of the funniest nights of all time. The nephew who picked Carwin got very cocky. lol. Good times.

 

[Azure]

Why would you try to get him into MMA? Do you hate him.. Get CTE, make no money and have a broken body by the age of 40.

Reading some of your other comments.. You seem like a selfish douche that cares very little for this kid.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

watch some fights with him

or go training with him at an MMA gym or some combat sport that is associated with it. if he likes BJJ or MT or even boxing, theres a good chance he can get into MMA.


how else?