Ok so it was actually a week ago not today but still.
I have been going to a Muay Thai (MT) gym for 4 months. During sparring I was throwing close but not actually touching head kicks and hook kicks that barely touched the ribs, extremely light contact. I go very light at the moment because I cracked a rib last month when I was kneed and don’t want anyone to reinjure me. I tell each sparring partner where the injury is and ask to keep light contact.
A fighter of 4 years scolded me saying i am too new to be throwing head kicks and it is dangerous for new people to do. Keep in mind I was pulling them and not connecting. I responded cheerfully that I don’t have to throw them if he is not comfortable, but that I did taekwondo (TKD) for 10 years and competed for a while so I do have a lot of experience throwing controlled kicks.
He responded by making fun of TKD then throwing a teep directly at the injury hard enough to lay me out flat on the floor. I heard my rib crunch and the clock was reset.
I should add I am a petite woman and he is a man over 6’ tall.
I know it was foolish of me to go back to sparring so soon, but everyone else had good control and I had felt safe to do light contact. I feel so unsure about going forward because I am worried that I will be bullied and reinjured by more advanced classmates. I wish I had kept my mouth shut.
Tl;dr I shared I used to do taekwondo (TKD) at a Muay Thai (mt) and it got me kicked in an injury.
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You didnt fuck up. You unfortunately ran into a man who has an ego issue, and is not a safe training partner. I’d have expelled him from my gym if a woman told me this about ome of my fighters.
You should 100% report this to gym management.
If gym management doesn’t do anything you should tell your story to every single person in the gym. As often as you can.
Once you’re healed, if this jackass is still around you should level him with whatever you’ve got.
No. He’s a total prick who probably got his ass whooped by a petite woman in the past so now he has some complex towards woman fighters.