Being a woman who knows how to fight…
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Being a Woman who knows how to fight:
by Rosa Smith
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Being a woman who knows how to fight is a wonderful thing; even if you are the only one who knows you can do it.
Six years ago I started learning Kung Fu. I first started training because a friend invited me to come see what it was all about.
He made it sound exciting and fun – and like hard work.
I was all for it, I had grown up more of a tomboy and was aggressive in general and was prideful enough to think that I wasn’t afraid of ‘a little’ hard work.
I had been looking for a way to get into better shape, but dreaded walking around in circles at a track or around the neighborhood – it was boring.
My first day of class I had a blast – since I wasn’t afraid to be hit or take a hit, I was able to learn quite a lot that day.
Throughout the last six years I have learned that truly being committed to learning martial art is not ‘a little’ hard work – it is A LOT of hard work and some days it feels like you won’t make it.
As the years have continued, I have been able to learn more than just fighting – although that is a huge part of any martial art.
I have gained better health because of my training, but that has become more of a side benefit rather than the reason why I still attend my classes.
Training in a martial art has tested my physical, mental, and emotional state. Every time I go to class I learn something new, even if I am working on the same movement I have done for three weeks or going over a form I learned the first month I was in class.
It has opened my mind to a whole different way of thinking and allowed me to be creative in all aspects of my life and see that there is never an end to learning because each time you re-visit something you ‘know’ there can be a different facet of it you have missed before.
I have been able to apply the principles I have learned in Kung Fu to my job and my family relationships.
As I continue to grow in knowledge and understanding of the art I am learning I am filled more and more with a sense of empowerment.
It is not always like that – there are doubts that still try to crowd into my mind saying that I am not good enough and that I wouldn’t be able to win in a fight against someone bigger than me, but I have to have faith that my hard work and training in class will be there for me in if I am ever put in a dangerous situation.
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