I think real friends are people who'll go out of their way to help you, and not expect anything in return. My karate class is getting close to the end of the term, so now we're spending as much time as possible sparring. I sparred full contact 7 times yesterday, and the lightest guy I sparred has ten pounds on me. My shins bruised all kinds of ways, and I've been walking like an old man all day. So my pimp of a roomate scores me about ten darvocet. I don't have class tommrow, and I want to take a break before finals. Plus I have a few beers. Suck on that pain.
you forgot the u in favours, silly! I'm sorry you're all hurt though, that'd suck. I was barely walking straight today, from all the gravol/advil/random pills I was on today at work. Ugh, gravol makes me so tired, but keeps me from being ill on customers
I'm American gorgeous. We make our own rules. Or webster did. Eh, its to be expected, and I just went overboard. Now it doesn't bother me at all. Are you sick? I'm really sorry. Nothing sucks worse then stomach flus. Although, I'm sure you get a few customers you want to puke on. Where do you work at?
yeah, tummy flu or something similar. Got it from my mom (gee thanks) actually, the customers today weren't bad. t'was the manager that was irritating me I sell shoes at a low-cost kinda place, nothing fancyschmancy... but apparently asking who my manager is helping irritates her, not asking her irritates her, trying to help people can irritate her (because someoen else took my customers and me going back to check on them is offensive) and not helping people also irritates her because then I'm not making sales. *sigh* I need a new freakin job
Heh, You shouldn't make fun of Karate kids. Kyokushin guys take it all serious. It's the only place I can kickbox in Odessa. They won't let me use knees or elbows, which is my forte, and they also don't like leg kicks, but at least it's a little more intense then amateur boxing. Guy Tyler in my class is a powerlifter (240 pounds) ex-marine thai boxer though. We go at it with knees and leg kicks. (no elbows, they get too bloody without gear.) I fought him twice. Wasted him the first time with a great kick into knee, so he stopped. Ten minutes later we fought again, he kicked, I caught, but his foot slipped off my forearm and caught me in the eye, and I quit right there. I also caught a good shot in the ribs from him in our first fight. But my shin s are brown and black and red all over. I haven't been fighting this intensly in a while. Making fun of Karate is pretty fun though. Darvocet is a lifesaver.
im not making fun, i only wish i knew karate, i know people who take karate and could kick the everlasting crap out of my ass with a few kicks and that i envy...
Oh, I make fun a bit. I'm muay boran, and I have to poke a little fun at them. But yes, Karate when it's taught properly, such as Gyo Rujin, Seidokeikan, Kyokushin, or just any basterdised american version where they teach proper teqnique is very efficient. Karate is unforunatly infamous for having a lot of schools in which the instructors don't know anything about fighting, and just go through katas and sell belts.
me, no never...im not a fighter, im an annoyer... I've seen some commercials for karate and those instructors look like hilljacks who know nothing about anything and just are kicking and moving their arms about.. I like watching people who actually know what they are doing, its pretty interesting... have you see those guys that take punches to the neck and such who get no marks or feel no pain, i forget what its called..if its called anything...
Are ya talking to me or Shroomey? I've fought semi-pro in kickboxing matches (paid under the table) and a lot of amateur boxing matches. I spar every Monday, Wednesday, and saturday, for about 3-4 hours.
That's mostly a parlor trick. You can deaden the nerves by getting repeatedly hit in an area, but it's basically like breaking bricks. It looks impressive, but virtually anyone can do it.
i love martial arts and wish i had the money to learn more of them. great stress relief.. good for the soul and much more
It's not always parlor tricks. I do a traditional style of chinese kung fu, and have seen some pretty amazing stuff. Qi gong can create strength, both internal and external, making people impervious to the sword and spear ect. Sorry to hear that you are in pain, but hey, it was worth it right? If you were near by I'd give you some DitDaJow to rub on the bruises. I had a pretty intense day yesterday as well. Tested in the morning, had an intensive training seminar in the afternoon, followed by sushi (which wasn't that intense, but I was tired by then). I woke up this morning stiff and sore, but over all I feel fairly good.
You're not Falun Gong are you? I'm not here to pick a fight, but breathing meditations can't make you impervious to swords. There were people in the Boxer rebellion who thought that QiGong could make them bullet proof. QiGong is a good breathing exercise. I've been to a few San Shou classes, and I really like the training. efficient, but sport san shou focuses too much on points. They don't allow the better forms of their training, such as the elbow in the matches, so Its mostly like a karate/judo hybrid in sport form. What do you practice? I've always wanted to study long fist, because those are my homeboy Jet Li's roots. I'm guessing you do some internal wushu style? Don't get me wrong, internal styles are fun, they're very relaxing, and are good exercise, but aren't particullarly effective at self defense. And nobodys sword proof.
hmmmm on Tuesday I am picking up Cooloner at the bus station... how's that for a favor? I think I will roll him and toss him outta the car.
Hell no I don't do falun gong. I looked into it once, to much cult like for me. Currently I am taking traditional wing chun. I have to specify the traditional part because there are to many off shoots that give the art a bad name. Previous to this I studied Xingyi, Taiji and Bagua. My old school taught all three. Unfortunatly politics came into the school and I found myself looking for somewhere new to train. I am very happy where I am, but I also make sure to keep up with what I already learned. I am not one to discriminate styles, I believe that they all have something to offer. Whether it be for sport, health, or deeper meanings. If the training is proper and the teacher can teach without ego and discrimination, the students can truly benifit. When I first started, I didn't know the difference between any of the styles, I just liked the name of the school I was attending. After getting into it, I am glad I picked kung fu. All the other students sat around making fun of Taekwondo and karate people. I admittedly was on the band wagon with them. After a few months into the kung fu, I started looking into the deeper meanings, and the philosophies, and started coming to realizations that it isn't neccesarily the art, but what you put into it, and you get what you give. My old teacher was humble in that way, and ecouraged us to take knowledge from all styles. He even inited teachers from other styles to come in and teach classes and trade info and knowledge. Unfortuanatly after his school took off and he was making good profit, the money went to his head and he got more interested in the dollars than the students, and his school is suffering from it. I am rambeling on now, so I will stop. This is a subject that I am passionate about, because I have seen what it has done for me and some of those around me. I will someday start my own school, and dream that I will be able to pass it on to my son. I am not interested in the profits, I wish to be able to help people, and this is the only way that I know how. Oh, and by the way, I do both interal and external. I believe proper traing should have a balance of both, isn't that what life is all about? Balance?
