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Patrick
KF Administrator
Joined: 01 May 2001
Posts: 28739
Location: Los Angeles, California
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NightOwl
Black Belt
Joined: 08 Dec 2006
Posts: 1097
Location: Lost on the West Coast
Styles: Working on Judo and BJJ
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: |
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bushido_man96 wrote: |
I don't think a social atmosphere necessarily leads to a McDojo. Neither does it mean it leads to dating. Some people just have different styles. |
Ha- a bit late to the party but here it goes~
I agree- casualness does not mean sloppy technique or bad training at all. For example, I've for the most part seen BJJ places being very casual, and yet there are some hard core fighters there. Likewise traditional okinawan karate used to be casual as well, and if you do find a more old school kung fu gym (without ranks), you may find that the atmosphere is more relaxed than you are used to where you might train. Proximity breeds attraction, and relationships where people just met out of the blue are less common than people meeting up because they had the same friend, interests, school, etc. Personally, I think that a member of the fairer (or at least less smelly) gender does martial arts, it is very attractive. What's more romantic and beneficial to a healthy relationship than fighting? _________________ Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30167
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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marie curie
Black Belt
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
Posts: 1023
Location: PA, USA
Styles: Ko Sutemi Seiei Kan Karate, Kajukenbo, Kodokan Judo, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu, Olympic Tae Kwon Doe
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Agreed! _________________ You suck-train harder.......................Don't block with your face
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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JohnnyB
Orange Belt
Joined: 14 Apr 2012
Posts: 151
Location: Athens, Greece
Styles: Shotokan 2nd Kyu
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:02 am Post subject: |
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Wow I just went through this whole thread and enjoyed every post.
Although I do fancy a girl in my class I'll hold on to my feelings and concentrate on my training for now. But God help me its difficult! All this testosterone and sweat makes for such a chemistry in the dojo its hard to keep focus. |
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still kicking
Green Belt
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 443
Styles: Shito-ryu Karate, Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:00 am Post subject: |
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JohnnyB, maybe you could chat her up and ask her out sometime. It sounds like you've got your head on straight about it, i.e. put your training first, but the same as with sparring, be alert for opportunities. In this case, I mean to chat, of course. |
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Nidan Melbourne
KF Sempai
Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 2356
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Styles: Goju-Ryu, BJJ, Balintawak Arnis
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Baaaaad idea to date in dojo. The only time I think it is ok if your dating someone who trains with you is if your dating someone outside of the school then they join your dojo.
Then if you break up with them when they're training at your dojo then it will become extremely awkward |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16386
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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It's a karate school/MA school, and not a dating school. Keep it outside, if one can't, then quit!!
_________________ **Proof is on the floor!!! |
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blacknebula
Orange Belt
Joined: 28 Jun 2012
Posts: 123
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Styles: shotokan
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You'd be hard pressed to enforce a rule about not dating in either of the dojos that I attend, considering that they are both run by husband and wife teams who met each other through MA! And in one case, they will be celebrating their 30th anniversary next year!
There are also a bunch of us who train who were dating/married long before we set foot in the dojo. In most cases one person started then eventually dragged the other person in. |
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Nidan Melbourne
KF Sempai
Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 2356
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Styles: Goju-Ryu, BJJ, Balintawak Arnis
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Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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blacknebula wrote: |
You'd be hard pressed to enforce a rule about not dating in either of the dojos that I attend, considering that they are both run by husband and wife teams who met each other through MA! And in one case, they will be celebrating their 30th anniversary next year!
There are also a bunch of us who train who were dating/married long before we set foot in the dojo. In most cases one person started then eventually dragged the other person in. |
Oh yeah that is so true. I have been doing karate for 12 years now and i have been teaching my girlfriend for the last 2 years (we've been together for just over 4.5 years) and she joined up last week. |
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