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Originally Posted by Tenchu
'He' ??? They let females spar with men at your gym? That is a bit harsh.
I have been KO'd in sparring before. It is cool.
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Tenchu, we've been over the subject of my gender many times, now. Stop confusing people. I'll do that on my own, thank you
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But sometimes they do have men spar against women. In fact, that is part of the black belt test for women. My school teaches self-defense--quite strictly--so a large part of the women's curriculum is learning how to: fight off a guy who ambushed her while she was putting groceries into the trunk of her car, fight off multiple guys who've attacked her in bed at night, even fight of a guy who is literally ripping her clothes off (they wear spandex underneath so that they don't get exposed for this part of the test).
Men don't learn all that girly stuff, though. We guys learn how to survive an altercation where one unruly guy starts a fight with you and suddenly three of his buddies show up to kick your ass, or the more common instance of confronting someone (on foot) who has road rage.
I just learned that the head instructor actually DOES have a name for his system (he's the inventor). He calls it Won Yuen Fa, which the website says translates to "way of blending the extremes". I have yet to translate it for myself and verify because I don't know that much about non-Japanese words--though I tried to, using Wakan :P . Think of the system as a blend between System 5 Combat Karate, some system used by police that is derived from Aiki-jujutsu, and Kenpo Karate, with some influences from Brazilian Jujutsu and a couple of Chinese systems thrown in for flavour.
Actually, my head still kinda hurts... One hell of a kick, eh?