According to pediatrics.aapublications.org …Youth Participation and Injury Risk in Martial Arts, RA Demorset… Martial arts that involve sparring  can be safer with rigrorous enforcement of rules prohibiting excessive force, dangerous movements, or blows to forbidden areas are prohibited and discouraged.  When  safety education is promoted and taught to  all athletes and instructors injuries are decreased.   … More American Academy Of Pediatrics 2016 Study reports a “..Karate has a lower and and usually less severe injury rate than in any other martial art forms..”