tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584799702351316273.post728219072099972277..comments2024-01-25T07:59:56.921-05:00Comments on A nice lady's adventures in the gentle art of jiu jitsu: women competing in men's divisionsfuture black belthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04432679081962279480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584799702351316273.post-62811975647021515522013-08-05T23:42:08.996-04:002013-08-05T23:42:08.996-04:00As much as I respect your opinion, it pisses me of...As much as I respect your opinion, it pisses me off. Like, a lot. Almost as much as WWE changing the "Woman's" division into the "Diva's" division. I mean seriously, all it is now is women prancing around in stripper costumes, pretending to throw punches while pushing their boobs at any male specimen looking their way. What happened to fighters like Trish Stratus? Granted she did have her "Tits and Ass" moment, but in the end she earned respect. Anyways, that's not the point. The POINT is that you shouldn't CARE if your competing against against a women or a man. Men shouldn't CARE if their beaten by a girl, or beat a girl. They also shouldn't get offended if someone says "your such a girl", its not an insult to be a girl, but that's beside the point. If a man and a women have the same skill, and are in relatively the same weight class, then should it matter? It's plain fat SEXIST to prevent women from competing against men. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584799702351316273.post-9979393408953746662012-03-21T10:13:22.042-04:002012-03-21T10:13:22.042-04:00this is sexist,smh. Man up and beat everyonethis is sexist,smh. Man up and beat everyoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584799702351316273.post-65909716400814905662012-03-21T07:19:58.018-04:002012-03-21T07:19:58.018-04:00Boy can I relate. The entire senior women's d...Boy can I relate. The entire senior women's division at our tournament this weekend was Bushido, and I've yet to go to a tournament with more than three other women in my division. I desperately wish we could go in with the guys and just drop down a weight class--because the numbers just aren't out there. And judo is worse than BJJ.<br /><br />I've also heard what you said about the guys reactions. I have tremendously mixed feelings about that. Part of me says "yeah, I get that, makes sense." The other part says "what the &*%$ is wrong with this picture?" It should not be so humiliating for a guy to get beat by a girl, if she's flat out better than he is. Nor should he have to feel bad about winning, if he did it fairly. It shouldn't be a no-win. I get that in our society it is. But it pisses me off. <br /><br />I can see your point about the physical differences. Martial arts (and grappling in particular) has really driven that home to me. And I can see where it would be the beginning of a slippery slope. But dang, I would have loved to be able to go in with the guys this weekend instead of playing two women from my own dojo......Erika Robbinsnoreply@blogger.com