Unhappy Ninja

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Platapus

The problem is that this is more a performance, and while it does take a whole lot of skill, it does not necessarily represent a person who can defend themselves. Katas are great practice, but rarely does a kata survive first contact in a real fight. Our instructor used to take great pleasure in demonstrating that (ouch)

Have you ever had an altercation with one? I have, and have responded to calls where women have bloodied their male counterparts to the point where I initially thought the guy was beaten by another male. I didn't say every woman was alike, but I have met some tough ones who knew nothing about any Kata and still cleaned a man's clock. One guy needed stitches above his brow, had a closed eye and a broken nose after he showed up late for a wedding reception. It was his gown clad fiance who handed him his head as soon as he stepped out of the limo.
Another 18 year old girl wrestled with me and my 6'2" (210 pound) partner for over 5 minutes before we were finally able to cuff her.

I've had to wrestle cuffs on some pretty tough cookies. Some were drunk, some high on drugs and some psych-patients. That's not to say that some weren't easy.