I was responding to a thread and I thought it would be cool to share actual experiences that have happened in the street or in the dojo that illustrate your martial training.
So share your storyies about either fighting, disescalating a situation or a moment of clarity/triumph in your martial training.
In no way shape or form am I saying that fighting is good at all cost you would want to prevent it, but if something has happened why not share it with others. I believe it reinforces the notion that we aren't only learning art but defense as well.
I will start.
My first fight. I was 11yrs old I had been training in tae kwon do an kenpo now for 5yrs. This bully on his bike would once in a while pass by me and smack the back of my head as I walked home from school. One day he was by my kenpo school banging on the glass and making fun of us. My teacher told me to tell the bully to stop disrespecting the school and to go away, so I did, and the bully responded by pushing me. I went back inside and my teacher told me not to let individuals disrespect or hurt me and the next time the bully would push or smack me, to kick his butt. So the bully came back a few minutes later with a couple of friends and started banging on the window again. This time I step outside told him to stop and again he pushed me, but this time I pushed back. He then swung at me, I moved back and then he followed by trying to kick me. So I grabed his leg pushed him to the floor stepped on the foot I wasn't holding and twisted his ankle. Sounds worse that what it actually was but it was a small triumph for a dorky kid that was constantly being picked on.
kid never bothered me again, neither did anyone else at that school.
So share your storyies about either fighting, disescalating a situation or a moment of clarity/triumph in your martial training.
In no way shape or form am I saying that fighting is good at all cost you would want to prevent it, but if something has happened why not share it with others. I believe it reinforces the notion that we aren't only learning art but defense as well.
I will start.
My first fight. I was 11yrs old I had been training in tae kwon do an kenpo now for 5yrs. This bully on his bike would once in a while pass by me and smack the back of my head as I walked home from school. One day he was by my kenpo school banging on the glass and making fun of us. My teacher told me to tell the bully to stop disrespecting the school and to go away, so I did, and the bully responded by pushing me. I went back inside and my teacher told me not to let individuals disrespect or hurt me and the next time the bully would push or smack me, to kick his butt. So the bully came back a few minutes later with a couple of friends and started banging on the window again. This time I step outside told him to stop and again he pushed me, but this time I pushed back. He then swung at me, I moved back and then he followed by trying to kick me. So I grabed his leg pushed him to the floor stepped on the foot I wasn't holding and twisted his ankle. Sounds worse that what it actually was but it was a small triumph for a dorky kid that was constantly being picked on.
kid never bothered me again, neither did anyone else at that school.