Raptor Kickboxing

Following on from yesterday’s post… here’s another one 😂 really made me chuckle but also so true 🙄

“My child has decided they want to quit kickboxing.”

They’re SIX 😭😂

Last week they wanted to be a YouTuber.

Yesterday they had a complete meltdown because you gave them the wrong colour cup.

This morning they decided they’re never eating vegetables again.

And now, somehow, they’ve made a calm, rational, long term decision about their martial arts future 😂

So we ask…

“What’s made them want to stop?”

“Well… their friend doesn’t come anymore.”

Ahhhh.

There it is 😂

So after months, sometimes YEARS, of building confidence, discipline, fitness, resilience and learning not to give up when things get hard…

We’re now putting the final decision in the hands of another 6 year old who probably wants to be Batman when they grow up 😂

Of course, sometimes children genuinely stop enjoying something. We should listen to them.

But other times?

They’re tired.

They’d rather be on the Xbox.

Their mate stopped coming.

They had a harder class than normal.

They got corrected by a coach.

Or, shock horror…

Their instructor actually asked them to concentrate and do kickboxing… in a kickboxing lesson 😭😂

There’s a massive difference between a child genuinely not enjoying something anymore and a child simply having a wobble.

Sometimes parenting is listening.

Sometimes parenting is…

“That’s absolutely fine mate. Get your kit on, we’re leaving in 10 minutes.” 😂🥊

Because confidence, discipline and resilience aren’t built by quitting every time we don’t fancy something.

Parents and martial arts coaches…

What’s the funniest reason you’ve ever heard for wanting to quit? 😂👇

Again stolen for Carl Denne 🙄🤣🙏

Luckily in this situation, they can be a dinosaur and a kick-boxer with

Parents…… Don’t let a 5 year old be the boss of you!? 😳🙄🤣

“My child is shy.”
“He lacks confidence.”
“He doesn’t listen.”
“He gives up too easily.”

Okay… so martial arts sounds pretty perfect then.

But PLEASE stop letting a 5-year-old make the final decision on whether they should try something that could actually help them 😭

He said no to broccoli yesterday too.

Book. The. Trial.

www.raptorkickboxing.co.uk

Borrow from a friend (Carl Denne)

So true…

2 dates for squad training sessions prior to the upcoming competition season in September.

Try not to do this…

Yesterday one of my students brought in an actual Raptor tooth!!!

Congratulations to Cayson who is our kick-boxer of the month for July 2026!!! Cayson never misses a lesson and just gets on with whatever is asked of him.

Overall attendance for July 2026. Well done again Leslie, your hard work is paying off!