joe knellis is the head of the national association of karate and martial arts schools. a british organization that regulated tradition and nontraditional martial arts. nightingale s jim is not part of it. our policy is not to encourage or allow children and those under the age of 18 to participate in cage fighting or mixed martial arts on a competitive level. he s an advocate of the sport, but he is horrified by the video. two children engaged in this activity, which is dangerous to them. from a physical perspective and from an emotional, mental perspective. if they were wearing head guards or they were wearing pads and took the cage away and had access to the environment, maybe we could then say, okay, this is safe. but what we ve seen on the clip is too dangerous, is too risky.
and went national and then i believe it went worldwide. people have sent us hate mail and things like that. joe knellis is the head of the national association of karate and martial arts schools. nightingale s jim is not part of it. our policy is not to encourage or allow children and those under the age of 18 to participate in cage fighting or mixed martial arts on a competitive level. he s an advocate of the sport, but he is horrified by the video. two children engaged in this activity, which is dangerous to them. from a physical perspective and from an emotional, mental perspective. if they were wearing head guards or they were wearing pads and had access to the environment, maybe we could then say, okay, this is safe. but what we ve seen on the clip