19/03/2024
Fight like a girl. It’s a principle applicable to all of us.
It doesn’t take a Harvard degree in gender studies or advanced physiology courses from leading experts in athletic performance studies to recognize the simple fact- men and women aren’t the same.
In context of physical abilities, there is abundance of data and evidence, that average male, in comparison to average female, has significantly more physical strength, larger muscles, denser bone and connective tissue structure. That provides average male with notable advantages in applied strength, speed and other parameters within physical performance realm.
And it could be said that most often, a lady having to fight a man is an example of David vs Goliath story.
“Fight like a girl” is not gender specific class, in a sense that it addresses and explores universal principles of disparity of capabilities between two belligerents in the context of physical violence. And it’s not only the disparity of physical performance metrics- strength, speed, mass, size. It is also about addressing the disparity of parameters in the realm of non physical attributes- aggression, pain tolerance, etc. In addition to that, it is very likely that there will be certain degree of disparity in realm of multiple disciplinary skills- striking, clinch work, grappling, workspace management, etc.
All of the aforementioned disparities can result in ever fluid and evolving timeline of accumulation of advantages for one of the participants, while another one starts accumulating the baggage of negative consequences- ranging from pain, injuries, loss of functionality, mental and emotional degradation. And that process is most likely to progress rather quickly, with sequence of actions compounding the gravity of both positive and negative consequences, accelerating the outcome.
The idea addressed in “Fight like a girl” curriculum is that we need to learn and train to be able to short circuit the process, to arrive at the point where we are able to swiftly utilize our own trained advantages with minimal degradation of our capabilities due to metrics of posture, position, opportunities and target availability and relevance, and with added benefit of surprise negating inherent advantages possessed by our adversary.
Engaging in conventional exchange with our opponent, determined by his preference of range, type of exchange (striking/grappling/clinch/ground), is akin to the “stupid” way of warfare- as the saying used in warfare studies suggests that there are two ways to engage in war- asymmetric and stupid. Striking approach against a superior striker, or grappling/wrestling against more competent wrestler isn’t likely to produce desired outcome.
To learn the “how” we need to explore the “why”, which substantiates the “what”- and that is the progression of “Fight like a girl” curriculum.
Clear and concise explanation of the workspace management and its importance, using positional advantage to negate potential opponents superior capabilities/skills, while maximizing your accessibility to targets directly related to functionality, performance and ability of your opponent to execute his intended actions, paired with learning specific offensive actions aimed at short circuiting his OODA loop, and switching the priorities from dominating/controlling/hurting to surviving/defending are the aims of this class.
Those who can and are willing to dedicate years and decades to deep studies of all aspects of violence and use of force, eventually may arrive at the point of well rounded, wholesome competence of a trained fighter.
This course is designed for those who for any reason can not make such a long term commitment, or are somewhere along the way towards that wholesomeness- yet are lacking immediately accessible solutions for situations with disparity of capabilities favoring one’s opponent.
We all have many commitments, duties and responsibilities. And our responsibility to preserve ourselves, our capability to continue living and functioning during, and after surviving violent encounter should be near the top of our priorities in becoming self reliant. Because regardless if you are a woman or a man- often we are just a David facing a Goliath.
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