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Re: Women in KM?

Steve, if I throw a front kick at a literal freight train, my leg will get shredded to bits.

I’m not convinced it’s much different with a 250lb guy running at me.

Instinct says, DODGE.

Physics would seem to agree.

There’s been a few exercises where this has come up. One wasn’t about front kicks, so much as just running across a room and damn the torpedos if anyone was in the way. I’d dodge instead of play linebacker. But the point was not to dodge, it was to run and if someone got in your way, “run them over.”

I’m not going to be terribly effective in running over guys that outweight me and have that much height on me.

I have great days in KM where I love it, love the aggression, love to really get in there and fight. But so often, I think if I weren’t under contract, I’d quit.

If I try to spar with my SO, I lose….big time. And none of the KM techniques that help in class, seem to do much. He’s much bigger than me. And again, it seems like simple physics.

I figure my only real advantages are:
– tactical surprise (no one would expect me to fight back)
– weapons (I carry a kubotan nearly all the time, and often have a pistol)

Realistically? Learning to be aggressive was something I needed. But if someone is intent on hurting me, and I’m empty handed, I’m probably going to lose.

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