The problem is that, while our nuts are lamentably vulnerable, most guys mitigate this somewhat by keeping legs conveniently attached nearby. It doesn’t take a lot more than an instinctive flinch to turn enough that the family jewels aren’t a clear target.
Further - this may work well against a fellow trying to wrestle/grapple his opponent. But if you’re fighting me, I promise I’m doing everything I can to break contact and run away. This probably reduces the vulnerability of the jewels as well.
As mentioned upthread, I suspect I’d lose a fight against you - but probably not this way.
I can’t think of any I know personally at present, but I can think of at least one who’d fare pretty well against a man - Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, shown in white trunks in this video beating another fighter down pretty well before knocking her out around the 5 minute mark. At 145 lbs, Santos is the best pound for pound female MMA fighter in the world. Santos couldn’t beat a ranked male pro fighter of her own weight class, and probably not one below either, but I don’t doubt that she could kick the crap out of a few random untrained shmoes off of the street.
I am not trying to debate. I observed that what you wrote could be taken in a given way, but since I am not certain that was what you meant, I asked for clarification. I thought about probing your thoughts with my mutant telepathic powers but was prevented by lacking same. (Stupid non-comic-book universe.)
I can’t imagine what point you think I am trying to debate anyway. And, if I may say so, it seems disingenous to act as if I have made up my mind about anything.
I’m saying the question is moot since the strike wouild never land, and I doubt it would do much damage even if it did. It’s hard to land square. Grabbing and twisting is easier said than done through pants, and nut shots, in general aren’t really as disabling they’re often made out to be. They’re not fun, but they can be borne in the heat of an adrenaline filled, fight or flight type moment. It’s not a stopper for a guy who’s really pissed off or determined. The eyes or the trachea are better bets.
Can you handle somebody grabbing a hold of your trachea?
Hmmm, I am a 27 year old male of average strength and build, so I don’t know any women where the fight would be lopsided in their favor, but I can think of two goyls who would definitely leave me worse for wear. One is a 6 foot 3, heavyset, Australian woman. The other is a small but stocky karate practicioner who was best-in-state when she was in high school.
Not in my circle, no. I’m not a badass by any means, and I’m sure there are plenty of female marines, kickboxers, etc who could take me, but I think I could outfight any of the women I know, if I really really had to.
Karate and taekwondo are striking styles, which are largely ineffective against a bigger, stronger opponent. That said they’re still effective if the opponent has deficient training-- on the Jackass video (yeah, my friend showed me part of it), one of the dudes fights the Japan lightweight kickboxing champ. She was big, but he was a lot bigger, and she beat the crap out of him.
I’ve seen videos of women trained in BJJ or other grappling arts take down bigger guys. One of the best woman jujitsu fighters in Japan (wish I could remember her name) I’ve seen clips of decimating guys because she can hit an arm bar from anywhere. One dude she jumped and inverted herself, pulled an arm bar and the guy tapped out before he could even be taken down.
You have the training to hit the right points, your opponent can be substantially larger than you. A big guy’s arm strength isn’t going to compete against the strength of a trained woman’s entire body. Someone better trained might have been able to keep her at bay, but if were a real fight, even if she took a couple shots, she only needs to land that once to shatter an elbow, which pretty much ends fights in my book.
Actually I’m not as familiar with the crowd up where you are, so I don’t know her. But unless she’s had training, I’d still have to say I could take her. Wrestling’s a pretty solid base, and I’ve learned various smatterings of striking and other grappling styles.
The poll didn’t have an option for “most of them”, so I chose “six or more”. Though it’s not really all that embarrassing, since I’m not particularly violent anyway. Physically, I’m an absolute weakling. I do have some martial arts training that mitigates that somewhat, but realistically, that doesn’t make all that much difference, and besides, I’m way out of practice (though I’m still quite good at taking falls). If I were an RPG character, I’d be balanced on the assumption that I could cast spells.
Oh, and as to the question of strikes to the gonads: Most men have very good instincts for protecting their family jewels, which makes them a relatively poor choice of target. However, those same instincts also make them a very good choice for a feint. Feint for the balls, then when the dude focuses all his attention on protecting them, then go for a different soft target like the throat or the eyes.