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Sofie7

Can anyone tell me about woman teaching martial arts ni Egypt.
I have been told it's not acceptable for a woman to teach ? .

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Burnside

I am also looking into this as I am searching for a teacher/class.  What stlye do you practise?

I know of some boxing gyms, which offer a bit of Muy Thai and there are 'Ladies Classes' :(

I have also been in touch with someone from an Aikido dojo. 

PM me if you'd like the websites and email addresses.

Sofie7

Sorry havnt replied yr pm yet but will , I'm looking at teaching myself . I'm an instructor of Shotokan karate and have taught for 10 yrs.
I have 3 clubs with about 350 students ,
We have won many competitions and have alot of natural talent at the clubs
I was told that woman are not allowed to teach classes ,for obvious reasons ?

Burnside

I have managed to find a few ladies classes, but they are taught by men.  I am going to see someone today about a Muy Thai class I want to attend.  I will try to get some info about this.  It might be possible in the ex-pat community, but I don't know if there is a specific law against it.  I know for certain that there are females who practise Karate as I met one the other day.  Will keep you posted...

sunshine8

Hi All,

It is not illegal, women can teach.  Most probably a woman teacher would have only women students.  Because of the close contact 'lots of touching' of non-related person of the opposite sex, there may be lots of opposition to a 'mixed' class.  I don't think you have to worry about this with expats though.  I guess it depends on the owner or coordinator of the space/gym/dojo.
I have heard of classes for women, but taught by men.  I would love to see a woman teaching a martial arts class here and would travel to take it.  I have taken mainly AIkido, some hapkido, jujitsu and tang-su-do.  If anyone has any information please pm or post.  Best of luck, keep us posted.

ahmedwageeh

in zamalek elsawy culture wheel is a good place to practice yoga karate avodaco and others there are separate classes for men and women
you can also volunteer to teach children
you can contact them at
en.culturewheel.com/contact

Mahmoud.sa

Sofie7 wrote:

Can anyone tell me about woman teaching martial arts ni Egypt.
I have been told it's not acceptable for a woman to teach ? .


sure its acceptable, but you have to look for the right place

mmw

hello
I ve been looking for classes in martial arts can u plz tell me where can I join?! I want to learn
Thank you

ExpEgypt

You can teach classes to women, but you may not touch men. Though some they might deserve a good beating.

Dahlya

Can you please teach me?

don moe

Dahlya wrote:

Can you please teach me?


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