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06-21-2006, 12:59 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Co-workers
I was telling some of my co-workers about Aikido and one of them started telling people, "Hey, David knows "cookie doe" he can break a man in half." LOL I thought it was hilarious, they thought it was cool tho when I showed them what I knew with the 31 jo kata.
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06-23-2006, 03:42 AM
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Dojo: Dynamic Aikido Noquet Hartlepool England
Location: Hartlepool
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 88
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Re: Co-workers
Cookie Doe, I like it!
I have problems trying to get my co workers to understand why I do Aikido also, they ask what its about and then tend to pull faces and ask why the hell I would let someone bounce me around the room and try to break various parts of my anatomy! The harmony and nature thing seems to go completely over their heads
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06-23-2006, 10:06 AM
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Dojo: Aikido West Reading
Location: Reading, Pa
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Co-workers
My favorite is "How is that karate thing you do going? Have you fought anyone lately?" I stopped talking about it with most people.
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06-26-2006, 10:12 AM
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Dojo: Ft. Myers School of Aikido
Location: Ft. Myers, FL.
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: Co-workers
Quote:
David Jackson wrote:
they thought it was cool tho when I showed them what I knew with the 31 jo kata.
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When I screwed up my knee, I carried a jo around to use as a crutch.
Thankfully, I didn't have to demonstrate any jo kata for my co-workers; a stern glare and slowly reaching for the jo usually got the message across...
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"The only difference between Congress and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors spend their own money." -Tom Feeney, representative from Florida
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06-26-2006, 05:05 PM
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Dojo: Shima Arashi Dojo
Location: Dorset (my luvvers! ohhhh arrrrr) uk
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 319
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Re: Co-workers
my co-workers dont talk to me ...
i Like to smile at them .... it confuses the hell outta the lot of them ...
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Dance your cares away .... worry for another day ... let the music play .... down in fraggle rock!
when bored ... do as I do. Poke a patient!
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06-26-2006, 05:34 PM
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Dojo: Sand Drift Aikikai, Cocoa Florida
Location: Melbourne, Florida
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: Co-workers
I usually just like them think it's some kind of judo or karate. If they really don't know anything about martial arts. I just tell them I practice a martial art. The second question usually is, "so you can beat me up? I'll stay away from you." Oh well, let them think what they want.
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Anne Marie Giri
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06-26-2006, 06:53 PM
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Dojo: seishinkan
Location: Texas City.
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Co-workers
lol One of my co-workers has this thing about head butting and seems to think Aikido revolves around head butting... no matter how much I correct him... then again he also calls my a san kiwi instead of san kyu...
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I put my right foot in, I put my left foot out, I do the Aikipokey and throw you all about
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