A six-year-old Karate Kid has become the youngest girl in the UK to gain a black belt.

Fighter Grace Townsley might be just 6-years-old, but she's a force to be reckoned with after becoming a 1st dan black belt.

The grade, awarded by her club, usually takes three years to complete and requires both adults and children to perform a kata which consists of 40 moves as well as a test on all the bones and muscles in the body, of which Grace scored 100 per cent.

At just 122cm tall, amazing Grace flings adults around a mat and has earned herself the prestigious title of being the youngest schoolgirl in Britain to have such status.

She was just four-years-old when she took up the sport and now you can't keep her away from the Dw Ryu MMA Karate Club in Hebburn, South Tyneside.

Grace, of Hebburn, is over the moon with her achievement and has got her sights on becoming a Grand Master.

The Toner Avenue School pupil said: "I feel really happy that I am now a black belt. I now want to help the younger children to get their belts as well. I want to keep doing karate so I can become a Grand Master."