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Rychi
White Belt
Joined: 11 Jul 2011
Posts: 7
Location: England-Essex
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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:46 am Post subject: I had the same problem! |
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When I was in karate class, They partnered me up with a girl, she was around my age but she was also about 4 belt grades higher (doesn't really mean much though, I was yellow belt and won against red belted, taller, bigger men...) I just stood there, I didn't want to punch or hurt her, but she had no problem hitting me! haha  I got taught to never hit girls.. unless she's coming at me with intent to do harm, I'm going to stick by that!
But if you have to, just try roundhousing 
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Lee M
Yellow Belt
Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 89
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kiaikid
Yellow Belt
Joined: 22 Aug 2011
Posts: 34
Location: NH
Styles: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kempo, MMA
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As a girl who does BJJ and stand up karate, I can say at first, it can be a bit awkward. But, if this girl wants to continue martial arts, she better get over it lol. I learned that pretty fast. Obviously, if someone is intentionally doing things you find awkward, then mentioning this calmly would be a heck of alot better than yelling and all that- I mean, where I do martial arts, yelling is NOT a virtue 
It's just a part of martial arts. You WILL get hit, grabbed, and put in close proximity of others- and if you're a girl, more often then not it will be by a guy.
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UselessDave
Yellow Belt
Joined: 09 Jun 2011
Posts: 47
Location: Germany
Styles: Kyokushin karate
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:58 am Post subject: Re: I had the same problem! |
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[quote="Rychi"]When I was in karate class, They partnered me up with a girl, she was around my age but she was also about 4 belt grades higher (doesn't really mean much though, I was yellow belt and won against red belted, taller, bigger men...) I just stood there, I didn't want to punch or hurt her, but she had no problem hitting me! haha I got taught to never hit girls.. unless she's coming at me with intent to do harm, I'm going to stick by that!
But if you have to, just try roundhousing [/quote]
Oh no no no..  That is not the best thing to do. How in the world would a person help that girl to train by giving no opposition at all.
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MasterPain
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
Posts: 1820
Location: Parts Unknown
Styles: Bujin Bugei Jutsu, Psycho Drive and Spanish Ninjitsu
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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Coddling anyone is disrespectful and counter productive. Go easy enough to not cause injury and hard enough to have realism. I was taught not to hit girls. That's why I never beat any of my girlfriends. Sparring is entirely different. In sparring you are learning to defend yourself against violence. To hit someone like a sissy hurts their skill development. So by being too easy and not providing a decent simulation of an assault, you are in a way responsible if she is ever hurt in an act of violence.
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shudokaratemomma
White Belt
Joined: 09 Nov 2011
Posts: 9
Location: North Carolina, USA
Styles: shudokan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:23 am Post subject: |
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As a girl who does BJJ and stand up karate, I can say at first, it can be a bit awkward. But, if this girl wants to continue martial arts, she better get over it lol. I learned that pretty fast. Obviously, if someone is intentionally doing things you find awkward, then mentioning this calmly would be a heck of alot better than yelling and all that- I mean, where I do martial arts, yelling is NOT a virtue
It's just a part of martial arts. You WILL get hit, grabbed, and put in close proximity of others- and if you're a girl, more often then not it will be by a guy. |
As a female, I totally agree. She needs to get over the fact that she's gonna get hit in the chest, or anywhere else. Punching the chest and grabbing the chest are different, obviously. My advice would be to spar her like you would any other student of the same belt rank as she is. Martial Arts is a close contact sport at times. And as for her temper tantrum (or at least it sounds like it to me), she should be made aware that its not acceptable behavior.
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FangPwnsAll7
Blue Belt
Joined: 11 Jul 2012
Posts: 299
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Styles: Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do
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It's always male VS female at my school, for some reason. No matter the gender, the sensei said you should go 'all out' and don't let them attack you.  |
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on the post.
