Gabrielle

thank you so much guys ! You are all very nice and kind and you have given me some usefull advices! Very useful! (I'm not American or English, I came from France and france forum about karate are a little bit disappointing..so sorry for my rude english.. ) So I have to work on feet speed, angles and explosivness, and I have to be able to hit in the right points! xD The next week I will start to work on my agility, I attend karate school three times a week on monday, wednsday and friday, in the other days I think that I could do a custom training for my esigences. ps The video about ten years old boy is awesome! You have supported and boosted me!

yea, I don't want to fight in competitions, that's is not my major worry, I want to learn how to defend my self in a bad situation, I think that the martial arts could teach this in someway.. I'm very sad.. so there's no way, a girl would never defeat a tall boy? There's no trainings to improve your fight ability? Without weapons xD

Hi karatekas! I'm new and I'm a girl of 17 years old, I'm green belt in shotokan style... I'm short, my height is 5,25 feet (1.60 meters) and all my karate mates are at least 1.80 meters..at least, they are all males and they are all Black belts .. :'( Now for my height no one fights against me in a serious way, they often kid me because I'm little and sick ( even if I'm sick I'have enough muscoles eh!) With this behaviour I don't learn nothing, when I was yellow belt I used to accept this because I was really a newbie, but Now I want to learn how to do a good kumite... So I want to begin a special training to improve my agility, and my explosive power, and anyone could suggest me the best techinque to defeat a boy who is the double of you? Maybe some grip o it's only a mental problem? I need a customized training PS my weight is 47 kg = 103,62 Ibs