You'd think actual, practicing martial artists would know damn well how reality works out when you put men up against women.
Which probably suggests to me two things; either they're complete and utter LARPers in the worst way and don't really stress-test, women are so rare in thier hobby that it never gets put to the test, or they're just simping heavily.
It's a coin-flip either way, but I'd probably pick a combo of the last two.
Posting as somebody who's been practicing martial arts for almost 20 years now, that group is either shit, or they've got an agenda and are trying to get more women into martial arts to make more money by bullshitting them. Both are not in the best interest of anyone who wants a serious take on martial arts.
Possibly the worse thing I ever saw though was 'women's self-defence seminars' being advertised but that by itself wasn't the terrible part it was the fact that they were only ever going to spar women against other women. The fact is, if you're a woman and you want to learn 'real' self-defence, you've got to have an extremely realistic view of things and that means if you ever have to defend yourself out there you're probably going to be up against a man and he's probably going to be bigger than you.
You train for a worse case scenario if you take self-defence seriously, otherwise you're just fucking playing, I'm so glad I had my coffee before I looked at this shit lol.
Probably a combo of all three. They're probably mostly a gaggle of ren fair neckbeards who actively repel most women but will happily "m'lady" any who stick around.
Yup. I've helped out in a number of tournaments. It's always interesting to see how the age/gender divide works out.
Hint: You really don't see many women participating in tournaments, even when they're allowed in as white-belts, locally. To get any appreciable number requires you to start pulling from all across the country.
I follow some lady sword accounts and they’re pretty much tai-chi type shit with the occasional choreographed “sparring” session or like cutting wood and shit. Martial arts is a real stretch imo… more like dancing
Swordwind teaches ... in Charlotte North Carolina ... base our classes on techniques from ... fencing
Lefty Lucy college town and less-than-stellar choice of fundamentals, two strikes. Third strike is the prominent link to the Code of Conduct on their home page... said document has scarcely a huwyte man in it, despite most of the website showing huwyte guise fighting.
You'd think actual, practicing martial artists would know damn well how reality works out when you put men up against women.
Which probably suggests to me two things; either they're complete and utter LARPers in the worst way and don't really stress-test, women are so rare in thier hobby that it never gets put to the test, or they're just simping heavily.
It's a coin-flip either way, but I'd probably pick a combo of the last two.
Posting as somebody who's been practicing martial arts for almost 20 years now, that group is either shit, or they've got an agenda and are trying to get more women into martial arts to make more money by bullshitting them. Both are not in the best interest of anyone who wants a serious take on martial arts.
Possibly the worse thing I ever saw though was 'women's self-defence seminars' being advertised but that by itself wasn't the terrible part it was the fact that they were only ever going to spar women against other women. The fact is, if you're a woman and you want to learn 'real' self-defence, you've got to have an extremely realistic view of things and that means if you ever have to defend yourself out there you're probably going to be up against a man and he's probably going to be bigger than you.
You train for a worse case scenario if you take self-defence seriously, otherwise you're just fucking playing, I'm so glad I had my coffee before I looked at this shit lol.
Probably a combo of all three. They're probably mostly a gaggle of ren fair neckbeards who actively repel most women but will happily "m'lady" any who stick around.
They do. That's why there are countless age categories in tournaments and men and women have seperate events.
Edit: Here are the britbong fencing categories for example: https://www.britishfencing.com/gbr-fencing/age-group-definitions/
Yup. I've helped out in a number of tournaments. It's always interesting to see how the age/gender divide works out.
Hint: You really don't see many women participating in tournaments, even when they're allowed in as white-belts, locally. To get any appreciable number requires you to start pulling from all across the country.
I follow some lady sword accounts and they’re pretty much tai-chi type shit with the occasional choreographed “sparring” session or like cutting wood and shit. Martial arts is a real stretch imo… more like dancing
Lefty Lucy college town and less-than-stellar choice of fundamentals, two strikes. Third strike is the prominent link to the Code of Conduct on their home page... said document has scarcely a huwyte man in it, despite most of the website showing huwyte guise fighting.