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All right, I'm not doing this on my own so put on your thinking caps!
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.
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.
Re: We've got a lot of folks...
Gah.
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.
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
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: Don't get me started
I made that joke. Once.
It's called Krav Maga. And my friend thought it was a good place to start, but still a little too sissy for his tastes.
His words, not mine. I decided that I wanted to use my skills to immobilize and contain situations, not to just get out there and cripple people.
Salaam,
Haroun
Re: I made that joke. Once.
Near as I can tell, its pretty damn brutal. Never did learn more than basic Marine hand to hand myself, but there's a lot of nasty shit you can do to a body with a bayonet.
Re: Gah.
Re: Gah.
Re: Gah.
Re: Gah.
Re: We've got a lot of folks...
I kid you not.
Re: We've got a lot of folks...
And besides...
Salaam,
Haroun
Re: And besides...
Actually...
Re: Actually...
...
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...
And then... I wonder.
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All I have to say is...
Salaam,
Haroun
Re: All I have to say is...
Heretic.
Haroun
Re: Heretic.
Nah.
AAH!
Re: AAH!
Re: AAH!
Re: AAH!
Re: AAH!
Re: Nah.
Lake-throwing bad...
Re: Lake-throwing bad...
You say that because you weren't the one having them...
Re: You say that because you weren't the one having them...
Re: Lake-throwing bad...
He hasn't given up yet...