Quinten Logan, an Alan Belcher student who has caught UFC president Dana White’s attention at nine years of age. Publicity photo.
Jiu-Jitsu oriented towards children has become the main focus at big academies. Besides providing a great number of benefits for kids and teenagers, through these programs the big teams are striving to produce new talent, since the average age of world champions has been progressively been getting younger with each year. In other words, the earlier a practitioner starts out on the mat, the earlier the fighter is launched on the competition circuit.
Nevertheless, most of the demand for Jiu-Jitsu academies still comes from boys and girls’ parents who want their kids to be healthy and confident.
Check out the video from the kids Jiu-Jitsu program at Sul Jiu-Jitsu academy:
