Friday, 10 March 2017
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Monday, 23 January 2017
Fit shaming....
You have probably heard of "Fat shaming" the process of shaming of individuals who are overweight in order to persuade them to lose weight ....for their own good btw. Well that's the theory anyway, of course it could just be good old-fashioned bullying....But I want to discuss a variation on this social phenomenon - Fit shaming...that's right, sounds similar and works the same way, but instead of the problem being fat, apparently the problem this time is with being fit...(I know).
Amazons will more than likely experience this phenomena on a regular basis and not always just from men
Yes, there are still a good many people stuck in their conventional patriarchal mindset who think that a female being physically fit, somehow carries the same social stigma as being overweight. On the surface this appears to be puzzling, I mean, everyone wants to be fit right?? Well yes, but socially there still seems to be some strange resistance to females being fit, active and physically capable. Amazons reading this will be familiar by now with some of its manifestations. Sometimes they are overt and obvious, but more often they are subtle - little comments and asides that you overhear and sometimes don't even realise until later....that was a dig..
I think there are two main reasons for this phenomenon. Firstly it is seen as a threat to the traditional, conventional family construct where the subservience of the female is crucial. Fit and physically capable females are less likely to want or need to bend to the male will and that notion upsets certain people (a lot of them women) on a subconscious level. Secondly I believe that there is an inherent fear of female supremacy in men and any sign that a female is achieving any kind of physical capability is to be discouraged and is often met with disdain and criticism.
I remember an example many years ago where a female friend of mine was describing another girl who was making a name for herself in the local town - basically because she was getting a lot of attention from the local boys. Any way she said she was "Tall, blonde" and then she leant forward covered her mouth and said in a kind of whisper "Big thighs". When I eventually saw the girl in question, she had what I would now describe as an Amazonian physique not unlike my own - but my friend had said "Big thighs" as a way to disparage her. I didn't say anything at the time, but on reflection I felt offended because I had big muscley legs too. Mine were the result of a lot of hard work and exercise and it really bugged me that anyone should think that was a bad thing.
Women's biggest muscles are in the lower body and we should be proud of them just as men are proud of their upper body muscles. You wouldn't hear anyone criticise a man for having big biceps now would you?? If anyone criticises you for having a strong or fit body, then it can only be because they feel threatened and envious. Don't listen to them, jut re-double your efforts to become the thing that they are so scared of and make sure you have the last laugh....
Amazons will more than likely experience this phenomena on a regular basis and not always just from men
Yes, there are still a good many people stuck in their conventional patriarchal mindset who think that a female being physically fit, somehow carries the same social stigma as being overweight. On the surface this appears to be puzzling, I mean, everyone wants to be fit right?? Well yes, but socially there still seems to be some strange resistance to females being fit, active and physically capable. Amazons reading this will be familiar by now with some of its manifestations. Sometimes they are overt and obvious, but more often they are subtle - little comments and asides that you overhear and sometimes don't even realise until later....that was a dig..
I think there are two main reasons for this phenomenon. Firstly it is seen as a threat to the traditional, conventional family construct where the subservience of the female is crucial. Fit and physically capable females are less likely to want or need to bend to the male will and that notion upsets certain people (a lot of them women) on a subconscious level. Secondly I believe that there is an inherent fear of female supremacy in men and any sign that a female is achieving any kind of physical capability is to be discouraged and is often met with disdain and criticism.
I remember an example many years ago where a female friend of mine was describing another girl who was making a name for herself in the local town - basically because she was getting a lot of attention from the local boys. Any way she said she was "Tall, blonde" and then she leant forward covered her mouth and said in a kind of whisper "Big thighs". When I eventually saw the girl in question, she had what I would now describe as an Amazonian physique not unlike my own - but my friend had said "Big thighs" as a way to disparage her. I didn't say anything at the time, but on reflection I felt offended because I had big muscley legs too. Mine were the result of a lot of hard work and exercise and it really bugged me that anyone should think that was a bad thing.
Women's biggest muscles are in the lower body and we should be proud of them just as men are proud of their upper body muscles. You wouldn't hear anyone criticise a man for having big biceps now would you?? If anyone criticises you for having a strong or fit body, then it can only be because they feel threatened and envious. Don't listen to them, jut re-double your efforts to become the thing that they are so scared of and make sure you have the last laugh....
Friday, 2 December 2016
100th Post - Octopussy...the inspiration
Hello dear readers. To celebrate 100 posts on this blog, it seems appropriate to feature the film clip that was the major inspiration for it. I will never forget seeing this in the cinema for the first time. This visualisation of girl power had a huge impact on me. To see women fighting with men and beating them so comprehensively in a mainstream movie was both shocking and exhilarating at the same time. My heart was pounding as we watched an army of scantily clad women totally destroy the male palace guards. We'd never seen anything like this before. The fact they were wearing sexy, revealing outfits made the whole thing that much more exciting and pleasing to watch. There was no doubt that these fighters were female, but they were stronger and better at fighting than the men. Their skill grace and power was overwhelming, the men had no answer for it and were crushed easily. Despite the devastating display of physical dominance, the women looked beautiful and feminine throughout. This of course went totally against the grain of what we were used to seeing. This time women were in a different role and although initially surprising, it felt good, it felt right to me. For the first time I was fully engaged in an action sequence in a film.
As we left the cinema, me and my friends were all buzzing and energised by what we had just seen. As girls our collective egos had just been boosted through the roof, I felt invincible, superior and in a strange way like I had been freed. I also had a wonderful feeling that the truth had just been revealed, not only to me and my friends, but to all the boys and men in the audience too. They would now have to accept the idea, that women CAN beat men up and they must be hating it ha ha. I was so inspired by the effectiveness of the graceful acrobatics that I just could't wait for my next gymnastics lesson...I also started fantasising about using some of the moves I had just seen on certain nasty boys at school and maybe one or two male teachers...
For years this scene has stayed with me as a genius bit of film making. There has not really been anything quite so effective since and although it was just one scene in just one film, I always had the strong conviction that there was way more milage in the concept....
Please share your thoughts and memories of Octopussy....
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Disarmed & Pwned!
Another macho soldier finds he is no match for the speed, skill and
strength of a trained female....even with a firearm... He is part of a
small rebel unit made up of elite soldiers - remnants from the national guard routed during the revolution. They are on a mission to probe the territory of Lataka, which is now under female rule. She stalks him through the forest
and when he becomes separated from the others, she bravely tackles him.
She knows he is armed, but as an Amazon, she is supremely
confident in her physical ability. A furious struggle ensues, she quickly separates him from his weapon and overpowers him. He is strong, but she is stronger and she finishes him off in the most humiliating way possible.
Saturday, 3 September 2016
Monday, 22 August 2016
100 Pull ups for time - Battle of the sexes
Monday, 8 August 2016
Proof...as if it were needed, of female superiority.
Watch how the female vaults higher (from a lower base) than her male counterpart...
There is no denying female gymnasts are better than male gymnasts.
Saturday, 16 July 2016
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
A true account.....
The following account was posted on the recently defunct "Experience Project" website. A forum where people share all kinds of real life experiences. As more girls join up with boxing and kickboxing gyms, this kind of incident is becoming more and more common...
I recently had a kickboxing match at my gym with a girl and I lost. I'm very disappointed in myself and feel really embarrassed. I lost in front of my kids and girlfriend. What's upsetting is this girl is new to the sport and she's only been training for a month and I've been doing this for years. What's even more embarrassing is this girl is 18 yrs old and I'm 36 she's half my age. We had a three round exhibition match at our gym I was supposed to just spar with her and correct her in the ring however in round 1 I walked right into one of her kicks and it floored me! I got up too soon and I was still wobbly legged and everyone at the gym was stunned and I didn't have my legs under me yet that she caught me with a second kick to the face and I fell again. This time I took the full 8 count and she almost finished me off in round 1 I had no choice but to retreat and back petal and clinch to survive the round. It was embarrassing my two children who are close in age to this girl had looks of disappointment on their faces. Luckily I was able to regain strength in my legs after the break and I came after her in round 2 no longer was I trying to teach her I was trying to beat her! But she played it safe and fought a smart fight she backed up and got on her bicycle for the next two rounds and avoided my power. We took it to a decision and I lost by a score 28-27 round 1 was scored 10-7 in her favor because of the two knockdowns but I took the next two rounds 10-9 & 10-9 however that first round killed me! When they raised her hand and announced her the winner the look on my children's faces were that of disappointment and my girlfriend stormed out upset. Even though I won 2 of the 3 rounds Briana (girl that beat me) won the fight because of the two early knockdowns. After the fight I shook her hand and congratulated her. But ever since this happened my kids don't want to go back to the gym and neither does my gf.
I recently had a kickboxing match at my gym with a girl and I lost. I'm very disappointed in myself and feel really embarrassed. I lost in front of my kids and girlfriend. What's upsetting is this girl is new to the sport and she's only been training for a month and I've been doing this for years. What's even more embarrassing is this girl is 18 yrs old and I'm 36 she's half my age. We had a three round exhibition match at our gym I was supposed to just spar with her and correct her in the ring however in round 1 I walked right into one of her kicks and it floored me! I got up too soon and I was still wobbly legged and everyone at the gym was stunned and I didn't have my legs under me yet that she caught me with a second kick to the face and I fell again. This time I took the full 8 count and she almost finished me off in round 1 I had no choice but to retreat and back petal and clinch to survive the round. It was embarrassing my two children who are close in age to this girl had looks of disappointment on their faces. Luckily I was able to regain strength in my legs after the break and I came after her in round 2 no longer was I trying to teach her I was trying to beat her! But she played it safe and fought a smart fight she backed up and got on her bicycle for the next two rounds and avoided my power. We took it to a decision and I lost by a score 28-27 round 1 was scored 10-7 in her favor because of the two knockdowns but I took the next two rounds 10-9 & 10-9 however that first round killed me! When they raised her hand and announced her the winner the look on my children's faces were that of disappointment and my girlfriend stormed out upset. Even though I won 2 of the 3 rounds Briana (girl that beat me) won the fight because of the two early knockdowns. After the fight I shook her hand and congratulated her. But ever since this happened my kids don't want to go back to the gym and neither does my gf.
Monday, 21 March 2016
Very Disappointing....And just not true Raymond....
A subject close to my heart - Tennis: You would think that with the incredible progress women have made in the sport in the last few decades, that it just wouldn't be possible to hear or read opinions like the one shared by Raymond Moore CEO of Indian Wells recently (excerpt below) but unfortunately there are always those who allow themselves to be passed by when it comes to women's progress and those who deep down believe that women shouldn't really be doing sports anyway - the real tragedy is that ignorance of these characters doesn't seem to prevent them from gaining positions of authority. I'm not so much angered by these comments as disappointed. The man has made a fool of himself with these ill-judged utterances, but for him to proffer such ignorance without a thought for the thousands of girls around the world dreaming of a career in Tennis or their parents who sacrifice so much to make it happen is completely irresponsible. My advice to female tennis players? Disregard this old Dinosaur - the way he has disregarded you!
Prize money has been equal in the men's and women's game for a while now - quite rightly so. Whatever you may think of women's tennis the fact is that Grand Slam tounament prize money in general is derived from ticket sales and the women's and mens draws have the same number of matches - When you buy a ticket, you buy it for a date or time and a specific court - you don't know which players you will be seeing and the likelyhood is, that you will see an equal number of male and female players in action - therefore the prize money needs to be equal.
You can argue that the men play best of 5 sets and women only best of 3, so there is a disparity and I have some sympathy with that view - however I would say that those limitations were set by the powers that be, a long time ago and it is now time to encourage the women players to start playing best of 5, after all there is no physical reason why they shouldn't...is there? In the meantime I still support equal prize money as both men and women players give 100% within the parameters set out for them.
"In my next life when I come back I want to be someone in the WTA, because they ride on the coat tails of the men," Moore said. "They don't make any decisions and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky. If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport. They really have."
Prize money has been equal in the men's and women's game for a while now - quite rightly so. Whatever you may think of women's tennis the fact is that Grand Slam tounament prize money in general is derived from ticket sales and the women's and mens draws have the same number of matches - When you buy a ticket, you buy it for a date or time and a specific court - you don't know which players you will be seeing and the likelyhood is, that you will see an equal number of male and female players in action - therefore the prize money needs to be equal.
You can argue that the men play best of 5 sets and women only best of 3, so there is a disparity and I have some sympathy with that view - however I would say that those limitations were set by the powers that be, a long time ago and it is now time to encourage the women players to start playing best of 5, after all there is no physical reason why they shouldn't...is there? In the meantime I still support equal prize money as both men and women players give 100% within the parameters set out for them.
"In my next life when I come back I want to be someone in the WTA, because they ride on the coat tails of the men," Moore said. "They don't make any decisions and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky. If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport. They really have."
Monday, 21 December 2015
Another girl sends a man to A&E....
A proper competative clip, posted by Ace in the comments of another thread - but I think it deserves its own thread. This demostrates what can happen to a guy when he is outclassed, but still refuses to tap to a much smaller, but evidently superior girl. Love the still shot below :0 X
Ace: The man is a high grade bjj practioner in a no gi fight against a teen girl, he secures the takedown but can only hold top position for a short while until she sweeps him to his back and it becomes very apparent that for all his skills he is in way out of his depth. The look on his face as she totally controls him and he realises he is going to lose badly to a girl is priceless. But as he struggles I think he annoys the girl and she is mean! at 2.05 after only 2 minutes of combat, she snaps his arm like a dry twig! As he groans in pain she looks concerned, she checks him then gives a little satisfied nod of her head while all the onlookers gape in shocked silence, girl power! Girl victory! Girl dominance! the man is lead from the mat to get medical attention while the ref raises the girls arm in victory, it is a shame her back is to the camera at this point, a very brutal victory by a teen girl over a highly trained bigger man! xx > xy girls beat men girls rule xD Awesome :D
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
US Girls wrestling - some interesting statistics....
It has ocurred to me that we don't do enough on this blog to champion the efforts of our sisters in the United States, who in many ways are at the forefront of the battle of the sexes. US High school wresting is one of the only sports where girls are officially allowed to compete directly against boys and despite a huge disparity in participating numbers and ongoing discrimination, the teenage girls of America are taking the wrestling scene by storm.
One of our contributors is an ace researcher and she has done some great work collating evidence from official records and the results are pretty spectacular. She recently posted them in a reply to a comment, but I feel these are so important that they really deserve their own post - so please see again below... Let's hear it for our sisters Stateside!!! Enjoy and please let us know your thoughts...
At the US national level the gender gap gets even wider. On scaling standardization girls win 70% of the time or 93 matches out of 132, 58 (40%) of them pins.
One of our contributors is an ace researcher and she has done some great work collating evidence from official records and the results are pretty spectacular. She recently posted them in a reply to a comment, but I feel these are so important that they really deserve their own post - so please see again below... Let's hear it for our sisters Stateside!!! Enjoy and please let us know your thoughts...
If we look at the results of coed wrestling matches and analyse the statistics, when the results or normalized to scale the disparity in population size we see that girls, 2% of the wrestling population, even with all the gender discrimination they suffer, statistically win 60 matches out of every 100, a clear majority of 60% of the bouts. Going deeper, we see that as match ups being decided by weight divisions and due to the puberty gap where girls go through their growth spurts earlier than boys, quite often the genders compete on a playing field with a significant age gap. Basically there are a significant amount of middle school girls 13 years old or younger in their first or second year of wrestling taking on senior guys, 16, 17, 18 years old…basically young men who have been wrestling for 5 or 6 years. You would expect a senior male wrestler to be able to overpower a girl this age but that's not what happens. The girls win convincingly even against the top talent level, the statistics still hardly change, and the girls crush them! They win most of those matches 59 to 100 59% age gap practically makes no difference!
Now here’s where the statistics look even worse for the guys. It was always a fear that in mixed gender bouts the female ran a great risk of being badly injured, however results show that is males who are at greater risk. In a study of 203 mixed gender bouts, 7 ended in reports of injury medical attention for the losing wrestler (including dislocated shoulders and cracked ribs). None of this 7 was female, all the injured were guys. Of the 7 injuries 2 were when senior boys ended up getting wrecked at the hands of junior female wrestlers! To summarise what these stats mean, given equal participation when you take a team of 10 trained female wrestlers against equally trained men you can bet money on at least a 7-3 female victory some of the men will in all certainty be carried off the mat on a stretcher. Train a team of 10 13 year old girl wrestlers and match them against equally trained adult males 6 of the men will loose and again stretchers will be needed. To really hammer the point of female supremacy take a moment to imagine the carnage our squad of 13 year old sisters would inflict upon a group of men who can’t wrestle! Female power unleashed! Put an untrained man against a girl wrestler and he would get hurt bad! Considering how little attention and training and discrimination girl wrestlers get compared to boys the stats show man’s oldest sport is beginning to belong solely in the realms of the female! And now matches where girls as young as 12 demolish senior year boys, 17/18 year olds - men in fact, in less than 30 seconds are becoming more and more frequent and normal. Maybe society should not wonder whether women can compete with men, but question whether due to male inadequacy and frailty if it's unfair to let men even try to 'compete' with the girls.Bottom line, girls rule :D
Link to illustration of full fight - Cassy vs Kyle
http://www.network54.com/Forum/225841/message/1363567098/Battle+of+the+Sexes+Vol+%232-+Cassy+vs+Kyle+%28307+Pics%29
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Link to illustration of full fight - Cassy vs Kyle
http://www.network54.com/Forum/225841/message/1363567098/Battle+of+the+Sexes+Vol+%232-+Cassy+vs+Kyle+%28307+Pics%29
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Amatsoon Maria Wattel / The Amazon Maria Wattel
Girls, do yourselves a favour, pull your heads up from those trashy "Celebrity" magazines and take a few minutes to listen to a real woman...
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Monday, 24 August 2015
Talking of modern day Amazons, here's another - Maria Wattel
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Monday, 3 August 2015
Interesting article from Runners world - more evidence of the revolution....?
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school/why-are-these-teens-so-fast
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Friday, 30 January 2015
Some tips on fighting by Amy Schmid
Hello, dear readers. Earlier today a friend of mine sent me a link to an interesting video. Have a look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmiJyHAWQsA
Apart from the fighting tips, pay attention to Amy's mentality:
Guy: "What if I'm fast?"
Amy: "I 'll be faster"...
It's not just what she says, it also is HOW she says it. Her top-class level of knowledge is obvious... If you have experienced something similar and/or have something else to add or ask, feel free to leave a comment. Thank you for your time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmiJyHAWQsA
Apart from the fighting tips, pay attention to Amy's mentality:
Guy: "What if I'm fast?"
Amy: "I 'll be faster"...
It's not just what she says, it also is HOW she says it. Her top-class level of knowledge is obvious... If you have experienced something similar and/or have something else to add or ask, feel free to leave a comment. Thank you for your time.
Click the word "Comments" below to share your thoughts..
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