Women In Martial Arts:

Women In Martial Arts:

Nature has made the female gender of most species less dominate than their male counterparts.

Can women become utilitarian in martial arts despite their lesser physical being?

Can they match their male counterparts pound for pound?

 

there's no need to match someone pound for pound.

hit first, and hit right. then keep hitting. those three points are good enough to end any purely physical 1-on-1 confrontation, and vague enough for me to defend them by creating exceptions and wild explanations of them when they are challenged

 

I've submitted bigger guys, yes. At least I'm fairly sure I actually did it and wasn't just being handled with kid gloves, if the fact that I have a pulled serratus from resisting a keylock so hard, as well as hurt connective tissue in various places, is anything to go by...

 

and as i have said before and will say again. "woman" and "man" are not entities, they are descriptors of biological sexual dimorphism. some women will be better than some men, and some men will be worse than some women at a variety of things, and that's only considering genetics. a man raised without significant physical activity will be no match for a woman of his same height who grew up doing hard physical labour, other factors being similar.

 

Somewhere in another thread, it was mentioned, size does matter. As for pound by pound, the victor, the better prepared

 

in a duel type situation, yes. there are ways of fighting that do not involve duelling-type combat.

 

southpaw, remind me again how tall you are? because i think i can one-up you on that one

also, [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38jmm0a6JK4"]YouTube - ‪hand sparring‬‏[/ame]

 

I agree. Would this not be a issue of pound for pound?

Without the aid of drugs, can a woman, pound for pound, be as strong as the male?

If the saying goes, that a woman lighter, or less strong, could prevail over a larger adversary, would be like simply stating;

Martial arts was devised for smaller men to defeat larger ones.


(Keep in mind; I am just throwing out information, which doesn't necessarily reflect my opinions at all times)

 

You forgot the rest of my post;

As for pound by pound, the victor, the better prepared

 

I don't feel you have to match pound for pound. You are better to be lucky then smart. JMHO

 

They're probably gonna have certain disadvantages in competing with men in the sporting sense....but self defense...? No problem!

Oh and it would obviously depend on the style.....like mixed gender fencing would go down a lot differently to mixed gender boxing.

 

Yes, for sure.

By counterparts here I am taking it to mean a generalised man and a generalised woman with the same level of training, commitment, intelligence and lifestyle etc. And of course the same weight. In this case the man would likely be a 'victor' simply because at the same weight, a larger proportion of the mans total mass will be taken up with muscle. And the composition of that muscle is that it is more likely to be faster and more powerful than the womens muscle.

This is providing you can sort of control or measure over a situation. A straight man vs. woman fight like this sort of thing doesn't happen that often at all.

 

I agree.

I make no error, knowing that a woman, can defeat a man.

Could it also be-this sort of thing doesn't happen that often at all?

Defeat is situational

 

It is interesting to think about. Body type is very interesting, the fact you can have long and lean 200 lb man or heavy bone more muscle 200 lb woman is interesting. I guess a big factor is who is faster, who gasses faster, who can take body shots better. One good shot to the head or groin.... it doesn't matter who weighs more...no? Good conversation......

 

I have seen many odd situations or confrontations. There were a few, which could be avoided, and a few which had unfolded so quickly, that it could not have been prevented.

In my decades of observations, most women could "take shots", but they were emotionally traumatized and this kept them from prevailing. They simply succumbed to emotion rather to continue to battle.

Of course, this was in a different era (70’s-90’s) were females wanted equality, as they fought for per other “Women’s Rights Movements", but as for “fisticuffs”, they left that for males

 

Equal weight, talent, age, etc - the male species wins EVERY TIME! - providing he is alive and breathing...

... I have seen females beat up men - but they were NOT very feminine, and the men - well, they were NOT very manly.

 

fallacy. equate men with strong and women with weak, and suddenly any strong woman is not feminine, and any weak man is not manly? please stop posting. seriously.