Back then we were really tough! We pounded on telephone poles with our knuckles until we had respectable calluses! We took hammers and bashed at our shins, and we supported our local dentist!
One time one of my students went to a tournament. During the course of the tournament his fingers were jammed so that the second knuckle was shoved all the way back on top of the third bone. He laughed as he pulled it out, put it back in place, and kept on going!
But my favorite occurrence, however, was the time a friend of mine named Dave decided to go on a television show. He was opening a karate school in town, and he knew that a little local programming could go a long way. His big mistake was in asking Bruce to help him out.
Yes, said Dave, we believe in hard work and virtue. No, children who study karate dont start getting in fights, they start looking for ways to avoid them. Yes, discipline and building character is what the martial arts are all about.
It would have been appropriate if he had said humor. A short time later Dave and Bruce demonstrated karate. They did forms, and self defense techniques, and a little freestyle, then it was time for breaking.
And now, said Bruce to the television audience, Dave is going to break two boards with a punch. After the sounds of shattering wood had subsided: And now Dave is going to break three boards with a kick. Kiai and...smash!
All was going as planned. That was the last break and Dave figured on ending the demonstration, but right in the middle of his bow Bruce spoke into the microphone again. And now Dave will break two boards with a spear thrust.
Dave couldnt break two boards with a spearhand! He had never even tried! But he was actually on TV with thousands and thousands of people watching!
KIAI! The boards were separated with apparent ease. So were the bones in Daves fingers.
But Dave was a trouper. He even shook hands with everybody on the way out of the studios. He didnt show a grimace or groan, and nobody knew he went straight to the hospital.
Some time later, Dave asked Bruce why he had set him up like that. What Bruce said? I just had an idea that it was going to be really funny! - 16887
One time one of my students went to a tournament. During the course of the tournament his fingers were jammed so that the second knuckle was shoved all the way back on top of the third bone. He laughed as he pulled it out, put it back in place, and kept on going!
But my favorite occurrence, however, was the time a friend of mine named Dave decided to go on a television show. He was opening a karate school in town, and he knew that a little local programming could go a long way. His big mistake was in asking Bruce to help him out.
Yes, said Dave, we believe in hard work and virtue. No, children who study karate dont start getting in fights, they start looking for ways to avoid them. Yes, discipline and building character is what the martial arts are all about.
It would have been appropriate if he had said humor. A short time later Dave and Bruce demonstrated karate. They did forms, and self defense techniques, and a little freestyle, then it was time for breaking.
And now, said Bruce to the television audience, Dave is going to break two boards with a punch. After the sounds of shattering wood had subsided: And now Dave is going to break three boards with a kick. Kiai and...smash!
All was going as planned. That was the last break and Dave figured on ending the demonstration, but right in the middle of his bow Bruce spoke into the microphone again. And now Dave will break two boards with a spear thrust.
Dave couldnt break two boards with a spearhand! He had never even tried! But he was actually on TV with thousands and thousands of people watching!
KIAI! The boards were separated with apparent ease. So were the bones in Daves fingers.
But Dave was a trouper. He even shook hands with everybody on the way out of the studios. He didnt show a grimace or groan, and nobody knew he went straight to the hospital.
Some time later, Dave asked Bruce why he had set him up like that. What Bruce said? I just had an idea that it was going to be really funny! - 16887
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Al Case has practiced the martial arts for more than forty plus+ years. Get his free and tough ebook at Monster Martial Arts.
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