Ever wondered what you would if you get attacked randomly? Would you fight or fly? I’ll tell you this, if I’m faced in some alley with some mugger who has me at knife point, none of those two choices would work. I would stay frozen for fear of getting stabbed regardless of what I choose to do. In fact, If you choose to run away, I would get stabbed in the back. If I attack, I might just get stabbed in the chest anyway. Only with some luck you just might be able to get away.
I wanted to prepare myself for these kinds of situations. I wanted to be able to quickly and more importantly, safely regain control of a situation. So I just decided to join the Jujitsu club.
On the first class, I noticed that our Sensei was an American. For some reason I thought I was getting ripped off since (this will sound stupid) I earlier thought that only Asians can teach martial arts well (a cultural image courtesy of the “Karate Kid”). Anyway, I was proved wrong during last week’s sparring session.
With another classmate I was supposed to grab and punch our Sensei as part of a demonstration. Our Sensei also specified to really try to hit him as hard as we possibly could. Want to know what happened next? Well I tried to punch as hard as I could his left temple while grabbing on to his lapel with my left hand. And with a flick of his arm, everything became a blur. I was tossed and turned and finally I found myself lying on the ground feeling stunned and totally disorientated.
I just had my butt kicked.
At high School I also had an interest to attend to any Martial Arts club. However, I could not do it. Maybe I was too lazy or did not have free time.
ReplyDeleteI heard of jujutsu before, but never knew what it exactly was. I thought it was a type of karate. But now I know for sure it is "a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon, or only a short weapon." (retrieved from Wikipedia)
In my opinion, attending such clubs is not only helps you to defend yourself from a mugger with a knife, but also it is helpful to reduce stress from study. (Jayne)
This was an interesting post, and comment~ Thanks for the definition Yerke, I needed that! I have to say, I probably also would be too stunned to take action if I was mugged... Amon, its funny what you say about Asian martial arts instructors. When I was down in Argentina, I went to see a professional Tango and when the couple walked on stage, the woman appeared to be Asian. I also thought this was strange, but when she started dancing, she definitely seemed Argentinean!
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