| From: | dbuehrer@******.carl.org dbuehrer@******.carl.org |
|---|---|
| Subject: | [OT] Martial arts |
| Date: | Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:22:42 -0600 |
><snip>
> > I think clubs have some sort of fighting art as
> > well, because with a
> > baseball bat you have no chance of beating an ogre
> > unless you're real
> > practiced in knowing stuff like where to hit with
> > the club (places that
> > hurt, and I don't mean the groin, but joints, places
> > with not much skin on
> > them, etc.), how to dodge other hits and so on.
><snip>
> > (>) Nimster
>
>I don't know about that. I took a martial arts class,
>and the instructor was showing us how to hurt people
>if they try messing with you, just by grabbing a
>finger or twisting the hand a little. I had already
>learned these from personal experience when I fell,
>what hurt, or a bully picked on me and I dropped him
>to his knees just by pulling his thumb this way... No
>one had "taught" me before, but I was able to make my
>partner do the "tap out" in under 3 seconds each time.
>I did take him a little longer, maybe it's something
>inborn to women, we just know how to inflict pain or
>something. *shrug*
>To summarise: I knew what hurt before anyone had to
>tell me that it hurt.
IMHO one of the goals of any fighting style is to teach you to take
advantage of any opportunity that you are given if you are attacked.
And in response to Raveness, when I was taking Hapkido I wasn't as natural
as you, but after being demonstrated on by the instructor one learns very
quickly ;)
<hates being subject to a thumb or finger lock>
To Life,
-Graht
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