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karatefox
Yellow Belt
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Styles: karate, kenpo.
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 Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 4:51 pm Post subject: Sparring with women, not the same as hitting women? |
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There are some boys in my studio that get in trouble regularly because they refuse to spar with girls, because they don't hit girls, I think this is ludicrous, and it's not chivalry in my opinion, any opinions on this subject from boys or girls on how they view are welcome.
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chuck_girl
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Styles: karate
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There are better ways to respect women, but I think showing them the respect to compete with them is better than holding off and refusing to give them a chance. Unless we're talking about full contact sparring, and then it wouldn't be fair to the man.  |
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IAMA_chick
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Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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Location: Indiana
Styles: tae kwon do
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i would be p!ssed if guys wouldn't spar me. it's not the same as hitting a girl at all. i learn a lot from the guys at my school and sometimes when we spar i'm the only girl there except my instructor, and that is unfair to the girls, i think.
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karatefox
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for backup!
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tsdstud
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Location: Davison, MI
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| No, I don't think it could be classified as "hitting a woman" because they're fully intent on blocking it and hitting you back. And you're not doing it out of anger or anything. this said, I do automatically hold back on girls a little. I'll do the same techniques with the same speed and everything, I just won't hit them as hard as I would a guy. |
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karate_woman
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 11 Apr 2003
Posts: 863
Location: Ontario Canada
Styles: Kickboxing,Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate, Judo, JuJitsu,T'ai Chi, QiGong
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It is definitely not "hitting a woman". You're in a controlled situation where the woman is supposed to be fighting back and it isn't the same thing at all. I enjoy sparring both men and women myself; they actually fight rather differently, especially at first, where I've found women rather appologetic 
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Kate
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monkeygirl
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Joined: 22 Feb 2002
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Location: Iowa
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hitting a woman = abusing her = no reason other than to be cruel.
Sparring a woman = a mutual display of respect = helping each other progress in your training.
They're two completely different concepts.
As my brother says: sparring women is the ultimate display of equal rights. 
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| sometimes when we spar i'm the only girl there except my instructor, and that is unfair to the girls, i think. |
At most there are 4 girls in my class, including myself and the instructor. Our class has about 20/30 students total. If all of those guys had the "don't hit girls" mentality, I'd be left with very few sparring partners!! 
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Tombstone
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I guess it would be OK. I doubt I could hit a woman even under sparring conditions though.
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martialartist1
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Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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Location: UK
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"There are some boys in my studio that get in trouble regularly because they refuse to spar with girls, because they don't hit girls, I think this is ludicrous, and it's not chivalry in my opinion, any opinions on this subject from boys or girls on how they view are welcome."
well, my fellow martial artist, I think if boys refuse to spar with girls then thats fine whether they hit girls or not. if girls refuse to spar with boys then thats fine to, it really all depends on the individual. |
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