Worth Watching
Martial Arts for Women
I’ve been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for about 23 years. I’ve earned a black belt and have won several regional and national contests (for my age group), and I came in third in the 2016 IBJJF World Master Championship.
Those victories were rewarding. But the best match I ever fought was about 15 years ago when a 115-pound colleague choked me out in front of a crowd of people who were gawking and laughing.
Despite what the post-modernists would have us believe, science tells us that, pound for pound, men are stronger, faster, and have more explosive power than women. That’s why I’ve always believed that martial arts that emphasize striking (Karate, Boxing, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, etc.) are not appropriate as self-defense programs for women. But there are martial arts that are designed to allow smaller and weaker opponents to defeat larger and stronger ones. Notably Judo and Jiu Jitsu.
Take a look at the following three videos. These are real (not the simulated BS you see so often) physical fighting contests where technique allows the “weaker” sex to not just defend themselves against attack but dominate and subdue!