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- From: ddewar@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (derek.a.dewar)
- Subject: Re: Fights and blackbelt confidence
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.114346.22014@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:43:46 GMT
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- In article <C19zr4.4xA@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
- >
- >Needless to say, I have this >little "things to do when I'm a blackbelt"
- >list, and Dork is on it. :)
-
- Nah, this is wrong. It's a very dangerous attitude to take. If and when you
- obtain your dan grade, I hope you won't have the same attitude.
-
- >after I had gone through years of training and had become a blackbelt,
- >I'd feel pretty good about myself and sure as hell wouldn't hesitate to
- >talk back to someone who was giving me a hard time. Now I'm just a
- >white belt, and when someone starts hassling me, I remain unobtrusive
- >and just take it,
-
- Your attitude about being "unobtrusive" is one you should maintain through
- out your training. I think you're pre-occupied with belts and their colour.
- You're also underestimating violence. THis isn't some sort of game, as
- portrayed by the movies. Fights are real, and people always get hurt, not to
- mention legalities involved, and possible prosecution, and conviction.
-
- >As our instructor said, avoid a fight at all costs, but if
- >you have to fight, do what you must.
-
- I would listen to your instructor more. He's not saying "if anyone calls you
- names, then kick their arse..." He's saying if you are in REAL danger, and
- there is no other way, then that is the time to fight. No offense here, but
- until you get rid of your ego problem you won't think any differently.
- People calling you names don't really hurt you, do they ? They just do that
- to make themselves feel better...and as for "dork", well, leave him be. One
- day he'll pick on someone who'll give him a bloody good doing, and he'll
- maybe change his attitude then. Right now, he doesn't really know what
- violence is..
-
- Keep training, keep unobtrusive, and keep smart. You know it makes sense.
-
- All the best
-
- Del Boy.
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- Derek A. Dewar
- AT&T Network Systems UK Ltd.
- Wiltshire , UK.
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- ddewar@ihlpb.att.com
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