When I found out I was having daughters, I rationalized that I couldn't be there to defend them their entire lives and that they would need to fend off possible future advances. I wanted to feel like they could take care of themselves, when push came to shove. Selfishly I also wanted them to love martial arts the way I did as a child. What I feared was that they would see me as pushing them too hard, and come to resent martial arts because; it was something I was forcing them into.
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