OOPS! Girls what do you think?

[aefibird]

What I hate is when guys won't hit a female while sparring just for the fact that they are female There's someone in my dojang that's like that. It's martial arts, dude. Get over it. I'm going to hit you, so you better fight back

Yes! I totally agree! I hate that too. Pairing up with someone who isn't prepared to hit me or to train realistically isn't helping me at all - someone who tries to mug me or rape me won't show me that courtesy, so getting used to being a little 'roughed up' in the dojo will help me if I ever need to use my martial arts training.

Plus, I can give as good (and sometimes better!) than I get...

[karatekid1975]

I totally agree.

[Slydermv]

My girlfriend and I started at the same time... and usually we get paired up together for sparring. For the most part she gives me more trouble then most guys I spar against, even higher belts.... (she's got a deadly axe kick...) Think our overall record for sparring is about 20 wins for her, 2 for me... so yeah... chicks can defiantly hold their own... and if I didn't go at her she'd embarrass me.

You should see when we get into domestic disputs... is like a 70's kung fu flick in my house... heh.

Good way to get a guy fighting for all you ladies. Make him look like a chump in front of all his buddies at the dojang... he'll come after you then... the male ego is a fragile thing... remember that... heh.

[aefibird]

You should see when we get into domestic disputs... is like a 70's kung fu flick in my house... heh.

:lol: That's a great image!!

[jarrettmeyer]

What I hate is when guys won't hit a female while sparring just for the fact that they are female There's someone in my dojang that's like that. It's martial arts, dude. Get over it. I'm going to hit you, so you better fight back.

That sounds very good in theory, but I've never had a male tell me that I hit too hard or to be less aggressive. Because of conditioning, I take it easier on some of the women. It's a learning thing. Just like you learn what techniques to use, you also learn just how much contact your opponent can take before he/she will complain.

On the other side, there's one woman in particular who's actually my favorite person to spar. She's a black belt, and she is just good. Really good. She's dropped me to floor a few times; she does not hold back. She tells me that if I hold back, she'll make me feel it.

Just be aware that women come in all types. Personally, I wouldn't go to a sparring class and complain that I got hit too hard. It's a sparring class. It's a separate class from our other classes. You walked in the door knowing you were going to get hit tonight.

[karatekid1975]

jarrettmeyer, I agree. I spar how my partner spars. I pretty much know how everyone spars at my dojang, and what the level of contact they can take.

But when a male KNOWS I can take a shot, and he doesn't hit me at all, that's sad. He can take hard contact as well as me, so why wouldn't he fight back? Because I'm female. It's very sad. Like aefibird said, pairing up with someone who isn't prepared to hit me or to train realistically isn't helping me at all.

One of the instructors is a 3rd dan and he knows I can take a shot! We had a blast sparring the other night (eventhough he "creamed" me LOL).

[ninjanurse]

Laurie, I agree but I have not found that to be the case in BB class! Most of the guys rise to the occasion...in fact I have found myself airborne quite a few times!

[karatekid1975]

I think I know who you are talking about, too.

Well, when I do just the advanced classes (Mon and Wed) this person isn't in that class. So I get to have fun Almost everyone spars hard in that class (except for the youngins, that is).

[rb]

I would not apoligize as it was unintentional. For dynamic throwing once your grip is set up off balance and enter the throw. Be it a handful of cotton or flesh a grip is a grip.

[jarrettmeyer]

The neatest thing that Sensai did was teach us how to hit and how to take a hit. This was our very first sparring class.

Person hitting practices punches, roundhouses, front kicks, etc. to opponents solar plexus while opponent stands there with arms behind back getting hit. Person hitting is learning control and depth. (How do you strike quickly, but not injure your opponent?) Person getting hit is getting one heck of an abdomen workout.

I started out doing this with another male. When I switched to a female, I was hitting air, coming within 2-3" of her, but not making any contact. Like I said earlier, it took mental and physical conditioning for me to actually strike a woman.

Rest assured that now I will hit you, regardless of your gender.