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- From: david@xlnt.com (David Johnson)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: rec.martial-arts.humor
- Message-ID: <1248@xlnt.COM>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:20:45 GMT
- Article-I.D.: xlnt.1248
- References: <1992Nov11.124858.931@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> <1992Nov11.193047.18282@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1992Nov12.152229.4934@srg.srg.af.mil>
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- In article <1992Nov12.152229.4934@srg.srg.af.mil>, schan@birch.srg.af.mil (Stephen Chan x4485) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov11.193047.18282@zip.eecs.umich.edu> lauren@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Brian T. Murray) writes:
- |> >2. It stands to reason that with so many 70 year olds being in good
- |> > shape, some of them must be in *great* shape.
- |> >
- |> >3. Presumably, a 70 year old person, in great physical shape, who
- |> > has been studying martial arts for 50-60 years must be a
- |> > formidable adversary.
- |>
- |> I've been scorched by slow old, men in fencing, and in retrospect, the
- |> issue wasn't what shape they were in. It was because my timing was easy to
- |> figure (I had only one speed), and my attacks were predictable. And they had
- |> enough presence of mind to exploit it. It's basically the old age and treachery
- |> thing.
- |> Ever go to see a movie, and maybe 10 minutes into the movie, you know
- |> pretty much what the entire movie is going to be like? That must be what it's
- |> like for these oldsters to play with us.
- |>
- |> No doubt, these little old men sit around and give us reviews, "Well,
- |> Stephen's latest work is energetic, but is full of the standard
- |> cliche's. Entertaining, but predictable, and horribly overacted - hard to tell
- |> if he's being campy, if he really expects to fight this way. Wait for it to
- |> come out on videotape."
- |> --
- |> Stephen Chan
- |> uunet!srg!schan or uunet!srg!schan@uunet.uu.net
-
- Stephen Chan is the most entertaining of all posters to r.m-a in my opinion.
- He is humorous at the same time makes a substantial point.
-
- I attended a 2nd dan test (the only one ever attempted in our school)
- and the testee was asked by the teacher which is more important, timing
- or speed. The testee replied, "Timing, speed means nothing if the
- window of opportunity is missed." The teacher added, "Also because as
- one ages, speed and strength degrades but timing does not."
-
- As they say in business, "Timing is everything."
-
- --
- David Johnson
- XLNT Designs, Inc. (XDI)
- david@xlnt.com
-