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a female social worker friend of mine wants me to train her and 2 of her co workers ( females also ) , i told her id get back to her that i was gonna get my game plan together on how i would execute sessions with them.
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What are they looking to get out of the training? In other words, is this a short or long term thing? Either way, IMO, I think that the training should be the same as what you would teach to others? Why? Because chances are, if they're attacked, it'll be by a male, not another woman. Get them into the proper mindset, have them not only work with each other, but with other male students, and get them used to contact.
Of course, if someone has some limitations, ie: injuries, etc, then make the exception for that.
I do not get what "special treatment" you were imagining you would need to provide these poor, poor women? Certainly we reserve basic teaching technique and treatment for beginners of EITHER sex, though why would you differentiate for women? If they are interested in your art or your course then you assume they are aware that you are not demonstrating flower arranging or dress alteration, excuse my facetiousnessTreat the women as "participants" and remove the gender-worry from your teaching and make the whole exercise a lot less stressful and awkward for every including yourself
Yr most obdt hmble srvt,
Jenna
If their just looking for some self defense moves, then I definitely would teach them differently. But whether male or female, makes no difference. I would leave kata out of it, and stick to easy to learn techniques. If it's a structured class their looking for then they would be taught the same as everyone else, from the bottom up.a female social worker friend of mine wants me to train her and 2 of her co workers ( females also ) , i told her id get back to her that i was gonna get my game plan together on how i would execute sessions with them.
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a female social worker friend of mine wants me to train her and 2 of her co workers ( females also ) , i told her id get back to her that i was gonna get my game plan together on how i would execute sessions with them.
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Just to second what Lisa said...
If you've gotten to instructor rank without a female teacher, a female student or female classmates you've been inhabiting a very strange corner of the martial arts world indeed. If you're serious about teaching you might profit from some serious exposure to an environment which has significant numbers of female martial arts students. There are plenty of Kenpo schools in your part of the world where that is the case.
The tone of your article is bound to set women's teeth on edge. As you can see, it already has. My previous advice stands: You seem to be asking "How are these strange creatures going to be problems?" Treat them like any other student - fairly, without favoritism or prejudice - and you won't have any real problems. Treat them otherwise, and it's going to be a bad time all around.
Yes, women have boobs. Past childhood they've had them for a while and are used to the idea. They kind of carry them around. Sports bras for most classes and chest protectors for sparring mostly take care of the sensitivity and uncomfortable bouncing issues. If you need more advice ask a female black belt in your style.
Close contact between men and women in training? It's something everyone needs to get used to. It's more of a problem for the young of both sexes than the older ones. When I've taught women's self defense classes I always thanked the gods for older women, especially the grandmothers. The younger women looked up to them. And they were refreshingly nonchalant and lacking in useless shyness. A direct quote as one grabbed a 20 year old wrestler/football player for groundwork drills: "Don't worry, son. I raised four boys. You don't have anything I haven't diapered a thousand times."
In any case, if your friends are interested in self protection they need to get used to physical contact with men. And it does the men good to treat the women in the class as just more training partners. Some women aren't quite at that point. For them I recommend women's self defense classes. Once they've gotten to a certain point of physical confidence they tend not to have problems with a mixed class.
Here are three inviolable rules if you're going to enter the later twentieth let alone twenty first century:
- If a guy is taking the opportunity to cop a feel, or if he's pelvis grinding during grappling or making rude comments of a sexual nature your absolute responsibility as an instructor is to toss him so hard he bounces. No second chances.
- If one of your senior students uses his position to pressure female students for dates or sex throw him so hard he bounces twice. No exceptions no matter how long you've known him or how good he is.
- If you use your position to do that sort of thing you are unfit to teach and deserve to be drummed out of your organization and get the ***-whipping of your life - the sort involving broken bones and permanent disability.