As a martial artist (Kyokushin Karate + Judo), I'd say when it comes to this argument we have to differentiate striking arts from grappling arts in the first place. Then we need to consider an
actual combat scenario where everything goes.
It's a whole different universe: striking arts to grappling arts, and sports scenarios to real life combat scenarios.
Yeah: when it comes to
sports GRAPPLING, an athletic female with an extensive knowledge and experience with Ne waza, actually
has a fighting chance against an athletic male with no ground game. She will work on guard when she is taken down, she will go for chokes/joint locks that the male has no idea what she has in mind until it's too late. She can also work on looking for dominant positions to pound him IF she finds the opportunity to sweep guard, etc.
But even that is overreaching, because BJJ practitioners are autistic to the point they ACTUALLY BELIEVE their guard-pulling bullshit has an actual application in a
real life combat scenario. Sports BJJ has an
autistic set of rules that
shield the jujutsu-ka from the sheer reality in the moment they
prohibit the adversary from SLAMMING the guard puller against the ground.
Once the BJJ-ka pulls guard on you, you are forced to gently put him on the tatami with the same care as if you were putting a baby on a cradle. In my opinion, that is ridiculous and that puts the BJJ-ka in a zone of comfort where he thinks he is safe when is is actually in a LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.
I will say that as an old school judoka, alright? (We literally share the same ground stuff)
Say there's an actual combat scenario.
If I have a
light person (won't even say a female, but they are universally shorter and lighter than the average joe, let alone myself) below me pulling guard, or then she goes for a Sankaku Jime (Triangle Choke) on me, I don't give a fuck about anything else: I will
DAKI AGE (Powerbomb) the shit out of this person until she lets go of the guard/choke. And I will do it immediately: from the moment he/she pulls guard or locks the legs on my neck.
In a real life combat scenario, we are not talking about tatami: we are talking about
pavement, concrete floor, wood floor, whatever.
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Daki Age doesn't require actual skill: there's no kuzushi, tsukuri or kake involved.
It's simply male strength + self-preservation instinct.
What I'm saying is, most minimally-aware average joes would
immediately see Daki Age (even though they don't know what the fuck the word "Daki Age" means)
as a means of escape.
Lifting and slamming someone who pulls guard against you is the most intuitive, spontaneous, self-explanatory and efficient way of defending yourself against guard pullers.
So... don't fool yourself into thinking your BJJ babes from your dojo can actual pwn the average f95 ToT fan just because they are shielded by an autistic set of rules inside sports BJJ. There are many factors to consider.
When it comes to STRIKING, a female professional kickboxer can wreck she sh*t out of a dude who doesn't know any striking fundamentals, but she is already 100% fucked if he simply knows Morote Gari (double leg).
People are simply delusional to believe a non-enhanced female can actually take a healthy adult male. Their upper-body strength is a joke. And I really don't say that as an insult, but as an universally-known fact.
Let's just enjoy our fantasy porn game where the babes seduce Ethan and make him lose.