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Re:Show HN: Codewars by angrycoder on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @06:27PM (#7187579)

Just curious, why does the word kata turn you off because you are female?

As someone who has studied martial arts for five years, there have been plenty of female students and the vast majority of the people I study with are well into their 30s.

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Re:Show HN: Codewars by dusklight on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @07:07PM (#7187789)

I don't think the word "kata" by itself is masculine or aggressive but the site is called codeWARs, and they call signing up "enlisting" so ..

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Re:Show HN: Codewars by hobs on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @11:47PM (#7188782)

So they better change their entire branding!

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Re:Show HN: Codewars by onetwofiveten on Thursday February 06, 2014 @12:19PM (#7191502)

Seriously? You never noticed that the martial arts world is male dominated in a way that many women find off-putting? Sure, some women are okay with it, but that doesn't mean all women are (or should be).

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