It's a person's sport. There are many reasons why women become interested in martial arts. But once she started she found martial arts had many other benefits. I've been disabled for the last five years, from a combination of severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, from some things that happened to me back then. I feel that they're very empowering, especially for women, who perhaps need them the most.
Some martial arts teach methods of using the height and weight of an attacker against the attacker.
These skills are excellent means for a small woman to defend herself against a larger opponent of either sex. A growing number of women are also taking up martial arts as a competitive sport. Barbara S. Kunkel of Colorado Springs was also a member of the 2000 Olympic U.S. Tae Kwon Do team. Hillary Wolf, a student at the University of Colorado, was a member of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Judo teams, and won gold medals at the 1999 Pan American Judo Union Championships and the 1999 National Championships. Ellen Wilson of Colorado Springs was also a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team and received gold medals at the 1999 Pan American Judo Union Championships and 1999 Maruchan U.S. International Championship.