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- From: robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: More fogey fighting
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 21:25:16 GMT
- Organization: Institute of Cognitive Studies, U.C. Berkeley
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- In article <1992Nov17.064712.15039@alw.nih.gov> drury@helix.nih.gov (Richard Drury) writes:
- >In article robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson) writes:
- >>But keep in mind that this discussion started when some little snotnose
- >>punk claimed 10th dans were full of shit and that he could kick butt
- >>on any 70-year-old he met.
-
- >I'm punk/jerk/whatever who started the old fogey fighting thread
- >by remarking that I had never met a fighter of 70 years or more
- >who stood much of a chance against a 20 or 30 year old fighter
-
- Oh, I'm sorry. My apologies. You were indeed the person who started the
- discussion. I was thinking of the other guy.
-
- > o No one who actually admits to being whupped by an old
- > fogey.
-
- Well, if it would make you happy, I could try to find some 75-year-old T'ai
- Chi teacher and have him bounce me off walls for a while.... :-)
-
- But seriously, I think it has more to do with the relative availability of
- 75-year-old martial artists who are still teaching the public. I just can't
- believe that people remain formidable fighters into their sixties and then
- all of a sudden go feeble in the span of a couple years. I think more likely
- they just retire.
-
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