Guys...do you think you could stay on topic.

Thanks

But we're oh so good at drifting Harlan!

And to stay on topic. The old Dojo in CA I was in, was a little under half. Mainly because when I joined my partner in crime at the time (girlfriend) joined as well. When a Dojo has one Femme in it, more come. If there are only males... Its a less inviting environment for other females to practice in.

in the dojo i'm in now there are about 12 females and about as many guys, maybe a couple more depending on attendance.

there is also the bursar lady who doesn't actually participate but seems to know loads about karate. last week she sat and corrected my pinan nidan which was scary when she piped up with something like 'you need to straiten your shoulders on that block, and its two knife hand attacks'.

Sounds like the stories of Funakoshi's wife!

Nails are good as Harlan said only in short distances. You have to actually (if you plan on doing a lot of gouging scratching, as are some strikes in Gung-Fu's focus) strengthen your nails through diet. Conditioning doesn't work on your nails do to the nature of their formation.

I've seen people pull fake nails out of their neck before, it didn't do that much damage. I've seen the face of an rapist who was attempting to assault one of our girls at the dojo... *grimaces* Short nails, Palm strike to nose, followed by rake to the eyes... Its a simple technique taught everywhere... ow...

Harlan never said any such thing.

Please close this thread. Thank you.

guess it wasn't closed. Don't know if there is any current value...but bumping it anyways.