Entitled Mom Demands Martial Artist Remove Knee Brace, Says It's A Competitive Edge

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    Font - r/entitledparents · Posted by u/Sylph27 12 hours ago Entitled Mother Demands I Remove My Knee Brace so her Daughter Can Have A Fair Fight M This story is fresh so enjoy. (TL;DR at the end) I am a martial artist and have been training in my specific discipline for almost twelve years now. In my region, we have a group that organizes events between dojos and cities. The most popular are tournaments. Before Covid, we used to have almost monthly tournaments in different cities. They weren't m
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    Font - Notice how I said almost everyone. Since tournaments have started up again (with a lot of restrictions for health reasons), my dojo has been pretty happy. Those of us who can go, take time to commute. The last tournament I was at was a day ago and we were in a city that was about a two-hour drive away from my hometown. Everything was going smoothly until I went into the change room to change into my gi. There was a mother there with her daughter who looked around my age. Why the mom was t
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    Font - I had half of my uniform on during the drive there but I still needed to put my top on and my knee brace. When I was rolling up my pants to pull it on, the mother was giving me this nasty look. She quickly pulled the daughter out of the locker room. Just before I pulled on my belt, my senior instructor told me I needed to see the Head Black Belts immediately. Now, here's where it gets interesting. Cast: Entitled Mother (EM), Entitled Girl (EG), My Instructor (MI), Head Black Belt (HB), Me
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    Font - Me: Is everything alright? HB: This woman and her daughter say that you have illegal gear. Could we please see it? Me (baffled): Of course, I left my gear bag in the change room though. I can run and grab it if you want. EM: Oh no you don't! *everyone in the small group turned to her* She put the gear on while my daughter and I were in the change room! MI: Are you sure it was op? I've been training her for years, she bought her all her gear at my dojo and we don't have anything illegal.
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    Font - EG: She was putting gear on her knee. I saw her! Me: ...Do you mean my knee brace? MI: She needs that. HB: I was notified about that knee brace. It's perfectly legal for op to wear it, she needs it if she wants to compete safely. EM: No, it's illegal! My daughter has to fight someone with reinforced knees. How is that fair?! HB: Why is your daughter aiming for the knees?
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    Font - MI: Not to mention, op and your daughter wouldn't spar each other. They're in completely different belt rank divisions. EG: Why does she even need it? She can walk just fine! Me: If you have to know, I've had knee problems for years. Just ask anyone from my dojo. I got into an accident a while back and it just made things worse. I did physio and now I can walk properly but my knee could give out if I'm not careful. EM: Still, my daughter will be competing for Grand Champion.
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    Font - MI: How? Your daughter's an orange belt. She's not going to be allowed to compete. It's a black belt division. EM: But- HB: That's enough. Op is competing but if you don't stop pressing this issue, EG won't. *HB turns to me* Go get the rest of your gi on. Good luck in competing. Me: Thank you, Mr. HB. The girl got to compete and lost while I... did the exact same thing. Still, the person who won deserved that gold. Anyway, this isn't as bad as the many stories I've read on this subreddit
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    Font - Comfortable_Fun_9872 · 11 hr. ago That mum is telling her kid to aim for knees.
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    Font - Awes3 · 11 hr. ago "What, your telling me there allowed to have protective gear that could prevent a life long injury, even tho my daughter who is only an orange belt and should not come as close as OP. This is hiporcrocy, I want to speak to the Black belt!"
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    Font - galaapplehound - 5 hr. ago Not a pro but I'm guessing a kick to invert a knee is not a legal move in most tournaments. 21 Reply Share Sylph27 OP · 3 hr. ago It's definitely an illegal move. Especially if you do some damage. Then you'll be banned from competing

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