I'm that girl who always tries to kick people all the way to America when they're holding the pad for me, then demand the same treatment back so they can't say I'm weaker because I'm a girl.
Yeah, but that's different to, say, going hell for leather in sparring and not respecting the wishes of your sparring partner in training.
If it's consentual, it's fine. Just like when we kick each other in class. Last time I did that, it was roundhouses to the upper arm. By the end, both my arms felt like they were on fire. Literally
I'm having to neck some gaviscon before training and some more after too.
I've got a mate that ended up in hospital with it as the acid started to eat away his eosophgous (I'm not spell checking that, you know what I mean).
Might just have a mild infection of some kind, I've been feeling kinda sick and my lower intestines are cramping every time I eat something. I almost puked in KF class, lol.
I should stress that I wasn't on about martial arts, although the statement does ring true for MA.
I was on about rugby. We usually warm up with touch rugby. The clue is in the title. But for some of our players, they get their testosterone on and start with the willy waving, so while most will understand that it's not about the smashing and bashing, there's always a couple that just want 100% contact. 2 minutes into training. On a hard surface.