I remember this one girl at the dojo who was petite but had been training since basically she could walk and was as smart as you’d expect from the daughter of two rocket scientists (for Pasadena reasons, American Kempo is sorta the unofficial martial art of JPL)

And she had basically been fighting against bigger opponents that whole time so she developed all sorts of lightweight moves, like once I saw her run up a guy, flip over and grab his torso with her legs up, and then bash him in the face with her shins.

And she was in the verge of adolescence, and once hanging out in the dojo after class the sensei was talking about what a good girl she would be and how she would keep the boys in line, and it would’ve been weird to bring up my takes on a 12-year-old’s kinks, but like, she was a supergenius geek with a lot of value invested in the ability to dominate people with her body, once I saw her grappling in top mount when the sensei walked by and she looked up wild-eyed like “can I spit in her face?” That was not going to be a good girl.