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mindsedgeblade
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 168
Location: Penn State
Styles: TKD/american boxing/JJ, basic staff work
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Oh, I do the bus bit all the time, and now I can show my rifle team brother a few moves with a pool cue. I've also noticed I'm using fore-arm blocks if a door tries to shut on me. Or snap a low block down to hit the panic bar when I back into a door.
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June1
Black Belt
Joined: 06 Nov 2004
Posts: 1090
Location: Canada
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, that bus thing... I also do it on the subway. The way I do it now, though, is by sinking into a slight horse stance. I've heard that it's the most stable stance.
And Jax_Evolution, another way to order pizza is by giving them your order, and when they repeat it back to you, say no and change one thing. Continue this when they repeat again, and do it again, and again, and...
 I wouldn't recommend it, of course, but I just think it's clever.
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Juniper
White Belt
Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 18
Location: USA
Styles: Kung Fu, Tai Chi
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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You know you're obsessed with martial arts when:
You practice your tai chi footwork while waiting in line at the grocery store or talking to someone on the telephone.
You have a special pair of practice pants for home practice only.
When waiting to get into the courthouse for jury duty and the police officer hollers for everyone that is waiting to move over to the side you yell "Yes sir!!" (and people turn and look at you like you're some kind of nut)
You dream about the dojo and the people in it several times a week.
Everytime "Enter the Dragon" comes on cable, you just have to drop whatever you are doing and watch it to the end.
Your watch is set to "dojo time" so that you are NEVER EVER late for class.
Juniper
p.s. I'm guilty of all of the above -- every single one of them.  |
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Juniper
White Belt
Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 18
Location: USA
Styles: Kung Fu, Tai Chi
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, one more thing -- you can hardly wait to check in at the Karate Forum to see what's happening now!!
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Freddy
Orange Belt
Joined: 03 Feb 2005
Posts: 103
Location: Sweden
Styles: Shotokan ryu Kase Ha
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I've also noticed I'm using fore-arm blocks if a door tries to shut on me. |
haha shuto uke is the only way to open doors nowdays and maegeri for closing drawers(think thats what its called) ^^
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June1
Black Belt
Joined: 06 Nov 2004
Posts: 1090
Location: Canada
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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*sweat*
Oh, man... I'm becoming guiltier and guiltier of more of these with each passing day.
My latest: I asked a friend from the dojo *coughCorpandcough* to teach me my next kata even though I'm not even that belt yet, and I've already memorized the moves after 2 days of practice.
Hmm... Freddy... I like that idea of using shuto uke to open doors... I should try that. I've been using side kicks to do so. 
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ckd-student
Yellow Belt
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 30
Location: SC
Styles: Chun Kuk Do, some Tae Kwon Do
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When you think you can dodge cars.
When you compare yourself to anime characters.haha
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Corpand
White Belt
Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 20
Location: Canada
Styles: Shotokan
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You know you're obsessed with martial arts when you practice your stances while taking a shower *looks around*
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GhostlySykanRyu
Green Belt
Joined: 10 Sep 2004
Posts: 393
Location: Pennsylvania
Styles: Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm guilt of most of the aforementioned!
Today...
You know you're obsessed with the martial arts when you and your training partner run into the high school gym between periods just to spar for a minute. He tried to throw me O Goshi. Big mistake (Ushiro Goshi). He needs to work on his falls though, banged his elbow 
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mindsedgeblade
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 168
Location: Penn State
Styles: TKD/american boxing/JJ, basic staff work
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Uh-oh- I'm learning the next kata also... And designing my own for the bo.
Dodging cars is no problem, do it all the time.
You know you're obsessed with martial arts when:
You put yourself in more pain to teach someone the correct way to do an arm bar.
You feel the need to go to the dojo to stay sane, and others think you're insane.
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on the post.
