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Susan
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Valithor wrote - in the GKR msn group

You Know You're Hooked on Karate When . . .

·      The first word your parrot learns is “Hai” and you teach your cat how to free spar

·      You are sore and bruised all over, but still go back for more

·      You shut the refrigerator door with a side kick

·      You shop for clothes based on whether you can kick in them

·      You look for a place to live based on the amount of space for kata

·      You can’t hold your girlfriend’s hand without putting her in a wristlock

·      You’re watching someone talking with sign language and you start looking for the bunkai applications

·      You have a list of which Pokemon you think you could beat in a fight

·      You casually using your foot/toe to push the walk signal when you are carrying something and not understanding for a moment why everyone else is staring at you as if you've just grown another head

·      You look at every person you pass on the street and think up the fastest and most efficient way to take them down

·      You catch yourself bowing to go into the bank/shops/school/home

·      You can kick light switches on and off

·      You check to see if the shoe has a sufficiently hard striking surface and whether it protects the toes well

·      You're practicing your arm blocks while driving down the highway, notice someone in another car staring at you, and suddenly turn your block into vigorously fanning away an imaginary fly

·      You open and close doors with spinning kicks

·      You try to backfist the correct floor button on the inside of the elevator, based on your memory of the button's location, before you get in far enough to see it

·      You notice you never stand with your arms crossed or your hands in your pockets

·      You accidentally address your boss/teacher as ‘Sensei’

·      You catch yourself responding ‘Hai’ in normal conversations and the other person looking at you like you’ve just slapped them in the face


Well, I'd have to say i'm guilty of so many of these.
including the door one - ive found that if your car door doesnt click shut properly when you exit the car it is easier to side kick it closed on your way off than to walk back and reopen and close the door
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Sionnagh
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Do we know anyone who does this stuff? biggrin.gif

It's funny when someone in the dojo asks you a question to which you reply "hai" and then they repeat the question, sometimes more than once before you catch on. It's even funnier when you reply with a "hai" outside the dojo.

Or they say "yeah hi to you too" and then repeat their question.

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Mick
Sionnagh
And hey look - my name is in there too!

See:

· You are sore and bruised all over, but still go back for more

· You shut the refrigerator door with a side kick

· You shop for clothes based on whether you can kick in them

· You look for a place to live based on the amount of space for kata

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Matt
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oh dear mick..... roflmao.gif
Sionnagh
You see what too much karate does to you????

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Mick
Susan
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i like this one

You go shopping and practise techniques on the clothes manequins when no-one is looking.
Susan
and this one

You teach your budgie to recite the Dojo Kun.
Susan
this one too

You don't walk in your sleep...you practise kata.
connie
QUOTE (Susan @ May 6 2003, 04:33 PM)
this one too

You don't walk in your sleep...you practise kata.

I am guilty of this one, i even count kata and go through the correct move as a way of getting to sleep. Well i have even taught m\y dog to count to ten......in japanese.
agent 99
Who practises techniques on clothes manequins?

GUILTY

I've had some pretty strange looks while shopping lately. help.gif
Matt
some places are weird....I get an awkward urge to bow every time I enter the local video easy store....
Sionnagh
...although there are some people to whom the video store is like unto a temple...

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Mick
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