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    Default Frequently Asked STUPID questions at your Dojo

    These are real questions asked ....I'll start !

    Prospect: Do you teach Self-Defense ? I want my kid to defend himself out on the street !

    Me: How old is your child ?

    Prospect: 3 1/2 years old



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    Prospect: Do you guys teach Samurai Swords ?

    Me: Huh ?


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    Prospect: How long will I train to get my Black Belt ?

    Me: How soon do you need it ?



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    Prospect: Your Ads says that you charge $100 per month unlimited training.

    Me. Yes

    Prospect: How many times a week can train then ?

    Me: How many days are there in a week ?

    Propect: Five ?
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    Prospect: Can I get to black-belt level in three months?
    Instructor: If you're superhuman

    New Student: Sir, I want to impress my friends at the party I'm going to. May I bring two of the assistant instructors with me so I can look like I have bodyguards?
    Instructor: Does this look like a security agency?

    Beginner: If I pay extra, will you teach me the "Death Touch" right now?
    Instructor: Duh
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    Student; I see that you guys are grapplers. Do you have any secret techniques and could you show them to me?

    Me; We do have secret techniques, one is called the "stink thumb," come here I'll show you.


    Student; Is there anyway to get good quick?

    Me; Yes, practice often, practice smart, and practice hard, in other words sweat equity.

    Student; uhh is there any other way?





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    Student: "Yes, I hear what you say (blah blah) but what if I tried this technique ?"

    Teacher: Nothing spoken , just demonstrates technique again

    Student: "yes, but....."

    Answers on a postcard please......
    Trevor Gilbert
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    New guy: How much is it to train here?

    Instructor: Member dues are $80 a month for as many classes as you want to attend.

    New guy: OK. But how much would it be for me?

    Instructor: $80 a month.

    New guy: No really, like could I pay, say, $30 a month?

    Instructor: No. Everyone pays the same amount.

    New guy: C'mon, can't you give me a break?

    Instructor: Sigh... Sorry, no.
    Robert Cronin

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    Teen Muppet: So you teach samurai sword?

    Me: Er.... yes.

    TM: Do you, like, cut each other up?

    Me: Yes - we start with the beginners. Want to join us?

    TM: Er...
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    Prospective Student: Do you teach techniques for reverse-bladed swords?

    Instructor: Leave. Now.

    Prospective Student: Do you teach techniques for channeling chi blasts through the sword like the real ninja did?

    Instructor: Do you think if I could you would still be standing here?
    David Sims

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    Real conversation 2 weeks ago with a band of Greek Cypriot students.

    "Ju-Jitsu... is that like Kung Fu?"
    "Not really. There isn't a KF school at the University, though I know of one outside and I might be able to locate others if you like..."
    "But we'd like to do KF..."
    "Yeah... but there's no school here. I can help you find one."
    "Hmm. we'd really like to do KF... what do you teach?"
    "Ju-Jitsu..."
    "Is that like KF? We'd really like to do KF..."

    This went on for a while. The lads then left.
    To my surprise they turned up at the next class and are really, really talented despite never training before. Hopefully we'll see them tonight...
    Martin J Dougherty
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    (Demonstration of Winding head-hip throw from stick attack)
    "Is this like boxercise?"

    (Fencing class demonstration)
    "So, is there a regulation weapon or do you just bring your own?"

    In general:
    "Can you get a black belt in this?" (I was wearing one...)

    "Can you turn round and hit three people?" (huh?)

    One of my favourites came from an opionatied female student who didn't approve of me. My training partner Rachel can be charmingly clumsy at times and accidentally kicked me in the ribs hard enough to hurt her foot. She was limping a little and Opinion Woman noticed: "Martin, you're far too rough with her!"


    Some nice comebacks:

    A visitor who thinks he's clever:
    "What would you do about this:" (bounces around in a series of strange postures)
    "Well, assuming I failed to avoid, evade, defuse, deter, loophole, de-escalate, temporise, withdraw, or disengage, I'd knock you the **** out."
    "Oh."

    Same Guy:
    "I could come in with a flying kick from here..."
    "Try. Please."

    "What would you do if I hit you over the head with a bat from behind?"
    "Nothing. I'd be unconscious or maybe in a coma."

    "You could have got an arm bar from there."
    "I can get an arm bar from ANYWHERE, pal."

    "Do you have any gold medals?"
    "No, I usually just take ears as trophies."
    Martin J Dougherty
    Able to type my own name... on a good day.

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    hehe, these all rock. mines not as good, but real
    demonstrating iwanami (mjer eishin set no.6)
    teacher ''...so, you place your hand at the side of the knee - like this - stamp once to get attention, and drive through to tsuki under the ribcage. dont let the left hand go too far down the blade, and dont leave it at the end so it goes into him. it should stay here...''
    student ''where does the hand have to go?''
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    Talking My favorite 'stupid' questions...

    Greetings,

    First question and background:

    While teaching a technique, against a specific type of attack, the 'brain surgeon' says: " I understand what you are doing, but what if I did this instead (while mimicing a different attack)?" The response is: "... then you would not be learning this technique!"

    Second question:

    After attending two basic classes, the 'brain surgeon' says: "Oh, I really love what you are doing, could I pay for all the classes necessary for my Black Belt, NOW?"

    Third question:

    The 'brain surgeon' says: "I understand your school is totally non-profit, but are you as good as the school my friend goes too, who pays (fill in the blank) dollars a month?"

    Fourth Question:

    The 'brain surgeon' says: "I learn real quick and I committed to join the military immediately after graduation, so can I get my Black Belt before my service starts?" The response was: "...aren't you a little large for 3rd grade?"

    Fifth Question:

    The 'brain suregon' says: "I know you teach a mix of Karate, Judo and Aikido, but can I only do the kicking and punching stuff, as I am not 'into' falling and stuff?"

    Tons of fun.

    Regards,
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    Long ago, Neil took Joe to see a local Super Soke in action. Afterwards, Super Soke said: "What do you think?"

    Being younger and more naive, I thought one was supposed to speak truth in martial art contexts. (Or, at least as much truth as one would use in a work or family setting.) So, I said, "It was okay. Practice a bit, and you could probably do okay at the color belt kids division at an Al Tracy karate tournament. Your guys, though -- are the eyes and toes supposed to wander like that? Al always said that was bad." (For those of you who are not from the West Coast, Al Tracy was the head of a major franchise of Kenpo Karate.)

    Lesson shere? There are two.

    1. People asking questions usually don't want an honest answer.

    2. If you don't want an honest answer, don't ask for an opinion unless you are sure the person you're pushing for the answer has been coached into the appropriate response.

    ***

    Second stupid question.

    Kregg took Joe to see a promotion tournament. Joe wasn't getting promoted, so Joe strolled in late. (I'd been getting a professional massage. My recommendation? Always take the massage over promotion tournaments.)

    As I strolled in, Soke was talking about the power of his Ki.

    I guess I didn't look suitably impressed. So, Soke said, "Come up here. Hit me."

    So I did. FWIW, I used the punch/step/elbow combination taught in Geki Sai Dai Ichi, a fundamental (e.g., basic) Goju Ryu kata.

    And of course he fell down, his eyes rolling in the back of his head. People do that when they are elbowed in the head, you know. And, when his guys came back from carrying him off to his car, they told me I could go sit down. So I did, and nobody asked me to come up front again, for the rest of the afternoon.

    Lessons here? There are a couple.

    1. Don't invite people to punch at you that you don't know, and with whom you haven't rehearsed.

    2. Bet Elbow-to-Head over Ki.
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    With a year 8 student who hade been learning kendo for an entire semester, wore bogu, hakama + kendogi, and had watched the NHK doco on the 8 dan grading ("currently some 3 million people practice kendo in Japan..."), as well as being shown innumerable pics, magazines and websites relating to kendo.

    Student: "So, sir, do you like, is kendo like, you know, real? Do you, like, do this outside (school)?"

    Me: "Or... did I make this up just to torture you? Are you sure you didn't qualify for an integration aide?"

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    My leaflet.... "Over 16's only. We are a martial arts club not babysitters"
    Woman: "I saw your leaflet. Can my son join?"
    Me: "How old is he?"
    Woman: "three"
    Me: "Then no, there's a Taekwondo club nearby that would probably take him"
    Woman: "But he really wants to do Karate"
    Me: "Well he can, in 13 years"
    Woman: "Ok I'll come back then"

    I demonstrate a Kizami Tzuki.....
    Taekwondo green belt: "A jab is too obvious. You need to take them by surprise with a technique that's not telegraphed.
    Me: "Like what?"
    Taekwondo Green Belt: "Like a jumping spinning back kick"
    Me: "So you think you can do one of those before I jab you?"
    TGB: "Yep"
    Me: "Shall we try?"
    TGB: "Erm, no that's ok"

    My other favourites:

    "Have you ever had to use it?"

    "So can you break bricks?"

    But the alltime best one.....

    "So if you're a black belt, who would win in a fight between Steven Seagal and Bruce Lee"

    ????!!!!!!
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    Default My favorite

    From a couple of years ago, one fellow, upon seeing my (of Taiwanese descent) training partner who joins class so that we can train after:

    Guy- Is he the teacher?
    me- no, why?
    guy- because he is very good
    me- he's stretching-out
    guy- I can tell that he is the senior here
    me- ah yes, well... okay... he's only been training for (at that point) about 4 years...
    guy- so he must be good if you've been at it for 15... when did you become his student?
    me- well, class is starting, so I have to go...

    We have since agreed that if it comes-up again, he will speak some combination of Taiwanese and Japanese and I will pretend to translate .

    Be well,
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