text: girls only true stories please..have you ever? been punched hard in the gut before? when ,why ,how did it feel, what was your reaction? be as discriptive as you can yes, and it knocked the breath out of me.  i was at a tournement.  i tried my best to suck it up and face my opponent.  that was hard since i couldn't breathe much at all.  i kept standing and had my guard up just in case the person would strike again.    let's just say that getting the breath knocked out of you is not very fun, lol.  from then on i always try to remeber to breathe out when i get punched in my gut.  this way it won't be as bad.  =)