V-Dawn
White Belt
Hi All,
I've been lurking for awhile now and finally took the time to register yesterday.
I found this site when I did a search for "women martial arts" and have found a ton of useful information here! (so thanks for that)
I am new to martial arts and started late you could say. Soon to hit the big 40! I started after watching my son (17) and thought "I might be able to do that!"
I knew it wasn't going to be easy, and it has not been. There are other women in our studio but the majority are younger than I.
I've never been your typical "girl" and have always enjoyed high impact activities (hence my dirtbike phase last year lol) I quit riding as I don't seem to heal as fast as I used to, so I joined Karate ( go figure)
I very recently earned my orange belt (holy cow that was almost as hard as childbirth!) and my son his purple belt in Kempo. My youngest daughter (11) just started last month
I come from a large family and my sisters and some brothers cannot fathom why I enjoy Kempo after seeing my bruises and hearing about writhing on the floor in pain after being caught in an armbar( ha didn't tap fast enough!)
I am hooked and I look forward to many more years of learning!
I am in no hurry to rank up especially after my last test and need to work on learning to run again...really? How does one forget how to run?!? I did...
I've been lurking for awhile now and finally took the time to register yesterday.
I found this site when I did a search for "women martial arts" and have found a ton of useful information here! (so thanks for that)
I am new to martial arts and started late you could say. Soon to hit the big 40! I started after watching my son (17) and thought "I might be able to do that!"
I knew it wasn't going to be easy, and it has not been. There are other women in our studio but the majority are younger than I.
I've never been your typical "girl" and have always enjoyed high impact activities (hence my dirtbike phase last year lol) I quit riding as I don't seem to heal as fast as I used to, so I joined Karate ( go figure)
I very recently earned my orange belt (holy cow that was almost as hard as childbirth!) and my son his purple belt in Kempo. My youngest daughter (11) just started last month
I come from a large family and my sisters and some brothers cannot fathom why I enjoy Kempo after seeing my bruises and hearing about writhing on the floor in pain after being caught in an armbar( ha didn't tap fast enough!)
I am hooked and I look forward to many more years of learning!
I am in no hurry to rank up especially after my last test and need to work on learning to run again...really? How does one forget how to run?!? I did...
