-You noticed that sometimes while driving, your hands on the wheel/shifter have their forefingers extended -You've yoko aruki'd over your dog/cat/bird/wife -You always have 50 cents in your pocket..... in pennies -The thought of a boshiken to your underarm makes you shiver -At least once a week when you get stressed out you remind yourself of "banpen fugyo" or "fudoshin" -You have thought it would be cool to get the kanji for "blade" on your chest, above your heart -You've read ninpo secrets/essense of ninjutsu/path notes more times than the bible -The thought of a successful ganseki nage makes you smile -You've been know to "people watch" -People know you do some form of martial arts, but no idea what -You've tried to make bo shuriken from the 23 cent nails from Lowe's -You have 2 of the same videos. One in VHS, and one in DVD -You look forward to ____'s seminar more than xmas -You think a vacation is going to Japan and training as often as you can -You've tried to make your own weapon, and then realize just how talented people like Ed Green and the like really are... -Seing jujitsu instead of jujutsu irritates you -You've thought about how funny it would be to have a restraunt with Chicken Haramitsu as an appitizer haha, i dunno... Not very funny, just things I've noticed about my behavior and my friends behavior since we've started training... Feel free to add!
Haha, most of them are spot on This one was the best though: "-You've thought about how funny it would be to have a restraunt with Chicken Haramitsu as an appitizer" LOL!!!!
the gansake nage one rings v. true with me --- off the top of my head... - you feel random urges to drop into a roll at really inappropriate times - when you're down the pub playing pool, you have to really focus on not swinging the cue about trying to find its optimum balance point/most effective range while you wait for your mate to take their shot - when you're down the pub playing darts you find yourself delivering them with a shuto from a deep ichimonji (and you hit the bull everytime ) - life stops being about solving problems and instead becomes about accepting challenges - you get really fussy about incorrect phonentic uses of the letter 'i' edit: siphus, you'd already said my last one above, missed that on the first read through
Random rolling is one of my weaknesses, I've even taken the missus for a walk along the beach just to get some rolling practice in on more than one occasion It takes a will of steel not to spin the pool cues when you're down the pub too. Another one - You notice that the Bujinkan/school badge has made it's way onto your car, your bags, desktop on your PC, quilt covers
Ha! At least someone here read one of my posts. Can I have a chicken hot-mustard diet coke in a bowl?
One of your posts??? And here I am thinking I made it up... Guess I'm not as creative as I thought.. Although, you got me on the hot mustard coke in a bowl part, lol, nice!
I've been here for a while. Just don't post that much. As for Chicken Hot Mustard Diet Coke in a Bowl, read this thread http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18608
Fantastic! -You and the wife put your arms around each others shoulders and you find yourself applying Ganseki Nage
I Lose count of the time the missus has ended up sitting back down on the sofa due to a casual lock...
I think the learning of real ninpo is when you walk up behind someone start to talk, only for them to scream in fright.
- you shake hands with someone and realise you've covered their thumb with your own in anticipation of them getting 'tricky' - your kids know the correct way to form fudoken, boshi ken and shuto before they can hold a pen and write their name
- When you pour yourself a drink you use your whole body to do it. I agree with the random rolling thing lol.
'your kids know the correct way to form fudoken, boshi ken and shuto before they can hold a pen and write their name' Yep, spot on. My two year old today can punch, swing a sword, stab and a mild shuto and can climb up and down and across a criss-cross fence,
Right i have an idea.. Once we have a comprehensive list and then pick the top ones i will convert it into an embroided T-shirt. Thats two projects now, mind you and I'll got to get some of Will's wit on a t-shirt.