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Make that Irish Breakfast tea, and then send all the bakery stuff over here. You're getting too smug with your 85% chocolate and various beverages.
ks - learning to fly
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tournament next Saturday!!
You know, I never competed - never really had an inclination to. Hearing folks' reports of their competitions, however, has me wishing I was 20 years younger, so I could play in competitions for a while.
My training isn't for competition, so I'd need a lot of re-training. And then there's my knees (really the bigger issue). I hurt after teaching a class. I shudder to think what my knees would have to say about competition.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Nice warm day (57F) so I went for a walk. 3 young woman in the 20s crossed the street and walked in front of me for a total of 30 seconds and during that 30 seconds they were having a conversation and during that 30 seconds they used the F-word 15 times. They then went into a store to continue their conversation
Steve
Mostly Harmless
how dare they walk in front of you!!
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Exactly...no..I mean...that was not the point...it was the fact they did not invite me to go to the store with them
ks - learning to fly
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I completely understand the knee thing and have several
knee issues of my own.. that being said - I think you should
give it a try when you're able.. My dojang is not a tournament
school, more traditional but for me - doing tournaments is a
way to step outside of my comfort zone.. Plus, after years
and years when I was a kid being told I wasn't fast enough
or coordinated enough or that we couldn't afford something..
now - when I get the chance - I want to compete.. even if
for no other reason than to say I tried.. also - it's a lot of fun!!
It's appealing, but it would require significant retraining. I'm not aware of any competition that would be a good fit for what I've learned. We do use strikes, but they are secondary to throws and locks, so prepping for a striking competition would take some focus. Any grappling competition is almost certainly going to be more painful than I care to subject myself to, given a few arthritic joints (one rather significantly so). I could have managed it 10 years ago, but that point is passed. Maybe I'll find a competition that's a good fit for what I can do, and what pain I'm willing to end up in.I completely understand the knee thing and have several
knee issues of my own.. that being said - I think you should
give it a try when you're able.. My dojang is not a tournament
school, more traditional but for me - doing tournaments is a
way to step outside of my comfort zone.. Plus, after years
and years when I was a kid being told I wasn't fast enough
or coordinated enough or that we couldn't afford something..
now - when I get the chance - I want to compete.. even if
for no other reason than to say I tried.. also - it's a lot of fun!!
They're just like people with new MBA degrees.
I concur, entirely and explicitly. Meseems the level of swoopstake obfuscation to be found in some of the missives posted hereon is abominable. I eschew such fopdoodlery.
70F yesterday. Snow tomorrow night and Monday. I feel like I'm being shuttled between Star Wars planets.
ks - learning to fly
Senior Master
I was hoping my language was plain enough, but
then realized I'm probably not that notable..
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