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["John Stonham" <jmstonham AT hotmail.com>]

I practiced Tang Soo Do on and off for a few years when I was a youngin', 
and later (while living in China) was taught one-on-one a style of Wu Shu 
(aka, Kung Fu) called "'Black Fist' Wu Shu" (and I've got a few scars on my 
hands to prove it...).

(Sounds tough, but after all this my first instinct is to run away whenever 
I'm confronted by a bully...)

My wife studied Aikido for some time, and if I had to do it all over again 
I'd go for Aikido.  There is an Aikido instructor who teaches at our gym, 
and the movements are intelligent and quite beautiful.

(Coincidentally enough, there is also a pint-sized, powerhouse, black-belted 
Asian girl who also teaches her art at our gym, and she can *fly*!)

JMS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas A. Beckett [mailto:thomas AT tbeckett.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:49 PM
> To: InterNetWorkers
> Subject: [internetworkers] fighting geeks
>
>
>         I've been practicing Aikido for about nine months and really like it.
> I've noticed that a significant proportion of the folks in my dojo are
> geeks of some sort or another, mostly computer and engineering types.
> It got me to thinking about that overlap on interest:  technology and
> martial arts.
>
>         I know of a few people in this group who are active or past
> practitioners of arts including Taichi, Wing Chun, Aikido and Karate.
> Even Dykki was doing Capoeria for a while.  I wonder who else among us
> is a fighting geek?  What is it about your practice that keeps you
> interested?  Please share your experience.
>
> TaB

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