Post by kensei on Jun 12, 2012 12:39:58 GMT
No this is not a self list of your ailments or you infermities! Its more of a head slap, palm face kind of moment that I wanted to share with you....and maybe keep the fun rolling with your own silly moments.
Last week end we had our seminar and testing for Kyu levels in our area. Four Dojo's worth came together and we all worked out and had a good time. I taught two classes and other instructors taught the two each as well. We all had a great time and as usual my instructor monitored all of our teaching and chatted with us after.
After one of my classes we were cleaning up the gym as we were ready to leave. One of the gym staffers that was waiting about looked like he was ready to burst if he did not talk to me and my instructor.
He came over and shook our hands and did some kind of strange "Kung fu" bow with his palm and fist together (no this is not the weird part...but it was strange!). He proceeded to tell us that he was really impressed with our style of Karate and his kick boxing coach had been one of my students way back in the day. Now, I am only 41 so "way back in the day" makes me feel VERY OLD!
Okay, so here is the weird part....he starts to tell us that he is also a GRAND master in (ADD very strange Chinese "Something Dragon" Style) of Kung fu....something like "chin Chong wing Lung black Dragons breath". And he wanted to transition to Karate because it...and I quote....Seems more practicle and ....Less Deadly...than Kung fu.
"okay....I'll bite" I think to myself!....He says "yah, we teach mostly Ding duck...."(.....wait, maybe the Grand master meant Dim Mak...but he really did say Ding Duck!) "and we can not hit full force or our Ki (yup he said Ki not Chi) would kill the other person on impact." I asked him to demonstrate his "half way to death" style of Kung fu and found that he was doing his best Chop socky bruce lee wannabe moves before he slowly began to grab my wrist and touch my ulner nerve. The squeeze was enough to make my ulna light up a bit but not much.
he then said that was a very painful Kung fu point and if he had kicked me in the knee at the same time ( landing on the IT from what he told me) he would disable me and probably kill me. After almot peeing myself from this NINJA demonstration of Kung fu prowis I explained to him that if he kicked anyone in the IT band it would slightly disable him and that the ulner nerve was the most common kiddie joke we played no each other in grade school...had nothing to do with Ki/chi/Prana.
he looked kind of upset with me and so I asked him if he had ever accidentally killed someone or hurt them very badly. He said "well, no...but after four years of hard training and being a grand master, I have control".....FOUR YEARS! GEEEEZUUUUSSS! I almost fell over.
He asked how long Sensei Dingman and myself had been training. Dingman Sensei said "only fifty five years..but I will get it some day", I said "about thirty four years" and added "I am no were near a grand master level though, just a instructor in a small group of like minded people following Dingman Sensei, who himself is not a grand master".
I think he was embarassed because he kind of said thank you and slinked out the back door.
Really, four years to a grand master who does kiddie party tricks to rough up student......What is wrong with you?
Last week end we had our seminar and testing for Kyu levels in our area. Four Dojo's worth came together and we all worked out and had a good time. I taught two classes and other instructors taught the two each as well. We all had a great time and as usual my instructor monitored all of our teaching and chatted with us after.
After one of my classes we were cleaning up the gym as we were ready to leave. One of the gym staffers that was waiting about looked like he was ready to burst if he did not talk to me and my instructor.
He came over and shook our hands and did some kind of strange "Kung fu" bow with his palm and fist together (no this is not the weird part...but it was strange!). He proceeded to tell us that he was really impressed with our style of Karate and his kick boxing coach had been one of my students way back in the day. Now, I am only 41 so "way back in the day" makes me feel VERY OLD!
Okay, so here is the weird part....he starts to tell us that he is also a GRAND master in (ADD very strange Chinese "Something Dragon" Style) of Kung fu....something like "chin Chong wing Lung black Dragons breath". And he wanted to transition to Karate because it...and I quote....Seems more practicle and ....Less Deadly...than Kung fu.
"okay....I'll bite" I think to myself!....He says "yah, we teach mostly Ding duck...."(.....wait, maybe the Grand master meant Dim Mak...but he really did say Ding Duck!) "and we can not hit full force or our Ki (yup he said Ki not Chi) would kill the other person on impact." I asked him to demonstrate his "half way to death" style of Kung fu and found that he was doing his best Chop socky bruce lee wannabe moves before he slowly began to grab my wrist and touch my ulner nerve. The squeeze was enough to make my ulna light up a bit but not much.
he then said that was a very painful Kung fu point and if he had kicked me in the knee at the same time ( landing on the IT from what he told me) he would disable me and probably kill me. After almot peeing myself from this NINJA demonstration of Kung fu prowis I explained to him that if he kicked anyone in the IT band it would slightly disable him and that the ulner nerve was the most common kiddie joke we played no each other in grade school...had nothing to do with Ki/chi/Prana.
he looked kind of upset with me and so I asked him if he had ever accidentally killed someone or hurt them very badly. He said "well, no...but after four years of hard training and being a grand master, I have control".....FOUR YEARS! GEEEEZUUUUSSS! I almost fell over.
He asked how long Sensei Dingman and myself had been training. Dingman Sensei said "only fifty five years..but I will get it some day", I said "about thirty four years" and added "I am no were near a grand master level though, just a instructor in a small group of like minded people following Dingman Sensei, who himself is not a grand master".
I think he was embarassed because he kind of said thank you and slinked out the back door.
Really, four years to a grand master who does kiddie party tricks to rough up student......What is wrong with you?