Woah!! People wouldn't spar with you? Man that's harsh.
If a woman, kid, animal (bring it on) gets in the ring, they want to play and I take it to mean that the spar is a spar.
Obviously it does depend on the skill level. If I was fighting a beginner then I'm not going to go full pelt at them, but enough that they learn to move.
If a woman spars with me and she is the same level then I expect her to give me as good as I give!!!
I think that the person who refused to train with you missed out big time. Women move differently to men due to their skeletal structure.
My main art is wing chun and a big part of that is chi sao. In chi sao, women are lighter on the hands because there is no testosterone/adrenaline build up when they get hit.
If any women ever want to meet up to train they are more than welcome
Similarly there are organisations out there where it doesn't matter what your gender is. In Kamon you are treated exactly the same
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