That Moment...

Ugh, that must've been fun. Did you do Taek Kwon Do as a martial art or for self-defense? When I did Judo years ago, as a martial art, there were so many rules and if you did not know advanced techniques, training against someone two or three ranks higher up would only get you beaten up with no learning effect. It were mixed groups, however, so I'd regularly have to go against green or blue belts with my flimsy yellow rank. Was awful.
In the Krav Maga course now, we're mixed ability levels as well but they're handling it way better. No ranks and no rules except for safety guidelines. If you know a solution to a problem, do it. If you don't, do something else and the instructors will show you what you can do in a situation instead of brushing it off as a "green-belt-problem".

In related news, the new dude in training today thought he could get me with a surprise headlock and ate a knee for it. I'm only a teeny-weeny bit proud of myself.

 

In return, I had to get over the apprehension of actually connecting the kicks to the crotch, even though we're all wearing protection.

Well, it's still not your fault. And she could've just as easily injured herself there... we have a saying, that sport is murder.

 

We did it primarily just for training, I chose TKD because it emphasizes kicks and my lower body flexibility is shit, figured it would help me with that. It did, but I graduated and never picked up the study anywhere else thereafter, so I need to practically remove my feet to touch my toes now.

But this was no-contact sparring. Like, you would get yelled at if you made contact with the other person. My master was very, very big on form, kind of like a Korean Mr. Miyagi, so we were supposed to stand off from each other and mock fight. Player A makes a kick, Player B makes a block, but there's three feet of air between the kick and the block. Seems kind of silly, but his rules were until you were a black belt, there would be no contact. And this silly little college student was afraid that (not so) big (presumably) bad Marine Iain would lose his shit and pull out all sorts of scary LINE shit and kill them, so they wouldn't spar with me.

We did have a contact "self defense" portion at the end of each lesson that focused on getting free from various bar-grapples. Kwanjongnim (is that the right word? The Master, anyway) said "In a real fight, get loose, slow them down, get away, call the cops." Good advice.

 

That really does seem silly. And nowhere near productive, neither for competitions nor self-defense.

 

Yes, but for perfect form, which was our goal in the lower ranks, it's good. Competition was forbidden below black belt, and TKD is pretty much useless for self defense. Great jumping roundhouse kicks don't work in crowded bars or slippery alleys.

 

Fair point. I don't know shit about Tae Kwon Do, I just assumed there were competitions for all ranks like with other martial arts. *off to watch some videos about it*

 

Probably, but there is also (or was also) a massive proliferation of Schools (in the larger sense, not individual training places) of tae kwon do, each with its own little schismatic philosophy of what was Right and Proper, and I don't even know if I knew which one I belonged to, it was just a university club connected with a private training dojang in town.

 

TMW you don't know what to do about anything in your life.

 

That moment when you want to add someone to your convo, only to realize they are already in it. . Must be habit, oh well.

 

Tmw... it's so hot your phone starts to shut down from overheating


Eta: it seems to be okay now

 

TMW I kind of want to give my old YouTube channel another crack at the whole 'let's play' gaming.

 

I say go for it, however it's going to be some generic gaming channel. Go with what you know and what you enjoy.

Once I get the time, I'm going to start reading my short stories on my YouTube channel. And maybe some parts my WIP. Along with some imagery to go with it

 

My strategy is to just be myself, not try to emulate anyone else.

 

TMW your dying to see whats in the next world

 

I hope this is a pun, and not a serious thought.

 

i am curious although i am not going to top myself and find out

 

TMW it's only going to be 32c/90f and you start to reconsider your decision to wear shorts and sandals, what with the cold front and all.

 

TMW you solve one problem, only to find another crops up in it's place, and that the second problem is actually more awkward than the first!!

 

TMW you wondered the same for a while but didn't dare ask.

 

Prolly bad behavior?

 

Be careful who you meet online...some people are into weird shit on the "wtf is wrong with you" side.

 

Do tell.

 

Someone else's theory that makes sense to me is sockpuppet, her and Jake the Snake.