Silly, but serious question.

[johnjonathanseo]

how do big boobed woman wear Do? I know this girl who is starting kendo and I can only imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear Do with such... anyway, is woman's do different from man's do? They don't look any bigger in my eyes.

Sorry, I would ask this question in real life, but I want to rely on the internet just this time.

[verissimus]

You're half right.

It's a silly question.

[KawazoeTamaki]

Get a big do I guess.

[Yoyo]

The difference I noticed (by seeing pics from both male and female do), is that female do are higher at the sides.

But I have the same thought as Kawazoe: Buy a big do, or maybe you can find a producer who wants to make a special-sized?

[GothMelancolia]

how do big boobed woman wear Do? I know this girl who is starting kendo and I can only imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear Do with such....

this deserves such a &*^&(*) reply....good thing for you there is a rule against it.....

OK...seriously it's a silly question but I'm going to give you a serious answer


anyway, is woman's do different from man's do? Ideally yes…unfortunately customizing bogu parts comes with a big prize so usually we wear the same gear as you guys. (from what I've seen anyway)

See the following threads if you are seriously interested:
http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/10249-Female-friendly-bogu-suppliers
and this
http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php/10047-Do-for-short-torso-%28ladies%29
and this
http://www.chibabogu.com/catalog/information.php?info_id=4#women


Sorry, I would ask this question in real life, but I want to rely on the internet just this time.

…sure…..:rolleyes:

[Taylor]

Leave him alone, its an awesome question ! haha

[IronWarrior]

I don't think it's a silly question, it's an very honest question so don't act like kids.

[Josh Reyer]

I don't think it's a silly question, it's an very honest question so don't act like kids.
It's not a silly question, but it was phrased rather silly. Not to mention that on the first page of the Women's Forum is a sticky entitled "Female-friendly bogu suppliers" and just a few threads down the page is a thread titled "How should the Do fit?" So the question probably didn't need to be asked.

[annoraderenart@]

Regardless of the ladies size, there is an issue of sensitivity. Please, if you are going to miss a do shot on me, miss LOW. Guys, imagine being kicked in the groin. That is what it is like when you catch the top portion of my ribs just above the do. And then you wonder about the spontaneous outburst!
Ladies, I was considering getting one of these http://www.triplette.com/catalog.php?category=15. Have any of you tried any of these? I was thinking about the one that looks like a corset....

[Miyu]

Regardless of the ladies size, there is an issue of sensitivity. Please, if you are going to miss a do shot on me, miss LOW. Guys, imagine being kicked in the groin. That is what it is like when you catch the top portion of my ribs just above the do. And then you wonder about the spontaneous outburst!
Ladies, I was considering getting one of these http://www.triplette.com/catalog.php?category=15. Have any of you tried any of these? I was thinking about the one that looks like a corset....

Worn one for a fencing class I took back in the day. Can't say I've ever worn one for kendo. As long as it doesn't interfere with how the do fits or moves around and you feel comfortable in it, I don't see why not.

[aboli]

No real solution if you don't have the money to buy a female good-quality do (like me).

All I do is have a big do, but it is a hand-me-down given by my dojo, so I don't know if it was a male or female who had it before me. Then all you need to do is pray for beginners to miss low, and for advanced not to aim too high !

[Shinsengumi77]

Ladies, I was considering getting one of these http://www.triplette.com/catalog.php?category=15. Have any of you tried any of these? I was thinking about the one that looks like a corset....

I used to be in Fencing and some of the female fencers had these. My girlfriend had the cheaper "cups" and said they were ok but not great (probably not helpful for Kendo). I think they also have some for just one side of the body, but can't be sure. Like, it covers the right/ left breast only, and slopes down to cover a bit of the ribs -if they do have them it's probably be great for Kendo, because it covers the right side and doesn't stick out as much as the full protector, which looks like it might push against the do mune in an odd way.

Honestly, I'm surprised that bogu suppliers haven't developed an "under bogu protector" for women yet.

Andy, what do you think? You could help start something great for female kenshi! ;)

[Abramo]

how do big boobed woman wear Do?

Adorably.

[Anorymous]

Please, if you are going to miss a do shot on me, miss LOW. Guys, imagine being kicked in the groin. That is what it is like when you catch the top portion of my ribs just above the do.

If you think that this area only hurts for girls, you're sorely, sorely mistaken.

Personally, I finally managed to avoid hitting my opponents' ribs when I thought of the mnemonic "Below the ribcage, above the pelvis". You want to avoid lodging your sword in people's bones, after all.

[UnimportantHero]

If you think that this area only hurts for girls, you're sorely, sorely mistaken.

Heh heh. Pun.

[Josh Reyer]

Guys, imagine being kicked in the groin. That is what it is like when you catch the top portion of my ribs just above the do. You crumple to the ground, feeling like you're going to puke, your entire nervous system going haywire?

[Shinsengumi77]

Gotta admit, I've seen girls punched in the breasts before, and they said it hurt like hell, but they were plenty coherent, with normal enough breathing. My girlfriend described it once after being hit there in kendo, but said it was likely not as painful as being kicked in the balls, as she's seen me when my dog jumped up onto them, and once receiving a baseball to them via a young cousin. I was pretty much incapacitated, in the way described by Josh.

I won't claim that it hurts more, because I am not a girl and have never had a girl's experience of being hit in the breast(s), but it's odd for a girl to claim to know what it's like to be kicked in the balls when she obviously has none.

[b8amack]

Either way, getting nailed in the ribs hurts. I imagine it would hurt a lot more if I had boobs.

[Shinsengumi77]

Agreed. I still think there should be some under bogu protectors for women offered somewhere. It doesn't seem like it'd take much to design them, and they'd probably be relatively cheap to produce (and buy).

[Maro]

You crumple to the ground, feeling like you're going to puke, your entire nervous system going haywire?

The knowledge of incipient pain is what causes the cold sweat to appear.

For some reason, it is a delayed pain.

[Josh Reyer]

The knowledge of incipient pain is what causes the cold sweat to appear.

For some reason, it is a delayed pain.
The testes are connected via the spermatic plexus to the renal plexus. Upon impact, pain receptors fire in the skin of the scrotum, transmitted directly to the central nervous system. But in this case it's soft tissue being mashed against soft tissue, so the pain isn't quite so bad. However, at the same time, pain receptors fire in the testes themselves -- but the signals have to travel up the spermatic plexus to the renal plexus, which is connected to the aortic plexus. It's at this point that we feel testes pain. Through the clusters of nerves in our abdomen. This is what causes the urge to puke and shortness of breath. The central nervous system receives the message: "Testes under attack!" and the biological imperative kicks in. "Protect the testes at all costs!" orders the central nervous system, and the body does this the only way it can, wrapping the whole body around the testes, like a hedgehog. The legs don't work, the arms just want to wrap around the knees. Watch any low blow in mixed martial arts; despite being inured against pain, full of adrenaline, and fired up to fight, after the groin shot it all goes out the window. The central nervous system demands the body wrap around and protect the testes.

There's a clip of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic fighting in the UFC. He's clinching with his opponent, up against the wall, and his opponent (illegally) knees him in the groin. After that, all offense action on Cro Cop's part stops; his leg curls up, and his arm drops to try and forestall another knee. Even in the middle of a fight, wearing a cup, and being tough SOB, all he wants to do at that point is protect the testes.

[SanguineKendoka]

The testes are connected via the spermatic plexus to the renal plexus. Upon impact, pain receptors fire in the skin of the scrotum, transmitted directly to the central nervous system. But in this case it's soft tissue being mashed against soft tissue, so the pain isn't quite so bad. However, at the same time, pain receptors fire in the testes themselves -- but the signals have to travel up the spermatic plexus to the renal plexus, which is connected to the aortic plexus. It's at this point that we feel testes pain. Through the clusters of nerves in our abdomen. This is what causes the urge to puke and shortness of breath. The central nervous system receives the message: "Testes under attack!" and the biological imperative kicks in. "Protect the testes at all costs!" orders the central nervous system, and the body does this the only way it can, wrapping the whole body around the testes, like a hedgehog. The legs don't work, the arms just want to wrap around the knees. Watch any low blow in mixed martial arts; despite being inured against pain, full of adrenaline, and fired up to fight, after the groin shot it all goes out the window. The central nervous system demands the body wrap around and protect the testes.

To summarise: It stings like a bastard.

[smilingassassin]

This question seems like a ploy to get girls who are well endowed to identify themselves. You need to work on your waza!

[snooz2k2]

http://www.chibabudogu.com/news/12/Sizing.html#womensize

[SunilSamuel]

really a silly question..........but interesting.....:lick:

[rainmaker]

I think it is very good question. Most kendo dojo is male driven so you rarely think about female kendokas. It is like an office without woman's toilet.. However, since I don't have much experience with female kendokas, I rarely ask such questions to other kendokas or female sempai. And I am sure most other small dojos do not have female sempais or senseis. Now, I am a teacher at my small dojo with 3 female students, I don't have much answers for such question. But I think it is good idea to know such problem at early stage.

[rfoxmich]

Getting kicked in the balls? Bloody luxury. How about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMbTHgnXudI

[annoraderenart@]

You crumple to the ground, feeling like you're going to puke, your entire nervous system going haywire?

I did not manage not to crumple. I did think I was going to vomit so I went to the ladies room just in case. Lockjaw is a wonderful thing. I never want to vomit in my men. Does breaking out into a cold sweat qualify for system haywire?

[Josh Reyer]

Does breaking out into a cold sweat qualify for system haywire?Not really. When I say the nervous system goes haywire, I mean involuntary turtling around the testicles, shortness of breath, arms and legs not obeying commands from the brain. Good-bye to higher cognitive function!

[UnimportantHero]

Watch any low blow in mixed martial arts; despite being inured against pain, full of adrenaline, and fired up to fight, after the groin shot it all goes out the window. The central nervous system demands the body wrap around and protect the testes.

In high school there was this punk girl with some weird social ideas about courtship and I once witnessed her kick a boy square on in the crotch with her steel toed combat boot. Because she liked him and wanted to date him. (Not the way to win a man!) He flinched maybe a little and she got frustrated and stormed away, and everyone looked at him like he was some kinda god. Now what you say makes me think they may have been right about him. I am pretty sure he wandered away and started coughing or somesuch a couple minutes later once the girl was gone though. He did not want to give her the satisfaction or somethin.

[AmandaMeko]

how do big boobed woman wear Do? I know this girl who is starting kendo and I can only imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear Do with such... anyway, is woman's do different from man's do? They don't look any bigger in my eyes.

Sorry, I would ask this question in real life, but I want to rely on the internet just this time.

I consider my self a big chested woman and it helps to wear a sports braw. It really makes you look much slimmer and helps the do fit better