7 year old Martial Artist Video down below, Think she is future UFC Champion?

Makes you rethink the whole idea of kids shouldn't have a black belt. I think her Kata is better than many adult black belts I have seen in my time. One could argue that she does not have a concept of the moves and is just imitating them. Probably so, but when I look at some adult black belts doing their Kata I often wonder the same AND they have a bad Kata on top of it. I don't have a good answer and often do wonder what truly makes a black belt a black belt and what is fair.

I think too she has power but in relation to her size.

She is an Ishin-ryu stylist and that is the kata Kanku Dai which is actually a Shotokan kata. Ishin-ryu has very few kata and so they do Shotokan kata a lot of times and this is one of the more popular ones. I had several NASKA national champions in traditional kata that I trained in karate at my school including one that was the national champion for the 11-12 year old traditional black belt kata division. Her front foot and ankle is a little crooked in her back stances and there is a lack of hip action in her punches for generating power. While her kata is quite good I have seen better at that age. As for it carrying over to MMA they are separate but related in some skills or tools used so the one does not necessarily translate over to the other automatically like what you might think.

No, what you are seeing is not normal. But, people who can do this have a good chance of becoming excellent martial artists in the future. At 7, it's hard to tell where piano lessons, spelling bees, and martial arts will play in her life. But she clearly has the discipline and training to help her excel in this area.

As to the negative comments I see about kids who do this:

I don't think strength is necessary. If strength is a requisite, then what will one do when tired, sick, injured, or old? And by extension, "young"?

Most of us train for self-defense against likely opponents. This child is not likely to be needing self-defense against kidnappers and gun-toting thugs: that's the job of her caretaker. Nevertheless, she does possess skills that can help in those situations, like her voice and her reasoning. By the same token, many of us also don't train in self-defense situations we are likely to get into. How many of us train to handle gun encounters? Or multiple opponents? Truth is, many adult self-defense training is just as useless as any self-defense concepts this girl may have been taught.

It doesn't mean we should throw up our hands and say never teach children martial arts or self-defense. I think they should be taught at an early age, but the focus of their learning changes. Will you teach them the application of their forms at this age? Probably not. They should be reinforcing the idea of executing proper techniques, and leave the applications for later. When they turn to adult, they will have a skill that new adults will not have, and so, with proper teaching, they will unquestionably have an edge.

There was a time when children HAD to learn this stuff at an early age; but they also had to learn about calligraphy, first aid, battlefield survival, hygiene, etc - because that what soldiers had to learn. Those skills are not taught to kids nowadays, or at least are not taught in a martial arts context. What's left are forms. The result is the attention to detail you see here: exquisite technique, and clearly adapted focus and discipline.

Is it useful to her? Probably not in a self-defense context right now, but, the skills needed to get this exquisite can easily be applied to everyday life. So all is not lost on teaching children this young.

Her movements are very precise.

She DOES lack power, because power comes from both mass (which she has little of) and speed (which she can acquire more of as she matures and, yes, puts on muscle).

Doing a form has little bearing on fighting skill. In particular, an MMA venue like the UFC will generally require quite a bit of grappling training, which is generally lacking in karate classes.

This is not my first time seeing someone so young perform so well, though it is rare.

na ja, i guess she can master katas well and she will compete in this.

but i mixed feelings that a young kid has a black belt and is called "master"