Is it normal that my girlfriend beat me in kickboxing?
Ok so the story is I have been with this girl for nearly 3 years. She's always been pretty petite... maybe 5'5 and 125-130 lbs. She's always been pretty girlie girl (in general), so when she told me year and 1/2 ago that she's doing kickboxing I just figured it was her way of staying in shape etc and in fact used to tease her... because the thought of her kicking butt was a bit amusing to be honest. Now maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to dismiss her prowess because while she started off in some "cardio kickboxing" class, for the last year shes stepped into the more advanced class and now practices on bags and engages in lighter contact sparring matches.
Recently she made a joke about being able to "beat me up now." Well i dont know anything about kickboxing but im average guy (no weakling) of 5'10 and 190 lbs, so I pretty much laughed in her face. After a heated debate on skill vs strength we decided to find out in a sparring match.
I have to admit once I had the gloves on I found it hard to punch too hard or fast when its your girlfriend. Next thing I knew she was getting me left and right. Clearly getting the better of it, she stopped and asked if I was alright and if we should stop.
Well her merciful gesture just got me admittedly more stubborn and I said no. So we started again. One minute later and punch-kick-punch-punch-kick and I was on my butt seeing stars and she immediately called the match to a conclusion.
The ride home was a bit quiet and she had a smirk on her face the rest of the day/evening.... Eh... it's been a few days and my ego is healing and she hasn't broken up with me (I guess those are good signs). But I can't believe that it's normal for a girl to win in kickboxing sparring vs a guy (even if he is a bit tentative!)??????