Cautionary tales of "normal" martial arts behaviour.

Wait, you do that to your dog? My dog usually ground fights me. and wins...

Also, try and grapple fight a jack russel they are slippery little things.

 

At my daughter's HS graduation, when she went up to get her diploma, she bowed to the principal.

 

I see to be incapable of having my photo taken without doing hang ten/jitz fingers... It's a problem.

 

I had that condition for YEARS before i was cured

 

I got beaten black and blue a couple of years ago sparring rough with someone a fair bit bigger than me,my face bruises easily anyway and I'm pale skinned so it shows up more.

The people i trained with thought it was funny when they next seen me and i earned the nickname 'peach',but when my work colleague seen me first thing the next morning she screamed and everyone was looking at me like i was the elephant man.

 

All the dogs I've had always loved the play fighting, even when you got them in a RNC, or guillotinen then let them go, they look at you like a god, then want to go again
My basset used to get so hyped up she would spend the next 30 minutes doing laps around the tree before coming back for more.

 

I don't know if this counts but I went to a wrestling comp the day after my wedding - I got creamed but I also got a standing ovation for being so stupid (my wife was not impressed that i hadn't pulled out of the comp).

 

Wrestler's life!
Besides, it's the day after. So you're already married and the photos taken etc. What's the issue? (apart from being very hung over)

Former team-mate of mine got a cauliflower ear a week before his wedding due to a comp.

I entered a comp a week before my honeymoon. (A month in China) I didn't tell the Mrs but she was wondering why I was out of London and noticed I came back with a medal. To this day, she doesn't know that I entered at -84kg but due to lack of competitors it essentially became an Open. Biggest dude there was 120kg and was doing somersaults in the corner.
Anyway, 14hr flight of nagging.. what if you got injured (again), what will my parents think....

 

I punch random things at work.

To condition my knuckles, I will strike anything; desks, concrete walls, safes, etc. Any hard surface, really.

It's force of habit for me, but eccentric at best to the people I work with. Though, everyone is used to it by now.

 

Haha, love that she still doesn't know. It's fear of me getting cauliflower that I think causes the anxiety. Which is fair enough....she's the one that has to look at it lol