females in traditional chinese martial arts

[Razaunida]

你才是。 你是功夫掌门但是你却不懂中文。

[Razaunida]

ok since you just wrote a very interesting thread on rape prevention, albeit dark, i'll entertain you for a sec. yes taiwanese people can understand chinese. there.

it's a beautiful language.

You can use google translate. Your have power.

[Jian]

You can use google translate. Your have power.

nope! sure didn't. i can read at an "advanced level" according to formal studies although i'd say it's more intermediate. verbal fluency is fine but do have to look up more advanced vocab words. so far everything you've written is fairly elementary so i can understand it fine without looking stuff up.

[Jian]

Jian,

I apologize this thread of your got sidetracked.

i know! but i think a lot of folks shared before that happened so that was helpful. that and i think my boredom keeps me coming back here. sheesh.

[Razaunida]

are you doing this for a paper in your women's studies class?

That won't help you get a job unless your employer is a lesbian at an NGO, but then they will ask you to work for free and you could save yourself time by just getting a lesbian tattoo on your neck.

[Jian]

bumping original post..

hi folks,

the times are changing and as we've seen at the recent tiger claw
tournament in san jose.. a strong presence of female martial artists. i also have a question about how supportive this space is for gay/lesbian folks.

two questions:
1. what do you think is the role of female martial artists in traditional
chinese martial arts?

2. is this a community open to gay/lesbian martial artists?

various opinions i've heard and inferred through observation:

- women are welcome but really it's the men that authentically carry on the lineage of our ancestors
- female martial artists are appreciated because they are feminine and sexy
- women are warriors just like men- take them seriously and promote them if they qualify
- ooh, lesbians with swords. hot.
- gay is fine as long as they stay away from me.
- wish we had more female participants
- who cares about gender and sexual orientation. this is a new era and as long as they care about the art that's all that matters.

any thoughts?

thanks,
jian

[taai gihk yahn]

Jian,

I apologize this thread of your got sidetracked.

Frank is, at bottom, a gentleman!

i know! but i think a lot of folks shared before that happened so that was helpful. that and i think my boredom keeps me coming back here. sheesh.

this is what makes this forum very Taoist - no good thread will go un-sidetracked; and the neat thing is, to make it all ok, all you have to do is...

STEP!

[SPJ]

bumping original post..


two questions:
1. what do you think is the role of female martial artists in traditional
chinese martial arts?

2. is this a community open to gay/lesbian martial artists?


any thoughts?

thanks,
jian

1. yes, female instructor may teach kids class and female class.

such as female teaches female for bjj and mma

guys tumble with guys etc

2. none of our business.

[ShortBridge]

Jian,

What about where you train? What has been your observation/experience on these issues?

[SPJ]

in history, there were also female generals.

such as hua mu lan.

and grand mother grand marshall mu gui yin of song dynasty.

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something to think about.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6Wi...eature=related

female generals of yang family.

etc etc.

[SPJ]

for people that do not know pe king opera.

there is a horse whip, representing you are riding a horse.

there is a short spear, representing you are using a long spear.

the command flags are on your back.

each flag representing an army.

you have the command flag, you may give order to that army.

etc etc.

[SPJ]

my point is that this is not new.

1. there are female fighters before.

2. there are gay people ever since there are people.

so what is new?

[YouKnowWho]

I have to admit that without a female training partner, I would never have interest in ground game.

[Razaunida]

You are a rapist