The Other Woman is a fellow journalist and she recently managed to secure the Hapkido school, where we both train, a large piece in Metro.
This involved a lovely reporter coming along and taking part in a class. Afterwards, the senior belts were asked to stay behind so we could demonstrate some throws and falls for the photographer. For one photo, I was asked to be the attacker while my opponent did a throw to escape a rear choke, which ended with me on the floor grimacing as he applied a wrist lock and arm bar combination.
The feature was duly printed and there were no photos of me, so I jokingly mentioned that I should be the eye candy factor to draw new students in.
The Other Woman then took great delight in telling me that the photo of me grimacing (above) was, in the words of the features editor at the news conference, 'Not suitable or particularly attractive for a section of the paper primarily aimed at women'.
So there you have it. I am officially not pretty enough for London women. Who read.
The media is a cruel mistress. And the Other Woman is patently not much better.
Picture credit: Dan Lynch
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