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.

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Re: Don't get me started

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Hey, don't the Israeli's have some art of their own now? Jew fu, or whatever it is?

I made that joke. Once.

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Then he went all intifidah on my ass. I think I was still limping two days later, and my legs are artificial!

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.

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Huh.

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.