Grappling fo Girls

[Ben Gash]

Hi guys, what issues have you experienced teaching women in a mixed class, and how have you got around them? Do you need to make any modifications to things like pummeling drills?

[MasterKiller]

I've worked with women. I have one regular chick in my class right now. I don't modify it. If they can't take getting their boobies rubbed incidentally while training, they shouldn't be training.

I always tell them before they start that some of the positions will feel compromising and uncomfortable, and that if they aren't ready for that they should probably look for something else.

[Ben Gash]

That is kinda my outlook, I was just trying to see if there's a middle way

[MasterKiller]

That is kinda my outlook, I was just trying to see if there's a middle way

There is no middle way in the ring or in the street. You either do it or you don't, boobies or not.

[Three Harmonies]

To be honest I prefer teaching women (get minds out of gutter) because they enter the class with an open mind, no ego, and they actually listen to what I tell them!! Can't say the same for the men I have taught. If they have prior experience I inevitably get the "well we did it like this in my Ninja class...." BS, they are usually going WAY to hard because they are eager to prove whos **** is bigger, and they have a real hard time listening to instructions.
Now I am making a general statement, and it certainly does not apply to all men (nor women for that matter), but these have been my experiences especially since movin up here and teaching more females.
MK hit the nail on the nose! Yes tits get in the way, but they have to learn to deal. Got one girl who is HUGE, and I find her pulling her rear hand back too far to get around the problem. Told her she needs to try to keep the hands forward to protect her face/head. She manages!
Jake

[lkfmdc]

I have a female fighter that kicks men's butts all the time.... I also have a few women in the regular contact classes on a pretty regular basis, adn they do what everyone else does. For a whole pile of reasons you don't want to treat them differently. So it really comes down to ; do they want to do it or not?

There are a lot of guys who don't want to "do it" also

[Vash]

There is no middle way in the ring or in the street. You either do it or you don't, boobies or not.

That is so sigworthy.

[Oso]

yea, makes me want boobies of my own