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Post by malk103 on Feb 9, 2012 15:37:03 GMT
After training for 3 times a week for several months now I can see Karate being a bit of an addiction, most of my spare time also goes on watching ot reading about it too.
I've just started another night where i will be teaching - but i said I would give up 1 or 2 other nights to compensate which so far hasn't happened. Instead i've booked up for a Saturday course as well....
I had a warning from my Sensei that he got up to 6 times a week training/teaching and it was a key part in his marraige break up, also met another Karateka that works full time, does his own lessons and works part time in the Gym - I was informed he became single due to extra training/work.
I've decided that I will have to win the lottery and buy the house next door, turning it into a Dojo so that training will be closer to home.
Does anyone else consider that they are addicted?
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Post by kensei on Feb 9, 2012 16:31:52 GMT
answer number two.....find a wife that is addicted as much as you.....
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Post by deckerdude304 on Feb 9, 2012 21:41:55 GMT
YES malk103, i am addicted in mind and spirit, and if i could replace my three remaining working evenings with Karate lessons then i would happily do so, then i would be addicted in body also! There is just something about it, this Noble Art we call Karate, something 'indefinable' that keeps us coming back for more more AND MORE--i love it!!
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Post by fleur on Feb 9, 2012 21:44:33 GMT
I think everyone goes through the 5-6 nights a week addicted phase. Most pass through that phase and then back off when they release the obsessive behaviour may course relationship problems - finding balance is sometimes hard. If your single - well, not really a problem and if your not and you don't wake up - well, bye bye relationship unless like James says find a partner as mad about it as you. There is a karate term for the partner of an addicted karateka, it's "karate widow" for a very good reason.
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Post by deckerdude304 on Feb 9, 2012 22:04:26 GMT
You are correct of course fleur! I am very lucky to have an understanding wife who actively encourages me in my chosen Art! We also, as a couple, have taken up Tai Chi on Saturday mornings. Although she is retired now, she has her 'treasury duties' at our local social club, which she works on most of the week in one form or other, and as long as she gets to watch her beloved 'emmerdale', then the world is a-ok with her!
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Post by fujicolt on Feb 9, 2012 23:55:54 GMT
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Post by nathanso on Feb 10, 2012 7:02:01 GMT
There is an old cliche that no one ever says that they want the inscription on their tombstone to say, "I wished I spent more time at the office." I think that the same could be said about the dojo.
Children grow up way too fast.
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Post by fujicolt on Feb 10, 2012 9:15:59 GMT
Here Here (or should that be Hear Hear?) my youngest daughter is 18 on Sunday - where did all those years go?
as in many things 'Karate' it is about balance and timing - me thinks!
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Post by malk103 on Feb 10, 2012 15:20:50 GMT
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Post by deckerdude304 on Feb 10, 2012 22:39:08 GMT
What is it that you mean when you say ''a questionable art'' fujicolt? Lost now i am!!
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Post by dek1 on Feb 12, 2012 14:16:26 GMT
I train most weekday nights i am off work. I work 12 hour (15 hours with travelling and breaks) days monday, wednesday, friday, saturday & sunday one week so train tuesday and thursday and the next week work tuesday & thursday 12 hours and train monday friday & sunday. Luckily my wife is understanding about karate and work so all is good.
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Post by Bob Davis on Feb 12, 2012 16:19:17 GMT
I'm with Steve on this one, I am addicted but not to Karate. My wife is (and always has been) the centre of my life. I'm fortunate that she's happy to support my interests and let me have the space but if there was a hint of conflict then (for me) Karate would disappear very quickly.
Enthusiasm is great, if you partner is supportive then by all means take advantage BUT never take you eye of what is really important in your life (too late to look back and say "if only....")
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Post by deckerdude304 on Feb 12, 2012 20:41:19 GMT
@bob and Steve: I see what you are both saying and would never take my mind off what is important to me.
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Post by tomobrien on Feb 13, 2012 0:59:32 GMT
There are worse ones! Looks like we just lost a great singer to them. Whitney Houston is dead @ 48 yrs. old RIP :-(
Thanks,
Tom
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Post by kensei on Feb 17, 2012 13:09:03 GMT
You can put a very long and sad list together of those that have passed due to addictions and the like. Note our addictions will make us live longer...sadly...not so much with them.
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Post by malk103 on Feb 17, 2012 14:07:57 GMT
Maybe addiction was the wrong word to use as it would be wrong to compare Karate training with drugs or alcohol.
Infatuation? Obsession?
Sat at work thinking over the new Kata I learnt last night surely isn't normal behaviour..... ;D
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Post by vitruvius on Feb 21, 2012 14:04:36 GMT
I fully understand the enthusiasm in training and the desire to take on more, but to me it's important to reach a balance within one's life. This is not always easily done, and karate has actually helped me towards reaching that balance. That being said, IMO training more than three times a week is a bit much for me. With a family of four and other commitments such as FT work and PT school, anything more than this can be perceived the wrong way by our loved ones. I have been able to get my young son to join which has enabled me to spend even more time with him, but I still need to make time for my wife, daughter and other commitments! I don't see how someone in a similar situation could make it work training more than three times a week, although I suppose it's possible. I can fully understand why a spouse would begin to drift away and eventually leave if excessive time is spent training. Balance and moderation is key!  |
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Post by Bob Davis on Feb 21, 2012 15:46:00 GMT
You think that anything else we do in Karate comes under the heading of "normal behavior"? I certainly hope not! (I've struggled long and hard to supress any hint of normality  ;D). |
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Post by malk103 on Apr 2, 2012 20:51:04 GMT
It certainly felt good tonight training others, its very difficult to get across the way you should feel whilst training but I think the majority are getting there.
We are off for a weekend away soon, the females are booked into a swimming event for 2 days so we decided to make a family weekend trip out of it, the males have found a Karate course just down the road...... ;D
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Post by fujicolt on Apr 3, 2012 0:31:13 GMT
Karate should be a positive addition to your life NOT 'your life' - there is nothing at all wrong with being passionate about an interest whatever it be - but if the 'interest' proves negative to the core of your life it is simple - re evaluate everything NOW! and as a result get more interested in the core things that really matter and place the rest in a hierarchy that includes 'Dump that' |
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Post by fleur on Apr 3, 2012 2:49:35 GMT
Sat at work thinking over the new Kata I learnt last night surely isn't normal behaviour..... ;D If you do karate this becomes 'your normal'. It is perfectly OK. |
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Post by jimlukelkc on Apr 3, 2012 12:36:06 GMT
So, I am sat on the toilet at work, practicing an aspect of shuto I want to demonstrate tonight in class. Is this normal?
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Post by kensei on Apr 3, 2012 12:40:36 GMT
So, I am sat on the toilet at work, practicing an aspect of shuto I want to demonstrate tonight in class. Is this normal? Depends, did you Kiai? ;D Now that would stop any man walking in from grabbing a bran muffin in the lunch room! |
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Post by fujicolt on Apr 3, 2012 14:24:57 GMT
So, I am sat on the toilet at work, practicing an aspect of shuto I want to demonstrate tonight in class. Is this normal? James - I think that this is very normal - any place of quiet contemplation is useful and i would suggest it demonstrates your professional attitude to teaching which undoubtedly will be of great benefit to your students. I have had many karate Eureka moments in the oddest of places  example: Whilst sitting on a hill overlooking the Rift Valley in Africa - how cool is that!! |
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Post by malk103 on Apr 3, 2012 19:31:58 GMT
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Post by fleur on Apr 4, 2012 0:21:10 GMT
While at work in the loo.... I was washing my hands after using the toilet and could hear the water continuing to run in the toilet from the cistern.... without thinking I did a quick yoko geri and struck the cistern - smack! .... making the stuck button pop up... water stopped running.... I dried my hands.
See 'normal'.
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Post by ruestir on Apr 4, 2012 12:10:56 GMT
While at work in the loo.... I was washing my hands after using the toilet and could hear the water continuing to run in the toilet from the cistern.... without thinking I did a quick yoko geri and struck the cistern - smack! .... making the stuck button pop up... water stopped running.... I dried my hands. See 'normal'. Ahh, one of the "hidden" techniques from Heian Nidan. |
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Post by tomobrien on Apr 6, 2012 2:10:09 GMT
Make a dojo in your house! Press the elevator button with mae geri/mawashi geri. Then whilst on the elevator hold yoko geri for balance. Drop it quickly when the door opens or  Push-ups in the men's room but jump up as soon as the door opens or  Do all the martial arts you can! Here's what we did tonite - Rollin @ The Ronin Martial Arts Club! Break falls (ukemi waza), throws, (osoto gari, uchi gari), arm triangle (kata gatame), arm bar (juji gatame), take-downs, stiff arm & splay & ronduri, judo style! Roll old man roll! :-) I'm luvin it!  Addicted? Ya think? Could be worse! ;D Thanks, Tom |
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Push-ups in the men's room but jump up as soon as the door opens or 
Do all the martial arts you can! 
Addicted?