[Kaimetsu]

In England (at least at my old school) girls are forbidden from playing any sports with boys except for the ones that girls practice every PE lesson and that the guys have never even tried before. That generally evens out their chances a little bit so they sometimes win.

Gah, I'm being sexist. But I have that right and the bruises to prove it. Almost every week at Tae Kwon Do I spar with one particular girl. She's something like 15 (two years younger than me) and a bit smaller than me, but heck, she doesn't pull any punches. The whole point of sparring in our class is that we don't make contact until we're competent enough to handle it. She isn't yet, and she sends headshots at me time and time again when I'm not even tapping her because of this danged sense of male honour.

So, one day she's attacking me. Bang! Punch to my face and I'm reeling back. I go back into my stance again, half expecting an apology and Bang! Another one straight to the side of my head. I leaned back and turned slightly to protect myself against more blows, when all of a sudden I realised two things:

1) I was very angry.
2) I was in the perfect position to unleash an extremely powerful turning punch to her face.

Yeah, I'm not proud of it but in the circumstances she wouldn't have even hesitated. So why should I play like some softy just because I've got more muscle mass? I've got just as many nerves in my face as she has so it doesn't hurt me any less to be hit. And hey, she hasn't been nearly as aggressive since then so... result?