I didnāt even need to look that up
) , vestiphobia( Iām looking at you, @Wing Woo Gar) or Omphalophobia (I have two these days so could star in very nichĆ© horror films). I just think ice cream is overrated a bit like glazed donuts, Marvel/DC, bottled water, iceberg lettuce, amusement parks, social media, designer fashion and wellness supplements!
My clothing is engraved onto my body, a āhorimonoā, thusly I am never truly naked and have no need for layering.I didnāt even need to look that up
Itās not a fear of ice cream, like someone with coulrophobia, arachibutyrophobia, pogonophobia (
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I need quite a few though and Iām not sure I could take the pain.Fighting seems to appeal more to younger guys. Sparring helps to develop attributes for competition and organised matches. Even when younger competition of any type wasn't appealing. The movement patterns and fitness aspects of the FMA hold my interest much more than the fighting applications. It's still early days in the martial arts and I am continually learning from the challenges it presents.Good motivations.
I use the gym very effectively for the first one, Youtube kitten/puppy videos for the second and I donāt like people.
Not thatās a very interesting statement. What is it about (very controlled) fighting you donāt like? As a young man I didnāt like it either but as I got older and became more fearless, I really took to it and saw it as an avenue to test what Iād learned.
Very true in the UK (excluding London!)
Iām very sceptical of the self-growth type statements. You need to want to grow for the TMA to provide the fertile ground for that growth and I find asignificant proportion of TMA to be knobāeads (as we say in these parts).
I recently read a psychology paper (I know, I know but I used it for toilet paper after Iād finished ) about āRoid Rageā and general aggressive tendencies in anabolic steroid abusers. Its research found that anabolic steroids didnāt significantly increase aggressiveness in abusers at all and concluded that āā¦aggressiveness in steroid users was a indicator of pre-abuse levels, sometimes latent, of aggressivenessā¦ā In other words, a ānice, emotionally balanced personā is unlikely to display roid rage whereas a c**t is!
I think itās the same with TMA abusers
When I was a young teen my friends and I were getting tattooed a lot. My friend got the threads of a screw tattooed on hisā¦ My other friend got purple polka dots, and a third got crazy googly eyes on the glans. I opted out on that area for tattooing. I skipped head, neck, hands, and genitals, but did tattoo nearly everything else. BTW Marishiten is going quite well.Pervert
I wonder if I could have chevrons tattooed on myā¦to make it look longer
I think you have this completely topsy-turvy! Itās like saying you are more interested in the choreography, costumes and other paraphernalia when learning to tango than actually tango dancing itself (not like Iaido at all
). Competition and āorganised matchesā have no place in TMA. They feed the ego and corrupt the art for the sake of entertainment. The āmovement patternsā are derived from actual combat and like, the childās game āTelephoneā, without the reinforcement of free sparring, the āmeaningā is likely to drift and efficacy become blunted until youāre justā¦well dancing.
Your arms, sure. It would decieve your opponents into thinking you had a longer reach than you did, right?Pervert
I wonder if I could have chevrons tattooed on myā¦to make it look longer
This "unpleasant" feeling IMO is complicated as it can have roots in both physical and mental areas.
Your four points are spot on. I hated damaging fingers and toes resulting in swollen joints. My second biggest toe is as long as my legs so very prone to crushing in front kick.
Theyād take me months to get over these days.
We all come to the martial arts for different reasons. The choreography is especially useful in action movies and other forms of playfighting. Theatrical arts like wrestling, both the American and British versions, are also inspiring. I agree that competition and organised matches are not usually a part of the TMA but understand the benefits of sparring. Our FMA classes feature sparring each week - I am quite happy to take part and have no aversion to such exercises. It is fun to practice the FMA and learn the combat applications but I still have no real interest in use these aspects in reality. The classes help with my fitness and the community bond also holds great appeal. All in all, I have made a great decision in choosing to study the Filipino Martial Arts.I think you have this completely topsy-turvy! Itās like saying you are more interested in the choreography, costumes and other paraphernalia when learning to tango than actually tango dancing itself (not like Iaido at all
The confrontation and violence of free sparring, especially against a better fighter is unpleasant for some, but unfortunately itās the only way to maintain some sort of vitality in oneās combat art.
Youāre absolutely right and I suppose motivation is entirely personal and valid. Never stop loving your practice and Iām sure you wonāt!
Many karate masters of the first half of the 20th century expressed their dismay at the art becoming sport. The goals of sport and TMA are often at odds with each other. In order to fit the square peg of traditional karate into the round hole of sport, its corners and edges have to be filed off, changing its nature.
Not quite what Gyakuto said (see first quote above). Sport karate, at least, has evolved into its own thing and is widely practiced.
As long as one still trains illegal moves along with legal moves.
For whatever it's worth, I love this post. (And I realise I'm in a karate sub-forum. I'm hoping that, if I say MAE GERI loudly enough, I'll get away with it.)
.............. I will allow it.
