Nov 21
I’m warning you: I know yoga
Cats: Uncategorized|This is the threat I resort to now that all the other typists in my house are karate brown or green belts.
I’m a white-belt drop out. Sadly. And they never miss and opportunity to remind me.
I was happy doing the karate air punches and air kicks in training, but put me in a real karate spar with real kicks and punches coming at me and I recoil into a cowardly I-want-my-blankie stance.
Even when my opponent was a little kid.
So needless to say, I quit karate and took up yoga.
Now I’m really dangerous. I’ve got a relaxed breathing technique that should be registered as a lethal weapon.
Ditto my pigeon pose and my downward dog.
So do mess with.
I mean it.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:57 am
I attended my very first yoga session two weeks ago — Hour of Power and wow, what a workout. Some people think it’s for wimpy people who don’t want a real workout — wrong! It was a great hour of getting rid of all the brain fuzzies AND becoming re-energized. The only sad part was leaving the class and re-entering a shopping area with commercialism all around us…..
November 21st, 2008 at 1:27 pm
What are you kidding?
You know Typist Kwan Do, Touch Typing Jitsu and in a pinch, “Olivetti To The Side of The Head, Furious Dragon-Style.”
November 21st, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I think tai chi may be a good marriage of jogic and karatic ambitions for you. Otherwise take a few minutes each day to practice “distraction followed by the soccer kick to the groin” to even things up.
Alternately there is pepper spray, and a full range of weapons you could consider.
In your defence, i have found that the more relaxed one is when faced with a potentially violent situation, the less likely it is to occur. For one there is no escalation, and also it can be intimidating. “Why aren’t they scared?”…”Should I be scared?”
November 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
YAM, here here yogic sista. Cleans out the fuzz alright. I only started late last spring and it’s been amazing.
Cormac
“Olivetti To The Side of The Head, Furious Dragon-Style.”
Brilliant.
I have my black belt in that.
Dick, so the key is to be relaxed and aware. And intimidating. Hmmmm. You don’t have a Dick body suit and mask I could borrow do you?
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 am
It’s always the quiet bourbon-drinking ones that you have to watch out for.
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 am
Excellent content and style…keep up the good work!
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Kudos to you on the yoga. I tried it once and it just about it killed me. I like pilates though. Although I don’t think I would be one to mess with those skills…perhaps.