Comments on: Yon-Kyu

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:09:46 +0000

Cool, always good to meet a fellow dork : )

I’m studying Wado-Ryu. It’s mostly a blend of traditional Okinawan Karate and Shindo Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu. I sort of just stumbled into the style but it’s turned out to be pretty much exactly what I was looking for.

And yeah, the hairyness… I think that’s the French half of my blood. If only the hair would grow on my head the way it does everywhere else… sigh…

By: Sis B

Sis B — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:57:26 +0000

Congrats on the yon kyu! Which art are you studying?

I stumbled on your blog last night and had to bookmark it for the following reasons:

Your “I am a Nerd” post. It was Friday night and I was blogging… so I figured I could relate.

Your green belt. I have my brown (in shito ryu karate-do) but haven’t studied in a few years.

Your hairy arm looks like my brother’s. My family has directly descended from the apes. (No offense.) In middle school they called me Chewbacca. But I got over it.

Anyway, I like your blog and I decided to de-lurk. I’ll be back!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:48:11 +0000

Indeed it is.

By: brittney

brittney — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:32:19 +0000

Is that your arm?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:33:28 +0000

Congratulations!

And, yeah I’m sure you’ve grown in 2 years. It might not be immediately evident, but it will eventually.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:10:38 +0000

As Mr. Miyagi said, ‘Don’t know. Never been attacked by tree.’

: )

By: Aunt B.

Aunt B. — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:32:51 +0000

Ha, anyway. Congratulations. Does this mean you can break a board with your head?

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:40:02 +0000

Oh no, no martial arts necessary — when faced with alligators, I believe the appropriate defense remains the utterance of the phrase “see you later, –”

If that doesn’t work then I think the fallback is to menacingly tell them you know people at IZOD.

By: Aunt B.

Aunt B. — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:33:38 +0000

You’re working your way down the ladder? But what if there are alligators at the bottom of the ladder?

Never mind, I answered my own question. If there are alligators at the bottom of the ladder, you’d best know some form of martial art if you’re going to be at the bottom with them.