Silly, but serious question.

[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/S...html#womensize

[SunilSamuel]

really a silly question..........but interesting.....

[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.