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   Jessica!!! :kirby: :verified: (tehjessica@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 00:38:15 JST Jessica!!! :kirby: :verified:

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   I've also recently learned quite a bit of people don't like boxing, kickboxing, sparring at at all because they see it as super violent. I never actually really saw it that way? And in my last spar I got hit so many times in the head because I totally was sucking at blocking. (I do find high school boys to be harder opponents that women my own age lol!) But to me & how we spar in my dojo, it's not about whaling on someone. We hit hard, but it's not about that. It's about skill, combinations, etc

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     Jessica!!! :kirby: :verified: (tehjessica@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 00:38:16 JST Jessica!!! :kirby: :verified:

     I practice Kickboxing which is a martial art. Now maybe I'm missing something here because I also practice Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate which is very traditional, but aren't people in martial arts supposed to be respectful? Some of these women going up against Imane Khelif and Yu-ting Lin are not being very respectful. And yet they are being shown respect in return. It's sad to see.

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     Jessica!!! :kirby: :verified: (tehjessica@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Aug-2024 00:41:52 JST Jessica!!! :kirby: :verified:

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     @FlashMobOfOne I guess it totally makes sense! I just never really thought about it. But I've also enjoyed fighting games since I was a kid, so maybe it just didn't seem strange to me.

     Now, I'd love to be able to do what you do, but my fear of falling has held me back from really doing any skating much at all in recent years. I can fall on a mat now, but on skates, yikes!