my aikido experience

[Meex]

Phil wouldn't write anonymously either. He has to make sure that you know he wrote it and make sure you know that it's good writing. And he writes oh so well, just ask him and he'll tell you what a superbly stupendous writer he is.

Yes, of course you're right!
He would use sentence structure, paragraphs, grammar, and punctuation, too.
OhMG, Canada!

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[CMS]

"This was the kind of arrogance that is exhibited by the jaundiced-minded sweater-vested conservative political science major who keeps a plastic wrapped signed copy of the Karl Rove issue of Time magazine on his person at all times and boasts of his future as a conservative strategist walking in the glorious footsteps of said architect of misery. "

BS. Aikidoka are tree hugging, Birkinstock wearing, brie eating, "can't we just all get along" ACLU members. No Karl Rove fan would be caught dead in an Akido Dojo. Look for them in boxing gyms and BJJ clubs.

[Rhamma]

"This was the kind of arrogance that is exhibited by the jaundiced-minded sweater-vested conservative political science major who keeps a plastic wrapped signed copy of the Karl Rove issue of Time magazine on his person at all times and boasts of his future as a conservative strategist walking in the glorious footsteps of said architect of misery. "

BS. Aikidoka are tree hugging, Birkinstock wearing, brie eating, "can't we just all get along" ACLU members. No Karl Rove fan would be caught dead in an Akido Dojo. Look for them in boxing gyms and BJJ clubs.

Amen brother! F**king hippies do Aikido and Tai Chi!

[PO9]

PARAGRAPHS PLEASE!!!!!!

Other than that, very witty.

[Chris.B]

Where is this school and what's it called?

Yea I remember I wanted to spar an Akido teacher once to see if it was worth joining...though his dangerous art didn't allow him to do so without me signing this consent forum...along with a 3 month membership. Though the free class was fun...kinda.

[Lane]

I refuse to read this until you format it correctly.

[HwangJangLee]

no need to speak with such discription, this isnt a novel, you could have proboly cut down your story with out all the adjectives.

[Roidie McDouchebag]

Hwangjanglee, you could cut your posts down to the productive content and not post.

[Orkflesh]

no need to speak with such discription, this isnt a novel, you could have proboly cut down your story with out all the adjectives.

Next time i post i will take your advice and leave out the excess 'discription' and instead i will 'proboly' focus on spelling and grammer.

[Doctor X]

For a start, "i" is capitalized when refering to yourself. I realize you are a foreigner [Stop that!--Ed]--sorry, I have a lot of friends in Canada I tease--but you may wish to post first in a word-processing program that can "auto" fix things like that.

Not to be a "Grammar Nazi," it is just that punctuation, capitalization, and paragraph breaks make reading easier. Also, we all make mistakes. I have learned to write my long-winded screeds "off-line" for that very reason.

Perhaps you can edit your original post or re-post it?

This does remind me of many years ago a very eager Aikido college student preaching "non-violence" in handling violent confrontation. I knew his school, and they were into that sort of "our training means we are immune to violent confrontation."

"What if I just punch you in the face," I asked rhetorically.

"Well, you would not do that because I would diffuse the situation!"

Now, it is easy to "point-and-laugh" at the ridiculousness of the young and eager and then try to apply it to the whole. It is fallacious. However, the school did preach that sort of nonsense.

--J.D.