Yún yīxiàn
09-Jan-2011, 07:19 PM
Yes, you guessed it. I'm asking which martial art I'm best suited for.
I'm 6'1" or 6'2", but I'm really skinny. I'm stronger than I look, but still not that strong. The threats I go up against are generally few, but the city I live in is starting to change and places that were safe aren't safe anymore. I'm less worried about defending myself than I am about defending my friends. Where I live I'm more likely to just run into a crazy homeless man than anybody with a weapon and a plan, but I do go places where knives and guns are known to appear with some frequency.
I tried to learn shotokan just a few months ago and some other karate when I was much younger, but karate just feels wrong to me. For me it was like building a rock wall with all different size and shaped stones and no cement. It's like everything was there and perfectly good in its own right, but it never fit together.
It's always seemed to me that personality plays a huge part in what martial arts you're suited for, so that's what this is. If you don't think it matters then you can skip it, 'cause you probably know better than me. I'm basically a happy person and I'm very slow to anger (although once I get there it's awful, even for me... my mom says it's my viking blood :) ), although if I have a bad day or something upsets me enough I get a little snippy. I generally give people a lot of leeway in the way they act and try to see through to who they really are, but that has its limits. I'm very defensive of my friends and if you mess with them I take it personally, but if one of my friends lies to me or betrays me then I cut them off immediately. I'm pretty opinionated about stuff and can get very passionate about my beliefs.
Sorry this was so long, but it seemed smarter to cover all my bases now and leave less room for more questions and uncertainties further down the line.
I'm 6'1" or 6'2", but I'm really skinny. I'm stronger than I look, but still not that strong. The threats I go up against are generally few, but the city I live in is starting to change and places that were safe aren't safe anymore. I'm less worried about defending myself than I am about defending my friends. Where I live I'm more likely to just run into a crazy homeless man than anybody with a weapon and a plan, but I do go places where knives and guns are known to appear with some frequency.
I tried to learn shotokan just a few months ago and some other karate when I was much younger, but karate just feels wrong to me. For me it was like building a rock wall with all different size and shaped stones and no cement. It's like everything was there and perfectly good in its own right, but it never fit together.
It's always seemed to me that personality plays a huge part in what martial arts you're suited for, so that's what this is. If you don't think it matters then you can skip it, 'cause you probably know better than me. I'm basically a happy person and I'm very slow to anger (although once I get there it's awful, even for me... my mom says it's my viking blood :) ), although if I have a bad day or something upsets me enough I get a little snippy. I generally give people a lot of leeway in the way they act and try to see through to who they really are, but that has its limits. I'm very defensive of my friends and if you mess with them I take it personally, but if one of my friends lies to me or betrays me then I cut them off immediately. I'm pretty opinionated about stuff and can get very passionate about my beliefs.
Sorry this was so long, but it seemed smarter to cover all my bases now and leave less room for more questions and uncertainties further down the line.