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Im going to disagree with you slightly. Even well trained women usually dont have the strength/stamina/speed to compete with a healthy male. In my very limited martial arts experience, I had almost no problem dealing punishment to several black-belted women in my training dojo. And I never advanced farther than the middle stages of my chosen practices-tae kwon do and shotokan karate. Although I am a soldier, Im only 30-50 pounds heavier than many women, and Ive found that I can deal effectively with that weight gap when engaging men, whereas women cannot.
So-run any schools in the VA area? Ill be back home soon.
take care.

"Even well trained women usually dont have the strength/stamina/speed to compete with a healthy male."

Oh, come on. Even an untrained woman can take down a man with a kick in the crotch or a fingernail in the eye (or somewhere else). I once had a guy try to beat the tar out of me. I locked my arms around him and bit into his chest as hard as I could. Then I kicked and we went sailing to the ground (him on the bottom of course). I rolled off, did a nice little punch to his crotch and walked away while he writhed on the ground.