uhm.. I presume you mean meninstead of humans right?
Never saw enough because I figured it would be stupid.. as someone who knows a little about fighting hollywood fighting never looks good to me, so unless it is suppoed to be a spectacle like in the matrix, I tend not to like it.
as to the article, made some sence.. I think there is a large diffrence between martial art and self deffence.. they are two seperate issues only related in as much as someone may hit someone else in either catagory.. now some MA schools teach self deffence or psudo self deffence, but still there is not nessisaraly a direct relation..
As to women and men beating each other up.. If a big guy has absolutly no skill in fighting my bet is on a skilled smaller opponant.. If the big guy does have skill and experience, the odds are greatly against the smaller person.. If the attacker has a knife odds are near rock bottom for deffender, even lower if the attacke ris good with a knife.. Women aren't structured as well for some physical activities as men.. It realy deppends.. Just look at recreational sports, compare womens college soccer to mens college soccer, or womens sprint times to mens.. now in middle and long distances women start to catch up to men in track, but some things (like shotputt or hammer throw) men are just gona dominate at..
But for a self deffence situation that doesn't involve a weapon women don't need to best a man in an all out match, they just have to make the guy deside it isn't worth it. So going all out like you are gona kill the guy could make them change their mind.
I think better advise would be to carry a knife or a pen or some sort of small legal weapon that you can keep in your hand anywhere where it's posable you are gona get attacked.. know how to use whatever it is, that will be even more intimidating.. And of course be very aware of everything around you.
What I do not agree with is the suprise responce thing.. I can be a little jumpy myself and I have almost hit a few people who snuck up on me.. But anyone should be able to analyse a threat almost instantly.. To give an example I think I have braught up before.. a wial ago My freind came over to my house.. My brother didn't tell me he was comming over and I didn't know. I heard someone come in and keys jingle and figgured it was my mother returning from work, he quietly opened my door (my back was to the door using my computer) and I assummed it was my mother going to ask me how school went.. He screamed wial holding a 3 ring binder over his head, I jumped out of my chair, spun and almost took his head off.. but I dropped my arm before I hit him because In that split second of major suprise ("there's a screaming man behind me in my home"), in the time it took me to whip around and almost hit him I recognised his face saw he was only holding a book and realised there was no threat. I'm always jumpy when I don't realise there is someone behind me than there is some indication that there is (usualy jumping around) But I have never hurt someone.. although if someone were to present a legitimate threat from past experience I'm fairly confident I could meet their challenge although perhaps not in a psychologicly optimal condition.
