Martial arts or marital arts?
Reading Robotnik's post I have a similar tale of women and the martial arts.

Back in my university days I used to do tae kwon-do (not the wanky olympic one where you bounce up and down for ten minutes before deciding it might be time to do something, but the ITF style that is more kickboxing orientated). Tae kwon-do has a very heavy emphasis on kicking and most fights start out as a bit of a range war with legs and it's pretty common to find excellent kickers fall to pieces as you get within boxing range.

One of the girls at the club had a reputation for 'panic kicking'. When ever she was sparring and you got within punching range she'd freak out and execute a hasty snap kick catching you square in the pods.

A few of us were at the bar with one of the senior black belts after a training session and were pointing out how unfair it was evolution put the most sensitive part of us in the most kickable of places. He took a swig of his pint, winked at us and said, "Don't forget lads, the tits are a legitamate scoring area."

I'm not sure if he was still talking about sparring at this point, but he was correct either way. Still, 12 years on and I have moved on to kickboxing, but I still can't bring myself to punch a woman in the boobies no matter how often I get kicked in the conkers.
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 12:34, 2 replies)

I used to do TKD
and the girls were always the most aggressive. In a light contact sparring match, the opening attack of one of the girls I trained with was to walk up to me and punch me full in the face.
( PMGT -Bacon., Fri 20 Apr 2012, 13:03, closed)

They got us by the....., i tell ya!
(Robotnik, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 13:56, closed)