#shieldmaiden
I’ve just done my first kickboxing class and I loved it! (It was a free trial and I’m definitely going again!)
I was the only women there among all these grown burly tattooed men (apart from the coaches wife who was such a badass and we did drills together!) keeping in mind that I’m 5’3 queer women, very much on the scrawny side and I’m 17 with red curly hair the complete contrast to the class full really intimidating looking people!
But none of them made me feel bad for being a beginner or anything they were just super supportive and gave me loads of pointers one of them even said I was a natural
I’m super excited to see myself grow and get stronger and more competent and confident within myself as well getting some well needed catharsis out of my system!
This account has been inspirational for me finally actually taking up a martial art so thank you!