Corporal Hicks
Black Belt
Hi all,
I guess most of us would have had this, but if people know you do Martial Arts do they make stupid gestures and go woootai and make stupid noises, especially if you dont know them very well?!
Alot of the time they automaticly associate your type of Martial Art with one that makes noises and yells alot. I think its amusing since I did do Tae Kwon Do and we did do that, but now I mainly focus on my Wing Chun and we hardly do anything along those lines, the only noise we really make are animal noises and even those are rare (since I havnt got that far yet but only notice through demonstrations).
Still some people really dont realise the connection between a good fighter and making these "noises", somehow its always seen as pointless. I like the idea that they always think its for intimidation and they always riducle how it wouldnt work, well firstly, throw them into that situation and surely if you fighting somebody who's confident and starts making these noises, you will almost certainly link them with some type of MA, making you subconciously weary. Secondly its not always used for intimidation, its used alot to increase self confidence and channel chi. Well, so much for smart ar*e comments from people who know nothing about MA
Any other comments on this?
Regards
I guess most of us would have had this, but if people know you do Martial Arts do they make stupid gestures and go woootai and make stupid noises, especially if you dont know them very well?!
Alot of the time they automaticly associate your type of Martial Art with one that makes noises and yells alot. I think its amusing since I did do Tae Kwon Do and we did do that, but now I mainly focus on my Wing Chun and we hardly do anything along those lines, the only noise we really make are animal noises and even those are rare (since I havnt got that far yet but only notice through demonstrations).
Still some people really dont realise the connection between a good fighter and making these "noises", somehow its always seen as pointless. I like the idea that they always think its for intimidation and they always riducle how it wouldnt work, well firstly, throw them into that situation and surely if you fighting somebody who's confident and starts making these noises, you will almost certainly link them with some type of MA, making you subconciously weary. Secondly its not always used for intimidation, its used alot to increase self confidence and channel chi. Well, so much for smart ar*e comments from people who know nothing about MA
Any other comments on this?
Regards