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After 15 years of studying various styles of martial arts off and on, I finally found what I had been looking for all along: American Kenpo Karate. I do not consider myself an expert or even competent in many areas, but I would like to share my thoughts and experiences in the posts of this blog.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

June 25, 2010 - On a lighter note...

Gas and Karate don't mix. They are both just too powerful. Huh?  Well, you try doing crunches surrounded by fellow karate students when you have a big gas bubble in your stomach trying to escape. Stomach muscles push it down, butt muscles push back up, stomach muscles down, butt muscles up, over and over. "Must... not... release... gas!" It almost hurts more than the aching abs!

Jumping jacks are even worse! How in the world are you supposed to hold a fart in when you come down and hit the floor with your legs spread wide???  So far, only one has escaped during class drills. Fortunately, everybody yelled at the same instant, so only the guy next to me probably heard it.  My own yell and dropping my weight was what pushed it out. "Hya!/pppttttt!" Wow! I can kiai out both ends at the same time! But I don't think gassing your attacker is a valid Kenpo technique.

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