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

[Ben Gash]

Hey, that's why I'm asking, if you guys don't have problems, that's great, it means I shouldn't either. No-one's going to jump in with a paper on malignant fibrotic breast tissue in female wrestlers are they?

[Oso]

for the most part it's been the guys working with the gals who have the problem. the girly girls just go straight to the women's only class and the few who want to really work come in to the regular class.


what's ironic is the simple fact of a women's only class for anything related to self defense...women on women crime isn't too prevalent.

[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

[monji112000]

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

LOL yah I remember the fist night of kick boxing class, I got clocked by a female who I figured was more concerned about braking a toenail or something.. I learned quickly how wrong I was. Got to love getting kicked by a woman with pink toenails. I still have a mental block about punching them.. maybe I am just odd.

[MasterKiller]

yea, makes me want boobies of my own

Better off just renting them once in a while. Once you own them, you never get to touch them.

[Vash]

Better off just renting them once in a while. Once you own them, you never get to touch them.

That's why you get other people's wives. Half the cost, but twice the excitement.

And twice the death threats. Don't forget those.

[Dragonzbane76]

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

Classic.....

Why would you want to not train in a men's class? Women are more pron to get attacked by a man than a woman.
If a woman if not able to forget about the "uncomfortable" positioning while grappling then she should go home. Just realistic. I always try to put the few we have against the biggest meanest guy in class, because in reality that's probably what they will get outside the classroom doors.

[SenseiShellie]

Let me tell you this from a female point of view. Martial Arts has been a guys world for some time...lots of guys train in it. Personally, if a female can't get over that then she shouldn't be there...plain and simple. I do my best to get the best training that I can get. I currently train at a traditional BJJ school. Females aren't allowed in group classes...however, I can take private classes. That's fine. I do it no problem. My instructor is a guy...big deal. If I can't handle it, then I shouldn't be there. That's my viewpoint.