.. for thinking that some MNers should stare at their navels for a bit

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I've been going through the threads from the past few days, to get a feel for what people are posting, and I've noticed some posters who would benefit from a spot of navel staring which hopefully will bring them enlightenment and self awareness.

One mum was going on about how she didn't belive in technology and that DC should be doing things other than playing on the PC. Yet she spends several hours on the PC defending her views on why people shouldn't spent several hours on the PC

Another mum was going on about how she didn't like DC playing violent games, either on the PC or with toy guns. She would rather DC do sporty stuff like martial arts. Excuse me but isn't that where people put on white jim-jams and then proceed to kick the shit out of each other while chanting 'Karate is for self defence only Daniel-San'?

Oh well, it keeps me amused while I wait for the delivery man to come.

I am getting a bit fed up of all the AIBU that have been started purely to cause fights and upset people. What's it all about?

I had an exBF who had a black belt in tae kwon do (or summat) and used to say that he should be stopped at security on planes because his hands were 'dangerous weapons'.

Now, I know nothing about martial arts vis a vis violence, but surely footballers/marathon runners/tennis players don't describe part of their anatomy as dangerous? Aren't martial arts violent?

(Though I have since come to realise that my ex might be a bit of a wally )

The closest we've come to martial arts in this house is watching Kung Fu Panda.

Whatmeworrry made me actually lol, lots...

Some very naive views of karate on here. Is not about attacking, it is learning control and defence

Spend 10 years learning Kendo, Iaido and Karate. Then come back and we can talk about naive views

Why is it that every Hollywood kid-learns-from-old-Oriental-guy Karate movie there has to be the wax on, wax off Crane Technique kind of crap. After watching the Karate Kid I thought that helping my Sensei carry his kit to the car was part of the training

We don't allow guns, swords etc. Our ds does karate but quite honestly couldn't kick the shit out of a T bag. He does it because he has balance and co-ordination problems caused by a problem with his leg that was undiagnosed at birth.
We also don't allow dc to spend unlimited time on pc.
I am a grown up so will spend as much time as I please doing what I please whilst still setting a good example. They are all at school while I MN and what they don't know wont hurt them.

Just checked navel it is pristine, may I have another punishment please.

Controlled aggression is acceptable, sorting differences out by wrestling is not.

Spend 10 years learning Kendo, Iaido and Karate. Then come back and we can talk about naive views

How do you know they haven't?

.. because they are still spouting the fortune cookie stuff?

Would depend greatly on the instructor, perhaps.

But I went to a local martial arts school for years, and I never saw blood spilt, and the worst injury anyone ever witnessed was a bit of bruising. Even in the sparring.

For sparring, we dressed up in daft looking padding, and danced around, trying to tag each other.

It wasn't really very vicious. No gritted teeth or swearing.

There was definitely never any "kicking the shit out of each other"!

There was definitely never any "kicking the shit out of each other"!

That's Tae Kwon Do. Karate is merely beating the shit out of each other :o

And painting houses....

Nah, no-one kicks the shit out of anyone in TKD, either, unless the opponent is at least 7 feet tall. No satisfaction in kicking anything below that height.

Tang Soo Do isn't focussed on kicking the shit. It is heavily focussed on technique.

Fights are non contact until black belt. Emphasis on forms, and study of forms (why we do this move this way). Self defence is taught, number one is to run away if you can. Emphasis on fitness (9 trillion sit ups per session).

Lectures on self discipline & honesty are part of the course.

I think is is very wrong to compare martial arts with violent video gaming. There are so many benefits to martial arts that there aren't from video gaming.

I don't understand why, if you are such a learned scholar of the martial arts as you claim, you'd say this "Excuse me but isn't that where people put on white jim-jams and then proceed to kick the shit out of each other while chanting 'Karate is for self defence only Daniel-San'?" other than to start a bun fight.

Unless all of this is just a wind up coz you are bored.

So, basically, my ex is an uber-wally.

He also played the guitar with his eyes closed in ecstasy so I should have guessed really.

"Spend 10 years learning Kendo, Iaido and Karate. Then come back and we can talk about naive views"

I have, actually.Still am. Just karate though. Although we have had guest instructors from other disciplines (ju-jitsu and judo, to name but two.)

And I still maintain that your perceptions of karate are skewed. But it is often a case of 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing' .

'Unless all of this is just a wind up coz you are bored.'

He also played the guitar with his eyes closed in ecstasy so I should have guessed really.

If it was 6 string then yes, if 12 string you have an excuse.

Btw, I have noticed that - among my martial artsy friends - the "phiilosphical" side becomes more important as they get lazier older.

It was acoustic versions of thrash rock songs...

I do Tang Sing King Kong Poo

I have abs of steel and a navel that can crack walnuts

I also shoot ping pong balls out of my vagina

Ah yes, the deadly martial art of Kegel.

Ah yes, the deadly martial art of Ke Gel.

dammit, ruined my own joke

that ping pong ball can do damage