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I have done matches against women in training. And of course, there are those playful matches with your significant other in the privacy of your own home.
I wrestled in High School and I currently box, but while I was in HS I never wrestled another female (our team did not have any female wrestlers, and I never went against one from another school.) I do occasionally spar with females in boxing (not fight them,) but that's more to work on technique as opposed to trying to beat the other person.
Something that I find fascinating, though, is that whenever there is a video on Youtube depicting a woman beating a guy in jiu-jitsu, wrestling or whatever, there will be comments that fall into extreme white-knighting from some of the male commenters. These aren't comments that simply praise the winning female, but rather include statements that "women are superior!" "women are getting stronger then men!" and so on. They never really take into account that she was probably simply more skilled than him, or that he made careless mistakes and she capitalized on them. Grappling is rarely about strength; a guy who can't get near to benching his weight can take down a much stronger guy with better technique. To me, and I know this will be a bit controversial but it's my view, these comments aren't so much "you go girl!" but rather come from guys with some kind of amazon fetish who like getting beat up or thrown around by a stronger woman (which makes me curious about the direction of this thread.) While I find that type of fantasy...different, I suppose they like things like that because they probably would have a tough time, if it was possible at all, to find a woman willing to fulfill that fantasy.
In terms of actual man vs. woman type matches, I honestly think it's kind of a lose-lose situation for the guy. Especially in High School, where there is a lot of peer pressure, if the guy wins it's expected with minimal consequence to the losing female. If the female wins, then she gets heaps of praise and the guy probably faces a lot of mockery from his peers. As to whether I would compete against a girl, in boxing definitely no. If I were still in wrestling, maybe.
In judo randori when I first started out, I was a 300-pound white belt in my first month working against a 220-pound female black belt with two decades of experience. She tried some of her favorite techniques - she was a strong woman - but kept talking about how strong I was and how she couldn't do anything. We went at it for almost an hour, almost non stop, and she finally pinned me once (i had gotten her about 20 times) using her superior skill and my absolute exhaustion against me. She was really happy and told me I was the strongest person she had ever faced in more than 20 years of judo. I told her in jest that she should have beaten me long before then because she was a black belt and I was a beginner.
In judo randori when I first started out, I was a 300-pound white belt in my first month working against a 220-pound female black belt with two decades of experience. She tried some of her favorite techniques - she was a strong woman - but kept talking about how strong I was and how she couldn't do anything. We went at it for almost an hour, almost non stop, and she finally pinned me once (i had gotten her about 20 times) using her superior skill and my absolute exhaustion against me. She was really happy and told me I was the strongest person she had ever faced in more than 20 years of judo. I told her in jest that she should have beaten me long before then because she was a black belt and I was a beginner.
A 220lbs female?
Anyway, is the result because she was a female? Or would a male have the same result? Was she a mcdojo black belt, or is her belt lineage confirmed? There are many crappy judo schools that hand out belts like cookies, jiu jitsu will be the same soon enough.
Anyway, this is back to my point about equilibrium; there comes a point where size/strength has an absolute advantage, hence the classes in competition.
Anyway, is the result because she was a female? Or would a male have the same result? Was she a mcdojo black belt, or is her belt lineage confirmed? There are many crappy judo schools that hand out belts like cookies, jiu jitsu will be the same soon enough.
Anyway, this is back to my point about equilibrium; there comes a point where size/strength has an absolute advantage, hence the classes in competition.
Yup. A 220-lb female. She later lost 40 lbs and is now a trainer. She was a big, broad lady, not really tall at 5-9 but really thick and country strong. She was as strong as some men I've wrestled. She was a legit black belt....other than Phil Porter lineage there are no McDojo promotions in Kodokan Judo. I think a male of similar size and skill would have wiped up the floor with me, honestly. Despite her experience she was relatively easy to defend against. She couldn't throw me and only pinned me that one time. But by the time I hit brown belt I was pretty much impossible to throw by anyone except accomplished black belt players above 200 lbs.
Yup. A 220-lb female. She later lost 40 lbs and is now a trainer. She was a big, broad lady, not really tall at 5-9 but really thick and country strong. She was as strong as some men I've wrestled. She was a legit black belt....other than Phil Porter lineage there are no McDojo promotions in Kodokan Judo. I think a male of similar size and skill would have wiped up the floor with me, honestly. Despite her experience she was relatively easy to defend against. She couldn't throw me and only pinned me that one time. But by the time I hit brown belt I was pretty much impossible to throw by anyone except accomplished black belt players above 200 lbs.
How do you think a fit, but untrained male would stack up against a similar sized female who knows judo?
Yup. A 220-lb female. She later lost 40 lbs and is now a trainer. She was a big, broad lady, not really tall at 5-9 but really thick and country strong. She was as strong as some men I've wrestled. She was a legit black belt....other than Phil Porter lineage there are no McDojo promotions in Kodokan Judo. I think a male of similar size and skill would have wiped up the floor with me, honestly. Despite her experience she was relatively easy to defend against. She couldn't throw me and only pinned me that one time. But by the time I hit brown belt I was pretty much impossible to throw by anyone except accomplished black belt players above 200 lbs.
I am just wondering how proficient she possibly could be weighing that much; gives me an indicator she is not in shape, thus lacking some serious practicing. I could not imagine doing BJJ for 20 years and not have some low BF%.
But I am talking a little out of my knowledge, I do not know much about judo.
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