Women in the Martial Arts

Something I put together from a discarded documentary project. It used to be online until pulled for musical copyright issues last year. I'm putting it back up under the 'fair use' clause.

This is also a homage to an excellent martial arts videographer, Andy Helm, who passed in 2007.

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  Sports

[natachaedsell]

Who's the girl at 33 seconds!?!?! so cool

[428ghost]

Michelle Krasnoo

[DetMarcusReed]

Who is the woman in :46-:47 in the red and black uniform, the one the grabs her leg.

[428ghost]

Tatjana Arjenko. Not sure about the spelling.

[xXBOOMxSTICKi3Xx]

Wife beaters have finally met their ass kickers

[Mikeybetts]

i just wish the women in my karate class could hold a candle to these women in terms of being determined.

in my class, the Sensei treats the girls with kid-gloves and the girls complain when they're put on equal footing with the guys.

im not saying guys are better, but if, like in many dojos i've fought in, the sensei treats the girls with kid-gloves, then they'll never be like the girls in these videos.

treat men and women equally in the dogo, and you have tough girls

[HUNK568]

strenght is always necessarily,strenght is very important thing...

[engela2]

being a good martial artist and self defender is not necessarily about strength... you are ignorant.

[HUNK568]

women are weak...

[Dustubuni]

Huh. I see a lot of hater comments talking shit about "how this doesn't respect the martial arts" and how "they're just glorified ballerina's." *Ahem*

... So...

how many of you can fight worth a damn?

[Sana Vidhamali]

I dislike it.

[428ghost]

I haven't seen anything since I found that film, probably ten years ago now. I don't follow the tournament scene anymore so she may still be out there.