Corey Friesen, who is poised to become one of the youngest Manitobans to earn a black belt in taekwondo at the tender age of six, says he wants to be a police officer when he grows up.
“I would kick the bad guys against the police car, then turn them around, put their hands behind their backs and put the handcuffs on,” Corey told The Sun yesterday. The Grade 1 student at Riverview School, who began taekwondo classes just two years ago, tested for his black belt yesterday at Choi’s Martial Arts Centre. “He’s worked hard at it,” said master instructor Darrell Willim. “If he sticks with it, the sky’s the limit for him.”
Willim said his pint-sized protege has a “phenomenal hook kick and flying side kick.” In fact, Corey – who weighs 46 pounds and stands just over four feet tall – can kick a target about five feet high. “And he’s very good at sparring,” Willim added. When he was four years old, Corey begged his parents to enroll him in a martial arts program after watching a movie starring martial arts expert Jackie Chan. Although he’s instructed not to exploit his skills – especially against classmates at school – Corey says he has a desire to stick up for other children who get bullied.
‘COMES NATURALLY’
“I’d say, ‘Stop it, or you’ll have to pick on me,’” Corey said. Proud papa Tony Friesen told The Sun his son will be one of only a handful of six-year-olds across the country with a black belt in taekwondo. “It’s almost like it comes natural to him,” added his mother, Diana Friesen. “It’s helped him with his discipline and his concentration. He loves it because of the exercise.” Corey plans to continue his taekwondo training, eventually earning his fifth-degree black belt at the youngest age possible – when he’s 21.
“He wants to be like Jackie Chan,” his mom said. “We’re really proud of him.”
“In the prairie fields, the poppies blow
All the crosses, row and row
They are the dead, short days ago
They lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow” - Warcloud
You silly mortals!!! This kid has a black belt! This means that he’s a lethal fighting machine that could destroy anybody, regardless of size or age!!!
Just wait till someone teaches him how to throw a Chi bolt, he’ll be unstoppable!!!
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind”
-Ghandi
THIS CRAP REALLY PISSES ME OFF.
I AM TIRED OF STU0PID SIX YEAR OLDS GETTING THEIR BLACK BELTS. PARENTS ARE VICARIOUSLY LIVING THROUGH THEIR KIDS AND TREATING THE DOJANG LIKE A DAYCARE.
“I bet you’re the kinda guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the god damn common courtesy to give him a reach around.” [url=“http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jacket2.html”]
They are in Manitoba for crying out loud. Not like it’s the center of the universe. The chances this kid gets out of that hick province is like none. At least I’m hoping. TKD in Manitoba makes that kids a Badass! =o)
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“When we go to the ground, you are in my world. The ground is the ocean, I am the shark, and most people don’t even know how to swim.” (BJJ saying)
It’s embarassing to know that so many schools in my style hand out bbs like they are made of toilet paper. This story pained me on a number of levels…
First of all the kid started training when he was FOUR YEARS OLD! Think about the attention span of most 4 yr olds. How long were his class? 20 minutes? Even if he had private instruction and/or took a full class, how many 4 yr olds have the aptitude to actually learn AND remember the techniques and forms? (Let me guess the instructor “leads” him through forms, he watches and mimics. Monkey see, monkey do) It’s a safe bet this kid has never even learned proper stances.
Second, there are at least 11 color ranks in TKD before black belt. (A lot of schools add another belt or two for the kids.) If this kid got his bb in 2 yrs that means that school promoted a FOUR YEAR OLD to a new belt EVERY 2 MONTHS. Come on…adults who rush through the ranks like that suck, I can’t imagine how terrible such a young kid would be. How much improvement could the kid have possibly shown every 2 months that warranted promotion?
Someone hit the nail on the head in an earlier post…
This is a prime example of a Mcdojo BlackBelt for sale. The kid just showed up at EVERY belt testing, mom and dad paid, and he got his next belt, regardless of his skill level. What a shame!
One more thing…
I love it when people brag about how they got their black belt in 2 yrs. Do they actually believe that they tore through the ranks because they are just “that talented.” Pleeease. All they did was cheat themselves. They’ve got a bb in a blink and most likely won’t ever have skills beyond an intermediate level. Congrats!!
I mean what happened to earning a belt? Learning at your own pace? Wanting to actaully be worthy of advancement?
Aren’t these people embarassed to wear a black belt when green belts have better skills than they do?
It’ll be sad when he’s a 20 yr old 5th degree and gets his ass kicked by an 18 yr old green belt who actually worked his ass off for 2 years to get there and actually apply that stuff. This is what gives TKD such a horrible image. Although I’ve never taken it, I’m sure there are some ‘rogue’ TKD schools that actually attribute belt color to accomplished competency. I just hope he doesn’t go around yelling “I’m a black belt” because everyday there’s a new person with insecurities and will chose this new ‘master’ as prime proving grounds.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…you can’t blame the kid. The responsibility stops with the money grabbing instructor and the oh-so-stupid parents!
'Cos they will let everyone in their neighbourhood know and beam oh so brightly when people stop to congratulate them…stop them breeding now before it’s too late…shit! It already is…
The four-year old kids at my dojo are quarantined to the “Little Dragons” class and have stupid half-white belts (white-yellow, white-orange, and possibly even white-green). There is only one out of the 75 or so of them in the entire school who even knows he’s training Karate. When these kids turn six and join the normal kid’s class they essentially start from scratch. Having the enormous potential that comes from starting that young is already rare; a black belt doesn’t even enter into the equation. My friend started at six and got his Shodan by training all the way to fourteen.
In short, I don’t normally advocate following challenge matches with arson but I’ll make the exception today.
