Female martial artists?

desertcoyote19

Any females that do martial arts? I'm currently a brown belt in ITF Taekwondo and will start Brazilian Jiu-jitsu once I have my black belt. Just want to see if there are some other women in here that I can connect with that have a passion for martial arts.

chokhas

I used to do taekwondo for many years, after a move n no club close by so started kickboxing. after another move and no club close by I am now doing Thai boxing (with is similar to kickboxing just adding elbows and knees). we are going through fertility treatment right now so training and sparring at a minimum now

mom2kateRH

My daughter (11) made black belt in December in aiki shinkai karate. I promised her I'd start when she made BB. I started in February, and am up to blue belt. In fairness, I picked up a LOT just sitting at her practices. Just had a tournament this morning. My daughter didn't place but I got first in kata and sparring

chokhas

looks like you are enjoying yourself. are you planning to go for more competitions?

desertcoyote19

I have two mom's in my dojang that made the same promise to their kids. One of them will be testing for black belt soon herself, and the other just started. Always great to see families enjoying something together.

As for training with the possibility of being pregnant, I actually did train...all the way up to 35 weeks, and did my last sparring around 12 weeks for a belt test. I did an aweful lot of protecting my mid section during that test. Resulted in a busted lip, but that's better than hurting the baby. Now that baby is almost 3 months old.

Jus_gem

Hey! Yep I do bjj and love it

chokhas

I think I would be o.k. to train while pregnant but lets see how it goes n if I get green light from the doc. I would be confident to train if all is ok. previously in taekwondo and kickboxing there were several moms and pregnant ladies training. obviously under lower intensity.

mom2kateRH

chokhas wrote: »

looks like you are enjoying yourself. are you planning to go for more competitions?

I am having fun. And it's good exercise. I'll keep entering competitions when my daughter does. We really only do local ones, so they usually are pretty small. Although, I'm going to try and talk my daughter into doing battle of Atlanta one year.

desertcoyote19

chokhas wrote: »

I think I would be o.k. to train while pregnant but lets see how it goes n if I get green light from the doc. I would be confident to train if all is ok. previously in taekwondo and kickboxing there were several moms and pregnant ladies training. obviously under lower intensity.

I definitely did a low intensity. I was actually told by my Dr to not stop, to just modify and go for as long as I could. I really only did the warm up, basics and forms, but it was enough to keep me healthy and sane.

chokhas

mom2kateRH wrote: »

chokhas wrote: »

looks like you are enjoying yourself. are you planning to go for more competitions?

I am having fun. And it's good exercise. I'll keep entering competitions when my daughter does. We really only do local ones, so they usually are pretty small. Although, I'm going to try and talk my daughter into doing battle of Atlanta one year.

that's nice. good to see both are enjoying the same sport. my mom has never tried martial arts would have been fun to do that together.

Soy_K

i do shaolin kung fu and modern wushu ^_^

Schmitty_89

I do living room martial arts--cardio kickboxing! Lol I enjoy punching and kicking invisible enemies.

Bianca42

I do karate with my 2 sons (7 and 12). We are currently orange belts and I'm loving it.

shadowfax_c11

I am a black belt in Aikido.

Jelaan

Black belt in Goju Ryu karate. Started with my kids but they quit. Got my black belt at 53. Unfortunately I now suffer from arthritis in my hands and feet so I have had to modify what I do a lot.

MsHarryWinston

Great thread! I really want to do Kung Fu.

ziggification

What are your favorite katas?

emrys_99

I just earned my black belt in ATA Taekwondo after 30 years of off and on training in TKD, Kempo, Goju Ryu, and kickboxing off and on

emrys_99

Jelaan wrote: »

Black belt in Goju Ryu karate. Started with my kids but they quit. Got my black belt at 53. Unfortunately I now suffer from arthritis in my hands and feet so I have had to modify what I do a lot.

Way to go on your black belt! I studied Goju Ryu for a few years as a kid.

desertcoyote19

Jelaan wrote: »

Black belt in Goju Ryu karate. Started with my kids but they quit. Got my black belt at 53. Unfortunately I now suffer from arthritis in my hands and feet so I have had to modify what I do a lot.

I have arthritis in my lower back. Doing taekwondo has actually helped mine out with staying active.

desertcoyote19

ziggification wrote: »

What are your favorite katas?

I really like Toi-gye and choong-moo. Both are very unique and challenging in their own ways.

Truly303

There's is not a dojang here for Kum-sung TKD.
I'm ranked in ATA and higher in Kim-Sung. I still do some at home when health permits!

Bluebell2325

I started karate 1st Feb this year and I'm loving realising a childhood dream. Got a long way to go, but hoping for yellow belt grading later this month. Passed the bug on to my 12yo son who started about 6 weeks ago, he is also loving it. We have a fantastic, patient teacher and a good group of people. And I feel it has really helped my running too. Long may it continue!

Saaski

Black belt in han moo kwan tae kwon do, as well as the mixed style I used to teach! Currently training in Capoeira. Actually just got home from my 6am class and saw this thread

desertcoyote19

Bluebell2325 wrote: »

I started karate 1st Feb this year and I'm loving realising a childhood dream. Got a long way to go, but hoping for yellow belt grading later this month. Passed the bug on to my 12yo son who started about 6 weeks ago, he is also loving it. We have a fantastic, patient teacher and a good group of people. And I feel it has really helped my running too. Long may it continue!

This was my childhood dream too. My mother swears that she would have let me do it if she had known, but I distinctly remember her saying that she wouldn't let me because I would get hurt. 3 years training now and have only broken one finger, and suffered from bruises and the finger was my fault since I caught it on my own pants blocking a kick. Lol my oldest daughter loves to come to class with me and will do the kicks with us but she has 2 more years before she can join, if she wants to.

Bluebell2325

There was nothing near us growing up and I'm sure mum though "she'll grow out of it" I was very into gymnastics at the time so that filled the gap from age 8-9 to 16-17. Though when she found out a few weeks ago I was doing a karate class she was a bit "Really? Wow! Is it safe? Really? Wow! Good for you!". She reminded me I would stand on one leg on posts for long times as a child trying to do flying kicks and pretending to be the karate kid from the films (I hadn't forgotten, I hadn't realised she was watching at the time). She asked if there was much "wax on, wax off".

Bluebell2325

Thankfully I realised her winding me up was a sign of pleasure and genuine intrigue and not mocking. I might get her to join the ranks yet! I'm sure she'd love it too!!

Valsgoals

I do Tae Kwon Do. Similar to others, my daughter has been at TKD since she was 7, she's now 15 and a red belt. I always wanted to do it too but didn't start up until last fall. I'm now a yellow belt, so...still very early in my progress. I'm loving it and my daughter is loving that she outranks me.

HeliumIsNoble

TKD here. Just got in from a class in fact. I originally took it up a while ago just to get fit and lose weight. One thing led to another, which is to say that I ended up joining MFP so I could lose weight more effectively for TKD.

chokhas

desertcoyote19 wrote: »

This was my childhood dream too. My mother swears that she would have let me do it if she had known, but I distinctly remember her saying that she wouldn't let me because I would get hurt. 3 years training now and have only broken one finger, and suffered from bruises and the finger was my fault since I caught it on my own pants blocking a kick. Lol my oldest daughter loves to come to class with me and will do the kicks with us but she has 2 more years before she can join, if she wants to.

my mom was scared that I get hurt. I started tkd after we went to a martial art or sport fair in which clubs in the area do short performance. as judo and karate did sparring but tkd did only'patterns so that is then what I was allowed to sign up for when I was 5 or 6 years old because the other two looked to aggressive for my mom

Valsgoals

So it sounds like a lot of my fellow MFP martial art females are much further along in their endeavors. I'm hoping to keep this up. My class is small but most all have been at it for +5 years, if not much longer. It's not held at a formal Dojo, it's through my local park district. The main school our instructor is associated with and where our belts get sponsored through is a formal Martial Art school.