[This week I'm featuring a guest post by Alexia Kruse discussing the benefits of MMA as an exercise for women. Alexia is writing on behalf of MMA Industries] (Photo courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/superwebdeveloper/ / CC BY 2.0) MMA Workouts are not Just for Men By Alexia Krause Mixed martial arts appears to be a male dominated [...]
Let’s face it — web sites for female martial artists don’t usually stand out and scream “Here I Am!” The following is a list of web resources for women in the martial arts: Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors: An organization for female martial arts instructors. National Women’s Martial Arts Federation: A nation-wide organization for [...]
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Woman who posed as man to become judo champ finally gets gold – 50 years after being stripped of it Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/08/22/2009-08-22_judo_medals_a_kick_ymca_finally_does_right_by_first_female_champ_stripped_of_gol.html#ixzz0PmfdmXMs So here’s another female warrior in the long tradition of Mu-Lan and Joan of Arc — a woman dressed as a man to fight. The article specifically states that there were no [...]
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Training Women in the Martial Arts: A Special Journey Authors: Jennifer Lawler & Laura Kamienski Publisher: Wish Publishing Buy from: Amazon Don’t let the thiness of this book fool you. Training Women in the Martial Arts may be only 118 pages long, but it’s 118 pages packed with information and ideas. One of the authors, [...]
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My son and I are students at White Tiger. During our trial lesson, DS got a big surprise when the instructor told him to address her as “Sir”. “I earned the title,” she said. “I did everything the men did.” That started me thinking. I seem to find more equality in martial arts schools and [...]
