MT: female teen sparring

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female teen sparring By teej - Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:39:10 GMT

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Hello Ladies

Sorry for invading your locker room. I promise not to peek.......

I have a 14 yr old girl cursed with at least, if not larger, D size breasts. She is an excellent student and she wants to start sparring. She is not required to wear chest protection, but as you know, she is bound to be struck in the chest area. So I want to highly recommend to her parents that this young lady have chest protective gear along with her required equipment.

There is a bunch of chest protection equipment available out there. I am leaning towards the rib/chest protectors that wrap around your uniforms. I do not want to recommend the wrong thing so I would like your opinions please as to what equipment you have found to be most comfortable that still provides the best impact protection. [i'd also be interested in what you have found to be the worst.]

Thank you very much, yours in the arts,
Teej

[hey, how come your locker room doesn't have that musty sock smell like the guys locker room does??? ]


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[GranFire]

Proper support is a bigger concern...(and a tough one to acomplish!)

[Jace]

As a woman in a similar situation - I want to say that protective gear doesn't really matter. I can take a kick to the chest as well as anywhere else - granted, I might be a little more sore afterward than your average body type, but like all bruises and bumps in martial arts, you find yourself able to adapt and not worry about it.

Granfire is right about the support though. For the first two years I trained I had lousey support and was miserable. I managed to push through it because I didn't have much of an option, but once I could, I actually found some bras and undershirts built for support. The problem here is that no wal-mart brand is going to hold up for her. She is going to need name-brand athletic wear and it gets expensive.

[Red Rum]

I'd agree from a male perspective - when I spar I never wear cups or any protection. If I get caught in a bad area - something has gone wrong, either with my training, my reactions, my partner coming into hard etc

I hate the whole idea of protection - how on earth are you going to take a strike in the street if you get used to wearing protection in training?

[GranFire]

I'd agree from a male perspective - when I spar I never wear cups or any protection. If I get caught in a bad area - something has gone wrong, either with my training, my reactions, my partner coming into hard etc

I hate the whole idea of protection - how on earth are you going to take a strike in the street if you get used to wearing protection in training?

Hmmmm, you can also spar with your hands down... I am not quiet sure since I don't have any, but a kick to the caracas is a good deal more painful than a kick to the boobies...why not wear any in training...ah, but I am from the TKD crowd... other branches might vary on that one! ^_^


But back to the topic...the probably kick to the chest is not as imminent as the guaranteed impact of the motion for lack of better terms. It's important to support everything now to avoid unpleasant sideeffects (rather, prolong there onset) later.