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Dr. Flem
Yellow Belt
Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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The Saint
Green Belt
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Posts: 441
Location: Dartmouth, NS Canada
Styles: Tae Kwon Do ITF
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice to read, thanks
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aefibird
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4416
Location: UK
Styles: Past and present: 2 styles of Karate, TKD, Aikido, Wing Chun, some Tai Chi
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In all honesty aefibird, that article actually brought a tear to my eye. I've always had pretty low self confidence and I'm just "recovering" from a mental illness. This illness has kept me secluded from everybody and everything around me. Over the past couple of weeks, I've decided to take my recovery even further and I'll be taking my first Shotokan class next week. I just hope that the MA lifestyle will touch me as it has touched you.
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Thanks for reading, Doc. I hope that your Shotokan classes work out great for you! 
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Cmon
Orange Belt
Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 207
Styles: Jeet Kune Do
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Great article brilliant read.
I feel i can relate to you as MA has given me more confidence. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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badclams
Yellow Belt
Joined: 16 Nov 2006
Posts: 65
Location: Oregon Coast
Styles: Open Hand Kempo
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Nice read, and thank you for sharing. wow, I can relate to the school thing too. I love going to class. I feel like the real me when im leaving the Dojo, and even my friends notice the difference in my attitude. I was in Karate when I was a kid but we allways moved, and I never had a chance to make any rank. so last December I seen a school nearby where I used to live, I moved some 52 miles away. but I still make the drive twice a week and am testing for my purple next month. I love the way I feel now, like I have something everyone envys'. unlike all the material stuff, I actually have goals that I can see myself achieving. better yet they cannot be repo'd or stolen from me. 
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Shotokan-kez
Black Belt
Joined: 13 May 2006
Posts: 2138
Location: Manchester uk
Styles: shotokan karate
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Wow that was a brilliant read, and yes it brought a tear to my eye too! I can also relate to a lot that you were saying, as i am sure a lot of others can to. I myself am an ex alcoholic and suffered with severe post-natel depression, as a result i have a panick dissorder. My karate also helped me throughout it all, i can now have 2 beers and then go home, i no longer take medication and i can keep my anxiety under control.
You are an inspiration to us all...i truly mean that, well done and keep being proud of yourself!
Kez x 
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Semaj
Yellow Belt
Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Posts: 42
Location: Chicago
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Just another testimony of the beauty of martial arts.
btw i thought you were a guy until the end! |
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shogeri
Brown Belt
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 663
Styles: Instructor in Internal, External, Mixed Styles
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Very nice, very nice!
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Bsal1981
White Belt
Joined: 03 Jul 2013
Posts: 10
Location: Kathmandu
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| Most of we has a kind of attractions and love to this game as you do have, It is a great thought which you have presented in this articles and I praise it very much. |
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