Stories from the dojo...

[lordtariel]

I was listening to sensei talking about some of the wierd things he's seen in his dojo since he's moved here. From a woman breastfeeding an 8 year old child on the benches to a couple hippies that were changing into their uniforms on the mats, there were some pretty crazy ones. So my question is this... What's the craziest thing that's happened in your dojo?

[karatekid1975]

Well, this isn't that weird, because kids have accidents ... A kid pooped his pants just before the adult class (the one I was in at the old dojang). "It" kinda fell out of his pants. It was cleaned up, but most of the adults waiting for the class saw it. They "avoided" that spot the whole night. It actually turned out pretty funny (well you had to be there).

[The Kyokushin punisher]

First Nite ever doing Kyokushin when i was in the kids class i farted really loud good thing my face was already red. And when i went for my yellow belt test my last fight i threw up in front of everyone

[Brandon Fisher]

I have seen peoples pants fall down. People fall off chairs when trying to sit down. People get caught in their underwear by my mom when they were changing and then run out and hug her with nothing on but their underwear. Thats about all but now that we are about to open I expect more will happen then what happened teaching in recreation departments.

[Shotokan-kez]

Well, this isn't that weird, because kids have accidents ... A kid pooped his pants just before the adult class (the one I was in at the old dojang). "It" kinda fell out of his pants. It was cleaned up, but most of the adults waiting for the class saw it. They "avoided" that spot the whole night. It actually turned out pretty funny (well you had to be there).

Thats so funny. We once had a kid that drank milkshake just before class, he puked everywhere.

[cathal]

Just after I got my green belt a guy burst into our dojo, he pointed a finger at our sensei and screamed: "You must die, I alone am best!"

But seriously, the funniest thing to happen in recent memory was during a grading. A young guy was going for his first purple belt (5th kyu) and for that he had to perform Heian Yondan. In that kata one of the techniques is a jodan-level ridgehand with the palm up. WHen he executed the technique he flicked his fingers like in Kung Fu movies, as if to invite an attacker closer to him. Everyone cracked up but he completed the kata with no problems despite the laughter.

[IcemanSK]

Typical "guy" sense of humor.

When I was in college, my best friend & I were the highest ranks of a group of high school & college age guys that all trained together. The two of us took the rest of the group out for Korean food the night before belt testing. Our rationale was, "You perform a Korean art better with Korean food in your system." For those of you who don't know, Korean food is full of garlic. The next day: It was a gas festival. It was all in good fun & the lower rank students insisted that we do it before each test. Our instructor suggested we do it AFTER the test to celebrate.

Another time, during a guy's (early teens) testing for his yellow belt (1st belt test). He was obviously very nervous & uncomfortable. He wanted to do everything right no matter what. The testing board couldn't figure out what was wrong, but something was bothering him: he tried not to show it. He stepped forward with his first down block, his cup shimmied down the inside of his pant leg & hit the floor.

[CTTKDKing]

I've got a great one.

A drunk guy came in from the bar up the street from us. It's not unusual for people to walk in off the street, and watch, but we've never had anyone come in drunk before. He then proceded to whistle and cat call at the teenage girls in class. Our assistant instructor became irritated after a couple minutes of this and told him that if he was going to do that he should leave. The guy didn't listen and our assistant instructor then proceded to make him leave. The guy started putting up a big fuss. When our head instructor came over to see what was going on, the man said he'll beat the crap out of all of us if they didn't leave him alone. My intructor then turned to the class and gave a short, but comical speach on the hazards of drinking and how booze can make you insane. Everyone started laughing at the guy and he got a shameful look on his face and got up and left. It was rather comical.

I went down in July to go to class on a afternoon but I got there early. The childrens class was still in session, so I started stretching on the side. The doors were proped open because we just had a wave of heat break and it was relitivly cool out. All of a sudden a golden retriever comes running in the open door, and charges one of the smallest kids and starts licking the kids face. The kid was so startled by this that he crapped his pants and then fell back on it. It squirted out the top of his pants and everyone was pretty grossed out. Then the owner came running in and appologised profusly for letting his dog get away from him. We joke about it for several weeks thereafter.

[Sohan]

I've got a great one.

A drunk guy came in from the bar up the street from us. It's not unusual for people to walk in off the street, and watch, but we've never had anyone come in drunk before. He then proceded to whistle and cat call at the teenage girls in class. Our assistant instructor became irritated after a couple minutes of this and told him that if he was going to do that he should leave. The guy didn't listen and our assistant instructor then proceded to make him leave. The guy started putting up a big fuss. When our head instructor came over to see what was going on, the man said he'll beat the crap out of all of us if they didn't leave him alone. My intructor then turned to the class and gave a short, but comical speach on the hazards of drinking and how booze can make you insane. Everyone started laughing at the guy and he got a shameful look on his face and got up and left. It was rather comical.

I went down in July to go to class on a afternoon but I got there early. The childrens class was still in session, so I started stretching on the side. The doors were proped open because we just had a wave of heat break and it was relitivly cool out. All of a sudden a golden retriever comes running in the open door, and charges one of the smallest kids and starts licking the kids face. The kid was so startled by this that he crapped his pants and then fell back on it. It squirted out the top of his pants and everyone was pretty grossed out. Then the owner came running in and appologised profusly for letting his dog get away from him. We joke about it for several weeks thereafter.

We had this happen during a belt test this summer. It was hot, and the doors were open because the A/C was on the blink. During a kata a big dog came streaking in through the door right onto the mat in the middle of everyone and jumped up on one of our mates. Before we could catch him he streaked back out another open door.

However, our member didn't have quite the reaction that yours did.

With respect,

Sohan

[elbows_and_knees]

this is gonna sound made up, but we actually had someone come in and tell us he was a ninja. He talked about how he trained, and how he was exceptionally good at climbing trees. He didn't participate in class, just showed up to run his mouth... He was wearing tabis when he came in.