Martial Art

[Bart the Lover]

Two people live inside me. One which agrees with this:

Just a thought, but isn't one of the points of karate to not get into fights unless you absolutely have to, and then do the least damage neccessary? It seems like a waste of energy just to try and show off to a friend.

 

And this:

win by never putting yourself in the position to have to fight...never revealing your experience or skill through public contest or boastfulness.

 

But then I read this:

the other day this guy at my school was teasing me cuz my friends told him i do a martial art and dont mess with me as a joke and he comes to me and says 'oh really you do a martial art? well tell me watchu gonna do? you cant fight cuz ur a girl u cant even kill an ant'... now at that moment i had lost it, i cant hold on to it anymore so i went up to him and started attacking him, and eventually got him into an armlock and and he kept on yellin 'sorry sorry sorry' everyone was crowding around me and my friends were just laughing at him and the teacher came and you know the rest... i got into trouble damnit... well guess what that guy now wouldnt even come close to me haha... i mean i didnt mean do that to him but when he said 'girls cant fight' i had just totally lost it...

 

And I think: yeah! You go!

 

It would be easier to be humble and non-violent if there weren't so many

 

idiots in the world. Sigh...

 

Does anyone else react this way, or am I abnormal? I think I need to lie

 

down in a darkened room now...

[Kyokushin]

Yes, maybe it would be easier, but we do need to have self control. Even Funokoshi had problems with this (Ever read Karate-do: My Way of Life?) He talks about how one of his masters Itosu had to keep him from fighting one time. I'm not saying you should not defend yourself. If I had to protect myself I would be fierce! I'm just saying you must choose your battles wisely. Hey, I have to put up with a family friend who teases me about my style by calling it Big Chunky Thigh! But I know he's just messing with me. It doesn't mean I should go and take him to the ground or punch him in the face.

[IAMA_chick]

yeah, that gets on my nerves, but i'm used to it now. once my friend and i were wrestling and she grabbed my hair and i almost broke her wrist on accident but, like it was just something that happened. i didn't even think about it. my hand just like grabbed hers. it was weird, but i guess it means that i am learning something.