I think this was mentioned in another post, but what is disturbing is that there are women out there that believe they can fight after a few lessons of cadio-kickboxing!
I remember attending one of the cardio-kickboxing classes (called "Body Combat" at the local health club), and it is just a glorified aerobics session! The "kata" they made you do was a joke! I'm sure it has is health benefits, but it is not going to gear you for fighting!
I'm also under the impression that the martial arts, such as kickboxing is getting "trendy" for women. This statement is based on the assumption that the large majority of martial artists, are men. I just keep on seeing articles in the "womens" section on kickboxing, kickboxercise, McKickassbo etc. I was even suprised Kali was mentioned at one point because Lucy Liu spent a short bit of time learning it for the Charlies Angels film! They belief was that Kali-Escrima would take off this year because of this!
I think women (and men) should know that the martial arts are not an easy ride, which is why we love it. If all it took was a few "kickboxing" lessons to learn to kick ass, then we wouldn't be studying the martial arts and talking about it on here.
Steven
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