We are currently around 25-30% female in our dojo because a few ppl have left.

half and half

In our HKD dojang, the majority of the begginners are women, than as the ranks get higher, the testing gets harder, the ranks thin (male and female)! The HKD we learn as compared to others is really hard, I see TKD sites and think man they got it easy. I suppose we are trained by the military so it would be alot harder than a general public class!

I am ashamed to say that there are no female black belts in HKD. We try to encourage them, but it is harder for women to find time for serious training....with the children,the responsibilities of the home, job, husbands etc.
We still live in a very traditional society and everyone has there place, unfortunately the place of the women is not in the dojang!!

Now before any one goes off, I dont believe this to be right , my wife is about to start and I support her, and I think that the fact that no BB exist is driving her to make history. Unfortunately she just had a caesarian birth so she needs to rest up for at least a year!I try to involve my female friends and relatives, but they buy into the traditional role idea as well! Oh well this will all change one day hopefully! Women need to take self defense classes more than men do, they are attacked more than men are. Men attack men for stupid reasons, men attack women for different reasons and women need to kick some tail, to get some respect!!

*bows respectfully*

Why is it that the gender that most needs "self defense" training isn't hitting up those gyms more so then us big-headed, testosterone filled guys? It's a shame.

In my boxing gym years ago we had one female student, and one asst. to the instructor. The female student was great too ..man she was quick.

-Ket

I don't know Ket ... maybe more guys are doing it because they are the ones feeling threated and "maybe" some women feel that their man will protect them or that it will never happen to them. Or maybe martial arts is a stereotype by some women that it is for men because it involves sweating, punching, kicking ad rolling around on the ground. Good question.

Funnily enough I know of a few women that quit because they were told to cut their fingernails!

*bows respectfully*

Hm....wouldn't be better to have long nails? Maybe if it's necessary to scratch or gouge?

Try making a fist with long nails.


Ever had a girl cut her nails because she was told to quit?

Oh. I wasn't thinking THAT long but that makes sense.