A Modern Female's Take on Budo and Life
Special groups often have lingo that only the members know. Shorthand, code, and special terms are flung around like shuriken (aka throwing stars for you non-ninjers). So, in the company of martial arts groups you might hear a few things that require interpretation.
According to the Internet, there are 3.42 million martial artists in the United States, and 327.16 million people living here in the US. With some rather dubious math I’ve concluded there is 1 martial artist per 95 people. With those numbers, it’s likely you know a martial artist or two. Martial artists are “special” and it takes a certain kind of perspicacity to make friends with them. They are not into normal things like bacon memes and “hold my beer” moments, rather they’re into somewhat obscure Eastern philosophies and how to maim people for jocularity’s sake. They can be kind of weird and hard to get to know if you lack the knowledge and skills on how to befriend your friendly neighborhood karate expert. Well, once again, The Modern Kunoichi has come to your rescue. This how-to list I’ve compiled will help you, John, or Jane, Q. Public both understand what interests these types, and how to befriend them.
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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, Gurg learned that he could stop his neighbor, Brob, from taking his portion of mammoth by hitting him with a stick just below the eyes. Somewhere else, some other prehistoric dude found poking Zur in the eyeball helped him impress the local prehistoric babes. Since then, humans have found numerous ways to hit, kick, maim and otherwise kill each other. Some have organized their techniques into whole systems. Some of these you may know: kung fu, karate, tae kwan do, and that barbaric sport pigeon-do. Never heard of pigeon-do? It’s by far the deadliest martial art known to man, even worse than krav maga.
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It’s that time of year again. An overflow of food and relatives that can a person feel overstuffed physically, and emotionally. The madness that overtakes us every year can be daunting, and perhaps make us shut down with all of the work that comes with adhering to tradition by preparing, and eating, massive amounts of food. I’m here to help you overcome the plague of busyness by helping you develop you’re martial skills in the area of preparing the fearsome feast known as Thanksgiving. Because training is life, and life is training.
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