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“Aw, what an adorable little karate tot!” I thought to myself as I stumbled upon a video of seven-year-old Mahiro-chan about to do some adorable flailing. “It’s like someone put a karate gi on a Cabbage Patch Kid!”

Trembling in anticipation of some otherworldly cuteness, I clicked play and GAHHHHHHHH!!!! She’s TERRIFYING!!!!!

Six hours of uncontrollable weeping later, I’m finally ready to write about my ordeal. This kid isn’t messing around.

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A practitioner of the popular Shotokan style of karate, little Mahiro-chan is pictured practicing the Kanku Dai – a technically basic but long and fundamental kata (a series of practiced movements meant to simulate a fight against imaginary foes). Despite her pint-sized stature and the fact that children can’t look anything but adorable in tiny kid gi, Mahiro-chan shatters the illusion of cuteness immediately when she starts the kata off with a terrifying yell directly at the camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZlUgkTGeAQ

We can’t quite make out what she’s yelling, but we’re pretty sure it must be Japanese for “I WILL EAT YOUR HEART!!!”

She then launches into a high-speed, technically perfect series of movements like some kind of murderous child Terminator. It’s absolutely brilliant to watch, and I can’t help but be incredibly impressed with Mahiro-chan’s karate achievements.

On the other hand, I now have to live with the knowledge that there is a seven-year-old on this planet who could murder me with her bare hands.

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Source: Kotaro Blog
Screenshots via YouTube