The infidel and her mother.
I never had a problem with women in the classes (especially since they were usually *extremely* not guilty)... but they should definitely not be paired with men during sparing
as for the muslim, I don’t care. screw them.
Black belt candidate? In Aikido? You would be well-advised to reconsider your statement.
I enjoying sparring with the women. I feel it is my responsibility (as an assistant instructor) to hone their skills. Fact is, if they are ever attacked, it will likely be by a male and they need to learn how to defend themselves in a controlled situation where no-one is going to get hurt so that if it every comes down to a street attack, they have some strategies to defend themselves.
You just pull the punches and kicks.
We had one woman at one of the school wide belt tests that only knew one way to spar and that was 100% effort. She had been chastised for hurting people. When we started picking partners, no-one could see her standing right there in the midst of everyone.
I sparred her several rounds just merely defending against her kicks and punches and I did not throw anything. That is very tiring on the attackers part. She learned something that day. The next folks that sparred her did not get hit nearly as hard.
In our program, one does not begin actual contact sparring until orange belt. Either way, there is not a problem with upper belts and lower belts sparring. One is learning and the other is teaching. Hopefully the upper belt is responsible enough to not just beat the lower belt to a pulp. That would be stopped immediately in or program.
That said, I am a blue belt (about half way to black) and my most favorite time is sparring people getting their black belts at the tests. The soreness wears off after a month or so. (^;
)... but they should definitely not be paired with men during sparing
So my daughter should have just dropped out of her Taw Kwon Do class after she became the only female in the class.
BTW She earned her Black Belt.