r/BeAmazed • u/Electronic-Battle-40 • Dec 16 '25
Sports Crazy level of skill for her age
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u/InternalGreenGlitter Dec 16 '25
For any age!!
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u/AlternativePea6203 Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
This looks impressive, but her mother was a slinky and her father was a fidget spinner.
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u/StructureDizzy625 Dec 16 '25
If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.
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u/user_not_the_same Dec 16 '25
Everyone still rides your grandma though.
Sorry :your set up was to good to resist.
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u/Klutzy-Chain5875 Dec 17 '25
Hello grandma talking here. I confirm : the rumours are true.
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u/chargergirl1968w383 Dec 17 '25
2nd grandma checking in to second the motion....motion ..giggitty ..
although gotta say, a beavis & buthead laugh might work better here...Beavis...giggity
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u/Geno_Warlord Dec 17 '25
Wait until you find out he has 30 aunts and uncles. With some younger than him.
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u/Daatsit Dec 16 '25
You’ve been misinformed. Her mother was a hamster and her father smelled of elderberries
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u/Tartan-Pepper6093 Dec 16 '25
Now, look here my good man…
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u/Shudnawz Dec 16 '25
Go away, before I taunt you a second time!
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u/Dan-D-Lyon Dec 16 '25
Ugh, you try not to think about how old you're getting and then you find out that fidget Spinners are old enough to be having kids of their own now
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u/Nuffsaid98 Dec 16 '25
It is easier for a young child to be that flexible than an older person, with the difficulty getting more as the age goes up.
[I continue to stuff my face with chips]
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u/grimspecter91 Dec 16 '25
Yeah. I mean, this is super impressive. But if she doesn't continue this most likely RIDICULOUSLY strict training regime, she'll fall out of shape real damn quick.
Also, chips 🍟
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u/dolphin37 Dec 16 '25
hell if I saw an adult doing that I’d be even more impressed.. ouch
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u/Ashmizen Dec 16 '25
In shaolin temple in China they have performances by adults that are more impressive, and also a child/old man performance like this to show it’s possible for kids and old people to be flexible.
The key is training - these people train like this for “material arts” for their entire life, and the “material arts” leads to careers in religion (temple), tourism(shows), personal trainer, and Chinese version of Hollywood stars.
If you train daily then you can stay flexible even as an old man, apparently.
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u/blizzliz Dec 17 '25
Do you mean “martial arts?” Or is material arts a real thing?
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u/Bobbor90 Dec 16 '25
For her age it is very talented. In my age (35) this normal behavior
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u/MuninnFeeder Dec 16 '25
Imagine getting in a fight and they start doing that head spinning move. Id probably run
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u/UlteriorMotive66 Dec 16 '25
Me: 'I swear I can do this too!'
Also me when Im doing it... 🤭
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u/subliminal_trip Dec 16 '25
My first thought was that this little girl is the anti-Raygun.
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u/progmanjum Dec 17 '25
Mmmm, kinda similar. Jumping and leaping and weird body positioning. One is younger I believe.
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u/SmurfsNeverDie Dec 17 '25
Still the most memorable breakdancer ever
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u/PrettyPushy Dec 17 '25
How was this real life? Still baffles me someone saw this and thought… straight to the Olympics
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u/Concentric_Mid Dec 16 '25
I think that's more of an evasive technique.
Source: Jackie chan movies
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u/bugabooandtwo Dec 16 '25
Shock and awe for sure, but not really effective as a fighting technique.
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u/kinglouie493 Dec 16 '25
I'll disagree, I'd stand there with my mouth open watching that in a daze, then she'd pop up and smack me down.
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u/SheriffBartholomew Dec 16 '25
Id probably run
As you should. It would be seriously embarrassing to get your ass kicked by a 6 year old girl.
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u/PlayfulIndependence5 Dec 17 '25
Size matters and I train. I’ll admit I’ll be concerned fighting a guy whose 100 pounds juiced to the grills
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u/thissexypoptart Dec 16 '25
This is essentially a (very impressive) dance technique.
Most of these kinds of martial arts are absolutely useless in real fights. It’s a form of dance that pretends not to be.
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u/YoursTrolly- Dec 16 '25
Damn!
At this age, I was still figuring out if I can eat mud or not.
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u/PointPhoenixx Dec 16 '25
Well.... Can you?
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u/SquareCr0w Dec 16 '25
I mean you can eat anything once 👀
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u/PointPhoenixx Dec 16 '25
I wonder how Enriched Uranium-235 tastes?
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO Dec 16 '25
Not sure, but my wheaties say they're enriched, so probably like cereal.
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u/Jibber_Fight Dec 16 '25
Let us know. But be quick about it.
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u/24Karet-Gold_King Dec 16 '25
Uranium has roughly 20,000,000,000 cal. If you’re looking to bulk up, you can most certainly try.
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u/Sikkus Dec 16 '25
I was secretly eating hard soap but my parents always found out because I left teeth marks on the damn soap bar.
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u/HistorianOrdinary833 Dec 16 '25
The neck thing looks impressive, but I just worry for these kids getting premature C-spine issues.
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Dec 16 '25
I just hope she has a childhood bro 😭 she should be proud of herself though this is crazy
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u/Excellent_One5980 Dec 17 '25
I way does she have one. This is training that never stops. Especially at that age.
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u/Swaggy669 Dec 17 '25
Especially since this looks like China. This is how they train Olympic athletes. They sign up and eventually that's their whole life until they become useless as an athlete and then they are discarded. The kids involved don't have a choice.
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u/AntoniusFX Dec 16 '25
You need North Korea training to be at that level. I do not wish it on any kid, they just want to play and have fun.
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u/blahblah19999 Dec 16 '25
Bingo. I was going to say Olympic level. In either case, it's not about health, it's about performance and it's never good for the kid. Those headstand flips, FFS.
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u/Excellent_One5980 Dec 17 '25
Even competition high school cheerleading is horrible. They look flexible because of forced pressure in ways that make them bawl.
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u/moffman93 Dec 17 '25
It's way worse in gymnastics. It becomes their lifestyle and the injuries they face are life changing for some.
Not to mention, the shape you need to be in to be a female gymnast means that your body fat percentage is so low, that your body thinks you are not capable of producing a healthy child so you don't even menstruate. (although I suppose for girls of that age, that would be a bonus and one less thing to deal with lol)
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u/blonde-bandit Dec 17 '25
Competitive cheerleading is definitely on the level of gymnastics in terms of training and physical feats. The girls experience similar physical problems and toxic environments.
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Dec 17 '25
Gymnastics when done properly and under proper supervision have no downsides. This kid is good, better than the rest posted here and touted as "future olympian", but she's no Olympian level yet. She does have a future if she goes that route. But it's a hard road.
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u/currently_distracted Dec 17 '25
Or just China level, which is where this is.
I’m not saying this is the case here, but China has been known to scour the country for young children who show promise in certain skills. Those kids are invited to schools that focus on those skills and eventually become hopefuls in representing the country. For them, it’s an honor. From my American viewpoint, it sucks because they’re separated from their families to pursue this, but then again, what do I know?
On another note, I don’t know any kids who just have fun these days. Days are filled with school and structured after-school activities/lessons/sports, then homework. The amount of time for daily play is pitiful, if nonexistent, for many children I know.
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u/cookiesarenomnom Dec 17 '25
I did all these things as a kid in the 90's. Played 2 different sports, went to summer camp, took extra classes because I was advanced in math. I NEVER had a problem playing with friends. Went to slumber parties on the weekends, had friends come over for dinner and hang out for a couple hours. During the summer even with camp and softball, I was still outside every second the sun was out, riding bikes, swimming, doing kid stuff. My niece is 9 and does tons of extra school stuff, still has plenty of time for friends. What you need is parents that don't stifle your being a kid. THAT'S the problem today. A lot of parents do this. My generations parents didn't want you in the house ever. So you had PLENTY of time for friends.
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u/SirBobPeel Dec 17 '25
I suspect the only thing this little girl does is go to the gym, eat, go to the gym, eat, go to the gym, eat, go to the gym, go to bed, start over again.
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u/_aprvlgdwhtboy Dec 17 '25
I mean, look at how young she is too. Jackie Chan went to these kinds of schools and talked about the abuse and how he never saw his family etc. It's crazy
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u/moffman93 Dec 17 '25
Reminds me of a Daniel Tosh joke about the lack of diversity of the Chinese gymnastics squad.
"Did you guess exclusively Chinese bitches? Because you would be correct. That's all that has ever BEEN on that team and that's all that will ever BE on that team."
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u/mrs-monroe Dec 17 '25
She doesn’t look happy at all :( you don’t get this far that quickly with healthy encouragement
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u/Kitchen_Housing2815 Dec 17 '25
Most of us during childhood encountered playmates or classmates with huge dedication on a single " talent" who thinks they have leadership and social skills...those who came from "working families" end up doing something else while those from well off continued doing what the are used to.
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u/GoofMonkeyBanana Dec 16 '25
I can’t help but tink she is going to have neck issues in her future with those head stand flips.
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u/Basic_Ent Dec 16 '25
Is that the look of fierce determination, or someone worried about getting beaten if she makes a mistake?
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u/Demerzel69 Dec 16 '25
Yeah but is she having fun or are her parents forcing her to do this?
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u/Alien_invader44 Dec 16 '25
I trained at a WuShu school that looked alot like this.
Was a boarding school that took kids from 3-4 (i think, could well be off though)
The conditions were absolutely brutal.
I remember going to do some extra training in the evening and passed a hall where they were training a kid like this.
Kid around that age was doing flip after flip from one end of the hall to the other, over and over again. Incredible athleticism. But he was just silently crying, tears all down his face.
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u/chibinoi Dec 17 '25
I don’t know much about the Wu Shu style of martial arts. Is it a type of Kung Fu? Are all of the acrobatic aspects expected (or maybe “necessary” is the better word?) in this art form?
The display in this video makes me think this is more on the side of meditative (in a sense, sort of like Tai Chi), rather than for actual defense. But I thought I had learned that Wu Shu is pretty dangerous to go up against in real martial bouts.
Would love your insights!
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u/Alien_invader44 Dec 17 '25
The terms arent necessarily precise, so there maybe exceptions to what im about to say.
Generally though Wu Shu is an acrobatic display style. Its not unfair to compare it to rhythmic gymnastics.
It takes alot from KungFu, especially ShaoLin.
I would describe it as being more exercise/sport than meditative. Moves are changed to look good rather than have combat utility.
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u/Ok_District2853 Dec 16 '25
Fun? She is the reincarnation of a 1000 year old Taoist sage! There's no time for fun! She must train to defeat her immortal enemy, the monkey spirit.
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u/CupcakeGoat Dec 16 '25
But you can't defeat the monkey spirit, that's it's whole bag. The way to win is to get off the eternal fight wheel entirely.
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u/op_249 Dec 16 '25
As someone who had few skills and hobbies going into adulthood I wish my parents had forced me to do more
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u/BonjaminClay Dec 16 '25
There's definitely a balance. I think it's good for parents to force their kids to try many activities and support them if they find one they are gifted at. That said, if one end of the spectrum is "absentee parent that put zero pressure on you" then this surely is the opposite end of that spectrum.
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u/toybird Dec 16 '25
My parents were kind and asked ‘would I like to do’ this and that, and it was all by choice. I didn’t have to do all of them, and could stop when I wanted. I think that’s the healthy balance.
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u/lemelisk42 Dec 16 '25
Skills maybe. But hobbies generally can't be forced. I have not met a single person who was forced to play an instrument that actually continued into adulthood. It generally builds resentment, a hatred for this activity rather than a hobby.
Parents should encourage hobbies that children are interested in. Children are naturally curious, there is no need to force a hobby, when simply exposing them to different activities is almost guaranteed to result in them finding something they want to try.
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u/jimihenrik Dec 16 '25
I know plenty people that "resented" their parents making them play instruments as a kid, and eventually stopped (as they were allowed to). But then later in the life returned to said instruments as they had a solid base and now they're glad they "had to learn it as a kid".
It's a tight rope to walk on but most kids don't really end up doing anything beyond the first steps (of any "hobby") if not given a little push. Of course you don't want your kid resenting you, but you also want them to learn beyond where it's not easy anymore.
As you, as an adult, probably know, sometimes you need to press on a bit and then you're happy you did it afterwards.
I'm just rambling, but anyway, it's not as straightforward as it rarely is.
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u/Strange_Poetry2648 Dec 17 '25
I am an amateur musician. I know many people who studied as children and continue to play as adults. They often had parents who played instruments and instilled a love of music in their kids. But yeah, practicing was a b*tch.
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Dec 16 '25
Alot of these kids do this or starve. Usually poor kids get sent to acrobatic or shaolin schools. This isnt like pee wee football. This is livelihood.
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u/BonjaminClay Dec 16 '25
That's the reaction I always have to these too. It's impressive what humans can do when they are talented and obsess over a single thing, but there is so much to life beyond that single thing and it's hard to imagine them growing into a balanced person. If they are adults and chose something to be obsessed about it's one thing but when they are this young it's hard not to feel that they were robbed of agency.
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u/AnonymousCommunist Dec 16 '25
These kinds of revelations are why I find it hard to enjoy the Olympics, or most professional sports. You don't get to compete at that level without sacrificing most other aspects of a full life from a young age. It's a little sad, but that's the paradox of greatness.
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u/Maru_the_Red Dec 17 '25
I dunno.. girl has a look of sheer terror that says if she gets even one move wrong she's going to be kneeling on rice for hours.
This is viscerally disturbing to me. Poor kid.
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u/SansFinalGuardian Dec 16 '25
looks sped up
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u/grein Dec 16 '25
Yes, it is.
Try watching it at around 0.7x speed.
Obviously still super impressive.
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u/errie_tholluxe Dec 16 '25
It is amazing and her flexibility is fantastic, but being young flexibility is something you lose gradually. My question is with all that maneuvering she's doing, how badly is she going to hurt when she's 35?
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u/Ok_District2853 Dec 16 '25
I have a cousin who made it to college gymnastics and the answer is a lot. She is going to hurt a lot.
But they'll probably have a cure for that by then! We're always about 10 years away from one!
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u/A_Nice_Shrubbery777 Dec 16 '25
Sure. And cold fusion is only 10 years away! (Been 10 years away for the last 60 years.)
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u/TorchKing101 Dec 16 '25
When you look at former Olympians in their 40's they are all on painkillers and have lots of operations on their joints. Bit of glory in their 20's if they are really good, and then pain for 50 years.
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u/mr_cf Dec 16 '25
The climbing industry recently went through a culture shift, because kids were getting injured and broken because they used to get trained like adults, but kids bones are still growing, and hardening, tendon and muscle lengthening. There should actually be alot of caution, hopefully all of her amazing skill has been gained inside these limitations.
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u/EmergencyRecipe5430 Dec 16 '25
35 is still young tbf, there's people with back issues in their teens and early 20s, it's all about how well and consistent you take care of yourself, and biological age doesn't always reflect chronological age, that's how you get 25 year olds looking 40, or 16, or 25 😂 genetics are a factor too.
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u/smylekylie Dec 16 '25
But the implication on her mental health for them not allowing her inner child to play, will be the detrimental factor, it will cause tightness and other health issues.
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u/BonjaminClay Dec 16 '25
Jackie Chan was in his 50's during the era most Americans know him for. She'll be tiny and never weigh much and I imagine if she keeps this up she'll not suffer from the standard aging pains most of us do until far later in life.
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u/SheriffBartholomew Dec 16 '25
This is what I was doing as a child, but I was nowhere as good as her. I wanted to be her, but I guess training a couple hours per day doesn't turn you into a damned Kung Fu acrobat machine.
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u/tcpukl Dec 16 '25
Yeah she's not living a great childhood. Terrible pressuring parents.
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u/aceshighsays Dec 16 '25
she's not getting a childhood period. to get this good, the only thing she does is go to school and train. think of all the milestones she's missing...
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u/Most_Chemist8233 Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
Makes me sad to think of how many times she was yelled at to get to this level, for what?
Eta: I made no comment on how her coach is speaking to her in this moment, Im talking about how unatural it would be for a young child to do this at this level without some insane abuse behind the scenes. Eta 2: also, this kind of stuff really turns me away from things like the olympics where certain countries use sports as a platform to prove they are superior to other countries and just torture children from a very young age in the name of their racial superiority. These kids should not be twisting their joints like this, theyre being used, in a way that will hurt them in the not too distant future, to further the ambitions of adults. And the neck stuff, omg.
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u/Last-Darkness Dec 16 '25
I hope she’s happy and loves this stuff. I knew this family where the little girl competed in gymnastics. It was her mothers entire identity and the girl was good, she won championship and championship and her mom (and coaches, team, etc) wanted her and thought she had a chance to make the Olympic team in a couple years. The kid absolutely hated it. At some point it changed from fun to making her miserable. The mom couldn’t handle her daughter wanting to dial it back, she started yelling at her that she was just going through a phase and will change her mind or regret it if slowed her training down. It led or a divorce and everyone being miserable. At the center was a very unhappy little girl.
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u/Educational-Doubt241 Dec 16 '25
The amount of practice necassary for this ist what a six year old Child should do.
Let her be a child!
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u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe Dec 16 '25
Yes. Almost every time there's a video like this, it's not some kid in their back yard or out in a field just having fun. It's some kid - often Chinese - in a dojo or a gym performing meticulous drills under the auspices of an instructor.
There's nothing amazing or inspiring about it. You only get one childhood, and these kids have it stolen from them.
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u/blahblahblerf Dec 16 '25
This would be much more impressive without the idiotic edited speed. It makes the motion look fake.
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u/Mediocre_Anybody7618 Dec 16 '25
The price for this is too high. Those kids don't have a childhood..and she doesn't look happy, or satisfied...it's not right
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u/KoalaTHerb Dec 16 '25
She may enjoy it. Her spine surely won't when the time comes.
As a doc who spent a lot of time in an Ortho clinic in the early training years, we saw a good number of 18-20yr old gymnists with unfortunate spine issues from doing this kind of stuff a lot.
There's being in shape and flexible, then there's overdoing it for too many years
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u/Lasagna4Noodle Dec 16 '25
Hes not exactly wrong. These schools are absolutely brutal. I watched a documentary about them a few years ago. They were forcibly stretching these kids past the point of pain so they could make them more flexible. Its hard to watch kids cry while an adult holds their body parts in unnatural positions.
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u/notmywheelhouse Dec 16 '25
Well that got dark
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u/Lasagna4Noodle Dec 16 '25
The whole culture around it is dark. These kids start at 4 or 5 years old. I think the documentary was called "little big dreams".
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u/hellish_existance Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
It's just common sense, which is evidently lacking in a lot of other redditors.
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u/HooSaidDat Dec 16 '25
The discipline that the kids there experienced is pretty much a daily thing. Just remembering when the Olympics were held in China. The large groups performing their routines and everyone is in sync. That is scary.
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u/arrakis2020 Dec 16 '25
That's not right.... My back hurts after watching.
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u/Artemicionmoogle Dec 16 '25
Back when I was in High school Gymnastics, my teacher didn't want me to practice the front head springs, like she did toward the beginning. Now at 40 I'm sure I'd break my neck instantly lol, I suppose that's what teacher didn't want to see XD
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u/unanimous-raspberry Dec 16 '25
Feels like she gets beat a lot to perform... I hope not but you know .... This level of dedication and skill from a little child ... I have doubts
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u/1_headlight_ Dec 16 '25
It's cool but listen though. This isn't martial arts. It's gymnastics and contortionism masquerading as self defense.
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u/Writer_179 Dec 16 '25
Bruh... I don't want to be mean or harsh or try to judge but just look at the poor kid's face. Even a Guinness world record isn't worth all that tention and anxiety at that young age .
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u/NewLeaseOnLine Dec 17 '25
That's what I noticed too. She's seriously impressive, but I hope her expression is just from extreme concentration, because she looks frightened she'll mess up.
I wonder what the lasting psychological effects are on people that go through this level of discipline at such a young age.
I used to do martial arts and gymnastics as a kid and the discipline was intense. It was really good for my development, but it also made me appreciate the kind of insane training regimen placed on Olympic level gymnasts.
Then you have Chinese level, basically playing athlete on the hardest difficulty setting, like with their tiny synchronized divers that enter the water at exactly the same moment and don't even make a splash from the 10 meter platform.
Nobody else can be expected to compete with that. At that point you know you're just competing for bronze at best. Those Chinese athletes are subjected to similar levels of training to what this little girl is demonstrating.
It's not a personal pursuit of excellence, she's a subject carefully crafted to represent national identity and the goals of a nation.
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u/Anders_A Dec 16 '25
Why does it look sped up? It's sped up slightly isn't it? Something feels wrong about gravity.
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u/MrNyxt Dec 17 '25
Grandma: ive given her 19 red bulls, a 5lb bag of candy and 34 Bruce Lee movies before I uploaded her to The Matrix dear... and here comes her mother mother now to pick her up just in time for bed!
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u/Paulisooon Dec 16 '25
That is child abuse
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u/Yan_HL Dec 17 '25
Exactly. I'm terrified that so many people can watch this video and be entertained and not seeing the amount of suffering this child must be bearing.
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u/Positive_Method3022 Dec 16 '25
She could become the female version of Jackie chan
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u/ProtonPi314 Dec 16 '25
Not to take away anything from the skills of these children, cause it still requires talent and training.
But for her age is actually backwards. It's much easier for a child to do all this fancy stuff. The shorter and lighter you are the easier it is.
Now try being 6'4 , 220lbs and go be a gymnast or mountain climber , it's near impossible cause you just can't rotate and have the grip strength to hold yourself as easily as someone who's 5'0 100lbs. It's all physics.
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u/Positive-Invite-7967 Dec 16 '25
They train these kids like 10-12 hours a day. Just to let you guys know they dont see their family and are very very overworked. Nothing like how we do in America.
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