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The more you sweat in the dojo, the less you bleed on the streets. If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kick-boxing. There’s nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and CHEWING ANYWAY!!! All GREAT art comes from a sense of OUTRAGE. No matter how big or soft or warm your bead is, you still have to get out of it. If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character. There is no downside to winning. It feels forever fabulous. Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus. When I hear about people making vast fortunes without doing any productive work or contributing anything to society, my reaction is, how do I get in on that? If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Anything’s possible, if you’ve got enough nerve. Karate it is said is only a sport. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Lots of folks like to give advice. I tend to listen when the person isn’t the advice-giving type.

I will be praying for him

Men usually think that they need to prove their strength, and try to over power the other person. However, most females learn how to fight using their heads, thus making them better fighters. They have nothing to prove, and are willing to try the combos. Many guys have stopped fighting at our dojo because they were hurt, while trying to intimidate the other fighter.

iced tea, dr. pepper

There is a lady that I know who winks at her opponent before fighting.

The thing is, this lady, whom is 49, acts like a total child. She makes faces and makes comments. She started talking to my sensei's son last night, like nothing happened, and he just talked to her and was polite. There is NO WAY that I can just forgive her with her acting like a snob. I think that I will just walk away from her if she starts talking to me because what else can I do? It's not like I can hook punch her or take out her knee(this is VERY tempting.) I am not going to give myself a reason to try anything stupid by letting her provoke me. But my question is what is the christen thing to do?

oh BELIEVE me, i have thought about it . . . . or just a roundhouse kick to her head!

I myself am a thirteen year old girl, and I have recently thought about quitting martial arts. I have been practicing for two years, but, I just find myself miserable every time I walk into the dojo. My good karate friend has stopped coming, and I am just not having fun. I am still in love with martial arts, but I am depressed at the same time. It is the strangest thing I have ever felt.

MCDOJO! MCDOJO! MCDOJO!

thanks

well, i guess everone has a different crane stance . . . .

Thaks for the imput. My instructor has been notified . . . we talked at length, and he basicly told the lady to leave. However, the girl's dad takes karate (and his daughter does too obviously) and my instructor is still debating on how to handle them. He dosen't want to have the girl leave, but if he dosen't there is a very good likelyhood that the mom will show up at tour. or at practice. I am NOT going to talk to the girl about it. Our relationship has been very unsteady since this incident. I don't know if the lady was high or what, but I think that she is on medication. As for what happened at the tour. she was talking to me normally about how the tour. was going, and she just went off about my sensei's son, and basicly calling me a two timer/hor, because I agreed to go swimming with him which was why I was in the hot tub in the first place. Up until then I had had high respect for the lady. Now, I don't truely trust anyone. Thanks for the posts!

Being a teenager, I have had to put up with more than my fair share of s*** from many places. At a national karate tour. a few weeks ago, one of my good friend's mother cussed me out. She also cussed out the sensei's son, whom her daughter has a crush on. Apparently, this girl's mom had gone into the dojo before, cussing the boy out because he didn't wave to his daughter in the hallway at school. I don't know if she is a pshyco, or high, but tonight, she came to the dojo for the first time since the tour. We all practiced are kata seperatly, and she clapped for everyone except, you guessed it, me. She also hissed "stances"when I had finished. This just made me WAY mad. To make matters worse, my best friend is in karate, and this mom has been treating her like she's dirt. What do you think I should do?

haha! didn't see that one coming . . .

haha! lol