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- From: mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Thai kickboxing
- Message-ID: <MARY.93Jan3102425@cuba.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 15:24:25 GMT
- References: <MARY.92Dec31095109@martinique.Cayman.COM> <1992Dec29.194931.3472@reed.edu>
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- In-reply-to: bobsarv@microsoft.com's message of 3 Jan 93 02:39:55 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan03.023955.1546@microsoft.com> bobsarv@microsoft.com (Bob Sarver) writes:
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- >/(me)
- >/ Much of what I found out about taekwondo was that it was impractical in
- >/ street defense, because so much of it depended on flamboyant kicking.
- >/ Imagine doing that on a gravel surface with three beers under your belt
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >/ (the most common situation where you might have to defend yourself to
- >/ begin with).
- >
- >
- >/(mary)
- >/Not for some of us.
- >
- >/Please, if you're going to get inebriated and belligerent, don't blame
- >/a martial art because it doesn't bail you out.
- >
- >
- >
- >"If I'm going to get inebriated and belligerent"?
- >
- >Did it ever occur to you, Oh Giver of Knowledge, that my comment was
- >coming from the defensive aspect of MA, and not from the offense
- >side (I did say "impractical in street DEFENSE").
- >
- >Just because someone starts a fight with me after I have had three beers
- >doesn't mean that I started the fight.
- >
- >And just because someone tries to mug me or roll me in an alley on my way
- >back from a bar doesn't mean that I was the one who got "belligerent".
- >
- >Next time you're going to dish out sarcastic advice, make sure you
- >know what you're talking about first. Keeps the egg off your face.
-
- Relax, it'll help with the hypertension ;-)
-
- Okay, scratch the "belligerent", but I stand firm on the "inebriated".
- It's a purely voluntary risk, as I'm sure you'll agree.
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