Tae,

There was a girl in my school who some time ago was carjacked. she is
a pretty little thing and the guy had a gun.

she fought him off and survived. The thing is I did not notice her
training particularly hard nor did she tend to participate in the
sparring oriented drills/classes.

After her event I noticed her training with a bit more focus and she
did start getting into the sparring oriented classes drills.

this of course supports your point below about training for real.
However I notice that most women I come across seem to be reluctant to
engage in physical activity. for many reasons they just do not seem to
want to engage.

I think that for our school they like the 'style' that is in our
forms. the workouts are pretty rigorous and the forms are pretty.

I agree with you that gals more than guys should get a taste of what
it may be like but most I come across do not seem to want to bother.

Dave

--- In brownbelt1111111@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Deborah Williams"
<taesujutsu@...> wrote:
>
> This article, has a good point. Martial Arts are martial arts.
They are, or should be as realistic in trianing as possible. This
includes "what ifs", surprise attacks that puts the student in a
position to have to react.
>
> They should include fighting without sparring equipment. With
women they should include taking that hit form a man, and the man not
being punshied for it. They should also include anything the teacher
can think of that would thrwo the student off gaurd.
>
> Doing line drills all of the time, makes the art a sport. Why,
because jsut doing line drills will not prepare you for the street.
By now, everyone in here knows I am a firm believer in "you are what
you train". Train for sport, with a ref and a call for being hit a
little to hard at times, and you will react that way in the street.
Train for fighting, and going till one calls uncle, is better. I am
not saying we have to kill each other, but we should have some real
training in there.
>
> I think women should first and foremost make up their mind what
they want, before entering a class. Do they want to really kearn self
defense...or sport. ther is nothing wrong with either, but there is a
difference in the way it is taught. I will tell any woman, that to go
into the street, and not be prepared for the really strong hit, can
get you killed. I will tell ayone, to go int the street, adn not have
it in the back of your mind that you might have to actaully kill
someone to survive will get you killed. Not that you should wnat to
kill, but you must be ready if you have to do it.
>
> For those who are training for self defense, plese train as your
life depened on it, because truth is, in this day and time it just
mgiht. For those who are in it strictly for the sport, then train for
sport, but make no mistake. Sport and self defense are two different
things.
>
> Peace,
> Tae
>
>
>
>
> "LIfe is short, live it wisely."
>
> Dr. Deborah R. Williams
> Founder-Tae Su Jutsu
> GA. State Representative- Unified Martial Arts Federation
> U.S. Director- Practical Martial Arts
> Board Member- Netwrok of Martial Arts
> Member-International Black Dragon Kung Fu Society of Healing and
Combat Arts
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