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Female Role in Japanese Fight Club
Fight clubs in Japan are no mere rowdy affair, once seen
and forgotten fights. Here the fighters bow and congratulate one another
after the fight, thereby you can see as well as feel the sense of honor and
audiences respond to this display of genuine sportsmanship. Could it be one
of the reasons that Japanese fight clubs are always packed solid with female
fans?
Its widely known that Japan has a unique, real fight culture. Its not simply
a roughneck, criminal adventure. Rather it's an honorable thing, about pride
and respect, and the fans especially females plays a vital role. The hard
won, clean cut image of the fight industry matters a great deal in Japan.
Indeed its classified to be quite hip and classy as well, and its simply not
just for males but for the females too. As a matter of fact Japanese women
considered to be shy and quiet are the main force behind Japan's consumer
economy, taking to fighting as entertainment in droves.
In fact in every fight matches of any kind, its not very surprising to see
half of the screaming and exhilarated audience to be females. The image of
the passive, quiet, kimono clad women is hardly visible in the fight arenas
where females dressed smartly in the latest fight scene clothes, fancy
hairdos and screaming their lungs out. The fighting may be of wrestling
type, the kick boxing, fist fighting, rough and tumble, grunting matches,
whatever scenes that one can think of, almost all the fight tickets and
seats are sold out and that too by housewives and teenage girls. Well some
of the rough fist fights are properly conducted in closed quarters, some are
not and very often fighters come crashing into the seats. And what do the
jubilant females do? Instead of being scared of getting involved in the
fight, they greet the sweat soaked fighters with uproarious applause and
friendly heckling!
Japanese tend to feel a cultural affinity with athletic, hand-to-hand combat
type of competition from which Westerners are relatively alienated. Lets
forget about the underground, betting game fight clubs. In the case of
Japan, it's more of a good discipline, mentally and physically, fighting
game. This is one of the reasons Japanese people respect these fighters.
They go through a lot, have guts to fight with their hearts and its not
simply a revenge fight unlike in other countries where it's considered to be
quite barbaric, likening it to a bar fighting scene.
This feeling of considering fight clubs as a game and sportsmanship has
remarkably led to the rise of its popularity in Japan. Whether it be the
K-1, PRIDE etc fightings, the females no longer come accompanied by their
guys but come on their own and in big groups and indeed they are not to be
taken lightly; they are tough as nails! Maybe because of this that K-1 and
PRIDE fighters achieve idol status in Japan. The females are not only
audiences as well, there are some real good fighters doing very well
offering them the chance to compete in front of a growing and appreciative
audience.
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