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Sometimes, how the society reacts to a woman who is taking martial arts training can be the most annoying challenge of all. Very often when on a date, a lady who practices martial arts is jokingly called upon by her date to protect him in a mock danger. Since she knows martial arts, it is instantly assumed that she is always ready to perform her techniques as needed, as if she is a certified walking security system. This is why many women who are interested in learning martial arts prefer watching mixed martial arts videos and learning by themselves at the comfort and privacy of their own homes rather than join a martial arts class and let other people know of their interest.

The aforementioned situation is not the only example of the society’s reaction to female martial artists. At social functions, the female martial arts practitioner may not see a shortage of requests from the crowd for her to show her combat techniques and martial art movements. Some people seem to think that there is something very cute or amusing about a lady taking martial arts while the male counterpart is given high respect and even feared. Worse is that women martial artists and students are often challenged to a duel by men who want to boost their egos by trying to prove that a woman, even who is trained in martial arts, is nothing compared to a man’s strength.

There are many other challenges women martial artists face, and most of these challenges are just testing their patience, mentality, determination and outlook in life rather than their fighting skills. Thus, a woman who is interested in learning martial arts should prepare herself for these kinds of challenges.

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