11-13-2004, 05:41 AM
I know all about fighting.
Once a week I strap on fourty pounds of armour and fight using big sticks. I try to avoid getting bruised but it still happens all the time (my wife loves poking at my bruises and watching me flinch).
Being able to walk into a contest against another person where both of you are smiling and trying hard to smack the heck out of each other is such and incredible rush. I got a light taste of that rush when I studied karate and a bit stronger taste when I played paintball. Feeling a length of rattan slamming into your opponent lets you know you've won a contest in a way that you cannot forget.
Most of the people I know believe the two following statements about pain:
1) pain is the best teacher
2) stupidity should be painful
Once a week I strap on fourty pounds of armour and fight using big sticks. I try to avoid getting bruised but it still happens all the time (my wife loves poking at my bruises and watching me flinch).
Being able to walk into a contest against another person where both of you are smiling and trying hard to smack the heck out of each other is such and incredible rush. I got a light taste of that rush when I studied karate and a bit stronger taste when I played paintball. Feeling a length of rattan slamming into your opponent lets you know you've won a contest in a way that you cannot forget.
Most of the people I know believe the two following statements about pain:
1) pain is the best teacher
2) stupidity should be painful
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.