stl_karateka Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 You really do have to respect your instructor more after seeing that... again, the age old question... would YOU do that if it happened to YOU? .. and be true to it? ... Before I saw him do it I probably wouldn't have Logistally it would have been impossible anyway --- I don't have access to the dojo so I couldn't have been in there by myself (dojo only rule) and I was an brown belt at the time so if I was alone there would be no black belts to do pushups for But seriously --- I wouldn't have -- but after seeing what my sensei did I can honestly say I would. In fact --- the way I found out this was a dojo only rule was a dropped my kama while practicing at a tourny --- I just about lost it --- you can see how many black belts were there! He didn't see me drop it so I went over and asked if there was a max number of pushups when the number of BB's are higher than you can count! He chuckled and told me that was a dojo only rule -- we still laugh about it every once in a while! KarateForums.com Sempai
Ben Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I have certain things i do like that, but i havnt made a rule of it... i'm also a firespinner and everytime i drop my staff when either practicing or lit, i make myself run to the shops and back (about a mile... i live in the middle of nowhere) do 20 push ups, 20 sit ups, and do some weights later that day... but thats only because if i miss time half the moves i do, it'd more than likely strike me in the face... as you can imagine... watching a fireball spin out at you is definatly going to get the adrenalin going.. best way to make that not happen is to A) practice it a lot and b) make you only do things you're 99.9% comfortable with... i guess that also ties in with self defense.. if you havnt got a move down perfect, dont damn well use it
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