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Do you take martial arts? I am testing for my black belt in Taekwondo in a few weeks and I've been taking Taekwondo for three years, just in case you were wondering.
I used to take Judo classes when I was a kid. I got kicked out for being to aggressive. Work that out!
I do Tai chi sometimes if I get to work early with the old codgers on the street in town. It's a nice way to cool down after a cycle.
I read a lot of martial arts manual out of interest but I'm more of a brawler than a composed fighter, thought my lightsaber skills are pretty good.
I was put up against a kid with asthma when I was doing competition training and ended up causing him an attack which got me kicked out.
I've recently been trying to harness the power of Qi which isn't as easy as it sound.
Using Qi power is draining. Ever tried pushing someone over and to the ground using just 2 fingers? It takes a lot of practice.
I keep fit by cycling everyday. I've found that breaking up fights is much more fun than actually fighting. It has the same adrenaline rush but without any of the moral consequence.
Black belt Kyokushinkai karate
...where a black belt is still worth something.
I also do Taekwondo. In Germany there are several smaller TKD associations besides the ITF and the DTU (the official WTF organ). It's quite difficult to obtain a black belt in this two "official" associations. The Kukkiwon (WTF) rules allow anyone with a 4th degree Kukkiwon black belt to hold their own black belt exams outside the DTU. As a result, it's relatively easy to get a black belt there. You go to a "freelancer", pay him about 250 and never fail the exam, no matter how bad you are. Inside the official association it's cheaper (80 ), but much harder. I. e. if you fail to break one of the three boards (spruce wood, 30x30x3 cm), that's already enough not to pass the exam. In the nineties we had failure rates of 80 %.