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c0b4l7

Another post.

May 03, 2009 02:05

So at Cinco de Miko. Something happened I'd been waiting for a while. I got to test myself a bit. Quite frequently when at parties, someone mentions that they "want to go," in passing. Mostly I used to brush that stuff off telling myself they were silly. But in recent times, I decided I wanted to find a situation where it would play through ( Read more... )

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necrillian May 3 2009, 16:57:13 UTC

I WILL FIGHT YOU!

thenewdiabolic May 3 2009, 20:03:49 UTC

careful cody, his people carry blades.

wakazamurai May 3 2009, 23:02:06 UTC

I dunno... I don't really see a reason to be disappointed aside from you thinking that he would have been able to do better under more serious circumstances. I don't think I could hit any of you guys. Besides that, I think if I'm fighting someone, I'm not going to be bullshitting around, either. Throat, stomach and kneecaps, all the way.

c0b4l7 May 5 2009, 07:58:11 UTC

I didn't believe it would be easy, but I didn't suspect it would be that difficult. I was more disappointed in my ability or lack there of to defend myself and resultingly someone who might have actually needed it. I could see flaws, and I'm not trained to see such things. I'd also had a drink or 2.

wakazamurai May 5 2009, 14:47:51 UTC

I just don't see it as an accurate test (especially if you had a bit to drink /eyeroll). I think the only reason to actually need to fight someone would be a life or death situation, in which case I believe anyone would perform VERY differently. Would some type of formal training help? Definitely. Would you be as inadequate as drunken play fighting? Definitely not. The adrenaline alone would make a large difference.

c0b4l7 May 5 2009, 16:19:35 UTC

This is the sort of logic, that I was devoid of at the time. You make a valid point, but without the money to devote to formal training it seemed like the best alternative when proposed, to get some experience in the matter.

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c0b4l7 May 5 2009, 08:04:37 UTC

Perhaps this was not the best test of anyone's metal, but it is avaliable, free and no one was seriously injured.

I'd like to be able to defend myself and ideally those around me if necesary. I currently have no plans of carrying weapons and can't afford official martial training. More over, I'm not as comfortable in those situations as I would like. If grappling, a little more so, but anything else and I'm a fish out of water.

If you'd like to suggest a better solution that is feasible, I am asking for it.

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c0b4l7 May 7 2009, 05:37:01 UTC

Them sounds like fightin words!