just so that people don't get a negative opinion of the Japanese... it was an American girl that said that.... as much as I wish it wasn't. Sorry I left you hanging, she shocked my socks off so I was sitting there with my jaw on the floor. By the time I had regained my compsure the instructor was back... by the end of the class I was so irritated that I knew that if I stayed around after class I would have started yelling or getting violent. Perhaps I was a pansy for just walking away, but she was bigger than me and could have easily kicked my butt..