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[legacyme3]

If I were to do a Martial Art myself, based on what I know about them, I think I'd be best suited for Aikido.

[Monkeydog]

Ah yes, the ancient Israeli art of go-for-the-nuts.

[panda]

My girlfriend recently got into martial arts, she does something called Krav Maga.

If your girlfriend is doing it, and you're serious about the relationship, then you should REALLY be doing it with her. My Grandmaster is fond of saying "The family that kicks together, sticks together." It's a great bonding experience, and you'll have fun.

I know I have fun every time Jackie kicks me in the ass...and punches me in the arm...and kicks me in the face...

 

 

If I were to do a Martial Art myself, based on what I know about them, I think I'd be best suited for Aikido.

 

People have asked me what the "best" martial art is (because at heart, we're all cream-of-the-crop-best-of-the-best-smug-superiority-seekers). I always tell them that it's in the mountains in western China and you have to live with them for decades. The next-best martial art is the one with good instructors that's convenient for you learn and that you stick with for years.

 

I'm told that out of 10,000 people who join a martial arts academy, half are still in it in 6 months. Only 1,000 will still be in it after a year. Only 1/10,000 actually get a high ranking belt and are still in it after a few years. Be that one. Rise above. Be the "top boy."

 

good luck! i wish i could still do tkd. do you do palgwe or tae guek?

 

EVERYONE can still do Taekwondo.

 

We are pretty traditional. In the old days we did Palgwe forms. Then the WTF (World Taekwondo Federation; yes, get your giggles out you non-TKD people) changed the standard to Tae Guek. So, we just learn both.

[legacyme3]

If your girlfriend is doing it, and you're serious about the relationship, then you should REALLY be doing it with her. My Grandmaster is fond of saying "The family that kicks together, sticks together." It's a great bonding experience, and you'll have fun.

I know I have fun every time Jackie kicks me in the ass...and punches me in the arm...and kicks me in the face...

 

I mean, I get that, I do, but I'm really not one for violence or fighting. I know it's not quite the same, but there's just something about it that rubs me the wrong way. I don't mind others doing it, and it's great physical exercise for them as well, and it does serve purposes, but I'm a total pacifist.

 

I have trouble laying my hands on other people, even in competitive aspects. Like once, I was forced to try boxing, and I found myself unable to throw a punch because I didn't want to hurt anyone, even accidentally. I really don't like hurting people. 

 

That's why Krav Maga (what she does) isn't for me. From what I understand, while their guiding principle is to avoid conflict, they go to extreme means when it comes to a situation you cannot avoid. I've seen the style, and it's almost certainly not for me, it seems too violent for my tastes.

 

It's also why I think if I "were" to take one up, it would be Aikido, because from what I've seen it handles those unavoidable situations and ends them with minimal harm done to the attacker. Not quite no harm, but little enough that I wouldn't feel completely awful about it.

[kspr]

it's only krav maga if she yells krav maga while doing it

[lazlo falconi]

Wait I thought Krav Maga was a type of fancy cooking.

[legacyme3]

Wait I thought Krav Maga was a type of fancy cooking.

 

Well, I'm sure you could Krav Maga someone in the mouth, but I'm not sure it's the type of cooking anyone would want to eat...

[panda]

Wait I thought Krav Maga was a type of fancy cooking.

No, but Tae Kwon Dough is.

[Lackadaisy]

Kung Food's also pretty good.

Still though. the only martial sport I ever did was wrestle. Whilst gay, it was fun.

[kspr]

fencing is fun, but confining.

edit: only screwed up with one group tonight. there was a backup, and people were staring at me after i scared them. i go "what're you looking at?" and then stumble and say "i don't come to your house, and watch you" wait for it "READ" awkward pause "BOOKS"

[Lackadaisy]

Why does anything you want to do sound like a good idea and then you see the result and oh god oh god why did i do this

[kspr]

thumb in ass moment quote of the night: "i used to be a little blonde girl, now look at me! thanks obamacare!" dumb dumb dumb joke but the people stuck in line laughed. then my large black zombie friend catches them off guard and chases them. our boss keeps telling us that the sewer specifically is getting great feedback.

[Puffin]

I finally got around to making a halloween avatar. Though, I can't get the timing right, sigh. It seems like it might have gotten slowed down after I saved it, too. =/ Though it might just feel that way because I've been staring at it for so long.

 

 

Also, I tried looking up 'neck column' for some reference pics of the neck bones and all I got was countless wedding dresses. Wut?

 

Edit: Theeere we go, got the timing of the blinking right. Much better.

[Stars]

You should know to ask me if you need help with bone references. =p

(Unless this was after I went to sleep of course.)

[Puffin]

Yeah, I started drawing this at about 3 am, so no chance of that. :P

[legacyme3]

Got Interview for first time in a year.

 

Sounds good, right? It gets worse.

 

It's at McDonalds. It gets worse.

 

It's not at the McDonalds I applied to. It gets worse.

 

It's 40 miles away. It gets worse.

 

I'd have to take a bus, or spend 10 dollars a day to go to work and back. It gets worse.

 

If I take the bus, I have to run 3 extra miles to work, and then 3 more to get back after work. It gets worse.

 

If I learn to drive, and drive to work, I lose 50-70 dollars a week, just to get to work. For a minimum wage job. It gets worse.

 

This is the only interview I've gotten in a year. My luck is fucking shit.

[Monkeydog]

Might as well go and see if you get it, you can always tell them no. Always worth doing interviews to see what you can improve on when you get one for a job you really want, especially if you haven't done it in a while.

[legacyme3]

The only thing I need to improve on, according to past interviews is getting actual job experience.

 

To get that, I need financially feasible opportunities. I'm not going to run myself ragged for 40 bucks though.

[Vicious Parker]

As someone who spent far too long working in fast food, Mcdonald's is hardly the worst place you could work. Especially if you need a job.

 

All of those other conditions, however, have nope written all over them.

 

[Monkeydog]

The only thing I need to improve on, according to past interviews is getting actual job experience.

 

You can still talk yourself into certain things.

 

I've talked my way into potential jobs with no actual job experience, for really high level jobs. The issue though, is if you're going for low level jobs and still not getting them then you can always improve. Not everyone really wants someone with job experience as long as the person is the right fit.