profoundly stupid question
- By gregcantrall
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Ah the memories that have been triggered.. He was a second or third dan(don?) black belt
Ah the martial arts All deserve respect.
My first martial arts training was self taught with a book from the library. Jiu-jitsu as a self defense method. In the 8th grade dealing wih a kid that matured and grew a head taller much sooner than I did.
Our Little House on the Prairie school was 2 rooms with 1-4th and 5-8th grade rooms. The playground did include a sand box for wrestling.
So the book did provide the knowledge with the ethics training and stressed the "for Self Defense". The reality was that after a couple of basic trip moves that put the bigger stronger young man on the ground......he learned how to do it.
So negotiation was required. My sales pitch was, "look that's just basics from a book. The later chapters included bones being broken. You probably don't want That lesson." So just quit being a bully." Thankfully he believed me and quit.
Oh and the 16 ounce gloves were used in the 6 weeks boxing P E as a Cadet. At the end of each chapter in wrestling, boxing and judo we had a match for a grade. The boxing was 3 three minutes rounds. My opponent proposed pre fight, "how about we just pat a cake, take our C grades?" I was less than honest when I said Okay:shrug:
At the bell we touched gloves and stepped back. I immediately fired my best overhand right, kinda like, Pata cake this. With the pillow gloves and headgear it didn't take him out and the real fight was on. We both got an A+ With all offense, no defense and marginal skill was the Coaching assessment.