All right, I'm not doing this on my own so put on your thinking caps!

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I'm looking up a Tai Chi school in the area, maybe even trying to find my old sifu so I can get around to trying to pass my student-teacher test. Also, I'll be taking out some of the kids interested in Tai Chi to regular classes with me, since there's no way I can work around teaching them myself if we're doing this long term. I'm Not Allowed. Yet.

Still, either way, I've got that lot covered.

But.

I'm sure there are others among the kids who might not mind taking up a particular Martial Art that isn't related to the self-defense classes we teach as part of the curriculum or Tai Chi.

So - any suggestions as to a form of Martial Art which might suit one student better than another? Cause while I'm at it I can do a blitz and find out about schools in the area that teach those too and suggest that to the kids. Or we can arrange something here at the school for them.

Well? As Aurora might say, chop chop people!


Edit : ...I'm just going to find a nice wall to beat my head on now. Yep.

Comments

We've got a lot of folks...

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Who wouldn't treat it with the hard work and dedication that it demands.

I think a lot of the anklebiters would go for the softer stuff - T'ai Chi, Aikido, Judo, that kind of thing.

For those of us who like _real_ combat, I'd be happy to pass on what I've learned in my years in the Real World.

But hey, it'd probably do a lot of the kids some good to get a little discipline.

Haroun

Re: We've got a lot of folks...

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... Shit, for a minute there, I thought *I* wrote that comment.

Gah.

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I've been grading Arabic tests. I'm a little cranky.

But my point stands. Lots of folks want to do pretty forms and look good while they do it. Real fighting is never pretty. It's ugly, and people get hurt.

Salaam,
Haroun

Re: Gah.

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Didn't say I had a -problem- with what you said, did I?

I pretty much agree. There's some value to the pretty crap, but when it comes down to it, Triple Nuclear Tiger Style Wu Shu Thai Do is just hitting someone in the head with a fancy name.

Don't get me started

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"If done right, is no defense!"

And there is some value to the pretty crap - there can actually be half-decent moves dug out from around all the frou-frou nonsense.

I spent about a year or so with an ex-Israeli grunt learning everything I could. Invaluable experience. Absolutely invaluable. Weren't you a leatherneck, Cain, for a while there?

Salaam,
Haroun

Re: Gah.

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The fancy names can also be misleading, at times; for example, one of the first techniques I learned was "en'tnala", which simply means "to strike the head" in one of the early dialects of the ritual language.

Re: We've got a lot of folks...

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I had to check. Twice.

I kid you not.

Re: We've got a lot of folks...

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I'm the big red-haired one, he's the dark skinned bald one with the plastic butt.

And besides...

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I'm far more handsome.

Salaam,
Haroun

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This may sound kinda silly, but after that talk we had, I was thinking about some way of talking to Angelo, and for some reason, that Brazilian art that looks almost like dancing came to mind. Capo-something. Because, with his power, and the flexibility he must have, it'd probably be a pretty good fit.

Or I could just be talkin' crazy. :)

Capoeira

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You are not talking crazy. FINALLY! Someone who offers something useful!

THANK YOU!

Re: Capoeira

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Glad I could be of help there, Al. Lots of other people seem to have stuff that they know (Manuel, Clarice, and Shiro with their various sword techniques, for starters), but maybe we could look into more formal training for some of them in town somewhere?

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Is this where I say I've been learning Askani martial arts in my dreams lately and... okay. Didn't think so.

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...

Actually, I'd like to talk to you about that.

Not here. Not taking any chances, thank you very much.

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I'll come find you after classes, then. Fresh air good? Fresh air would be good...

I'm no empath...

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but now is probably not the time to be yanking the songbird's chain.

She's got herself into a royal snit.

As far as her suggestion goes - I'd say we'd almost have to talk to them, see what their interests are. Not too many of the kids are into the harder styles that are more my area of interest.

I just get the feeling a lot of 'em are gonna be picking on the "Hey, that looks _cool_!" method.

Salaam,
Haroun

Who said I was yanking her chain?

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Gently teasing, maybe. Alison knows that whatever I get from them, I'll share. She's Clan.

Re: I'm no empath...

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You figure Alison's about ready for the visitor in red, and just taking it out on us?

...

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You are so very dead.

Re: ...

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What? It'd explain why you're so panties-in-a-bunch.

Don't know.

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Don't care to.

Her business, not mine. And not yours either.

Haroun

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Cain? Been really, really nice knowing you.

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What?

Re: I'm no empath...

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Ohboy. Did I ever mention Al's got a bit of a temper, sir?

Re: I'm no empath...

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She's like this when she's -not- PMSing?

Shit, no wonder.