Do you now, or have you in the past, practiced a martial art?

JanMichael

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:04 PM
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Poll question: Do you now, or have you in the past, practiced a martial art?

Or more precisely have you ever trained in a martial practice or are you currently doing so?

A Thomas Jefferson statement got me thinking about this...

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."

Perhaps we should consider this idea of martial responsibility more seriously?

PS~ I'm leaving guns and nukes out of this conversation.

PSS~ Evasion/conflict resolution, when possible, is more often (always really) the best tactic IMHO.

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:08 PM
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1. yes

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JanMichael

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:21 PM
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8. What?

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:28 PM
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11. karate

while I was in college

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ZombieNixon

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:08 PM
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2. Yes.

I've had a black belt in Tae Kwon Do for the past six years.

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JanMichael

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:10 PM
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3. Really? Very cool. How long did the black belt take?

Do you still train?

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ZombieNixon

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:13 PM
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4. It took four years of continuous training.

However, I took a year off when I moved from Maryland to New Mexico, so five years total. I started in June of 1994 at age 7 and got my black belt at age 12 in October of 1999. Currently, I'm in college, so I can't train during the school year. I'll get a month and a half or so in when I go back to NM for break in Nov.

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DanCa

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:25 PM
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9. Cool I never stuck with it

I tried but I lacked the discipline. Congrats.

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tigereye

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:15 PM
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5. I have been doing tai chi

for over 10 years. I do sword form, as well. Tai chi is interesting since it is a "soft-looking" martial art that can actually be quite powerful.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:17 PM
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6. I've had sex with an Asian woman - does that count?

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JanMichael

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:20 PM
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7. So long as she taught you seoi nage.

Or Nami juji jime.

Then yes.

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DanCa

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:26 PM
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10. I practiced the oldest martial art running jk

no i did fool around with boxing when i was a kid but that was because i was a kid and i lived in a bad neighborhood. Hell i was so bad they used to cool me the great white hopeless.

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deadparrot

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Sat Oct-01-05 11:49 PM
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12. Yeah. Tae Kwon Do, a couple of years ago.

Good exercise, and very fun, but they required you to go to a certain number of tournaments in order to test up for each belt level, and they always took place way out in East Jesus.

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