Many girls nonetheless win permission to study karate by invoking the need for self-defense. Some begin speaking with a masculine edge to their voices, owing to their instructors 'influence, but few lose any friends.
一般說來，女性能說服家人讓她們學習空手道的理由就是「防身」，有些人練習之後，由於教練和自己都注意行止，仍然保有女子的「天性」；有些人則似乎容易受到教練影響，舉止言語都帶些「男兒氣」。