Topic: New Pictures of my black belt test, lots of high kicking!

[Stratos]

Hey Caterkiller, do you have any funny stories from training? I know during one belt test night the same guy got kicked in the balls 3 times during sparring matches. I think they let him double pass because on top of being a trooper about the kicks, he rocked in all of his forms. It actually seemed like he got better each time he was kicked.

[Caterkiller]

Hahahaha! Thats funny Stratos. He got better each time, thats awesome! Most men have that as a weakness, I guess his enchanted balls only make him grow stronger when kicked. Imagined if you kicked him a 100 times? He might evolve!

There have been sooo many super funny things over the years, when they come to mind I will share the stories. Any more from you?

OK Vudu, just wait until we are playing some game competetively together, Conduit maybe? I'll make sure your the one crying.
I only cry from cartoons and touching moments, and when I think I injured myself beyond repair.

Whats the flying Carradine? Maybe I know what it is but we have a different term for it. 

[BeautifulShy]

Um Pro was making a joke about David Carradine.
He died recently

[EasyCure]

He died recently

So's everyone else. Its getting annoying..

[BeautifulShy]

 What technique are you most proud of completing Caterkiller?

[Stratos]

Hahahaha! Thats funny Stratos. He got better each time, thats awesome! Most men have that as a weakness, I guess his enchanted balls only make him grow stronger when kicked. Imagined if you kicked him a 100 times? He might evolve!

There have been sooo many super funny things over the years, when they come to mind I will share the stories. Any more from you?

OK Vudu, just wait until we are playing some game competetively together, Conduit maybe? I'll make sure your the one crying.
I only cry from cartoons and touching moments, and when I think I injured myself beyond repair.

Whats the flying Carradine? Maybe I know what it is but we have a different term for it.

I would guess his body produced more...I forgot what it is. the stuff that your body makes that enhances your strength and performance. I've suffered from a blank on the name.

Well, another story, maybe not terribly funny, but I was at a 'break-a-thon' fundraiser we did to raise money for Katrina victims in Louisiana and some little boy called me an old man. He was like 9 and a black belt. It was crazy how good some of the little ones were. But he asked to look at the martial arts magazine I was reading and then said, "Thank you, old man" as he handed the magazine back. I don't think he meant it in a disrespectful way, but I was humored by it all the same. He then proceeded to out perform one of my schools better students at staff forms.

The lower level students tried to break boards. The best part of the break-a-thon was watching the masters try and out-do each other in breaking bricks. they got to I think 7 or 8 at a time. My matster's was rather humorous because he hit the stack and none of them moved. He then proceeded to remove the pieces one layer at a time, broken. They all cracked but didn't colapse. He broke all but the last one and actually out did several of the higher level Dans.

Makes me wish I didn't have to move away. There is no one in my art near where I am now. I may look for a different art/club to join just to not fall out too much (though I already have to a point).

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

"I would guess his body produced more...I forgot what it is. the stuff that your body makes that enhances your strength and performance. I've suffered from a blank on the name."

Machismo.

Some days it oozes more than others.

[EasyCure]

"I would guess his body produced more...I forgot what it is. the stuff that your body makes that enhances your strength and performance. I've suffered from a blank on the name."

Machismo.

Some days it oozes more than others.

LMFAO

[Stratos]

Adrenaline! That's what it is. I can't believe I forgot it.

LOL @ Machismo

[EasyCure]

When i first read your posts about the dude getting better as his nuts took more hits, i was gonna make a Wolverine joke but decided against it. Glad i did, Pro's prose woulda blew mine outta the water

[Caterkiller]

Someone please photo shop a wing cap on me!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

holy crap, that person kicked you from the yin-yang on the right.

Where's the After-picture with you planted in the wall?

[Caliban]

Caterkiller knows how to fly, amazing!

By the way, why are you guys wearing sneakers? I always thought that martial arts was done barefooted.

[Caterkiller]

Chinese martial artists you'll often find that we hit our feet. If you watch the monks practicing on say National Geographic you will see that they slap their own feet allot and stamp the ground like crazy. We do that to toughen our hands, feet, and also to show where the peak of the kick will be. Right where you slap is the most explosive part of the kick, which lets you see and hear the power. There is some really old footage floating around of Bruce Lee doing it.

The shoes you see us wearing are what the Chinese professionals have been wearing for years. Even the not so real monks who go around doing shows wear the exact same shoes. The real real monks usualy don't have the modern shoes like we do, but some do.

[Caliban]

Interesting. Thanks for clearing that up.

[EasyCure]

That second picture is so awesome looking and LOLtastic

[Caterkiller]

hahaha thanks!

[Stogi]

Hey Cater, I got a question.

My friend has a similar passion and we've been trying to do this trick where he side flips over three people leaning forward. What we do is, he jumps and while in mid-air I push him across the row of people and then he tries to stick the landing.

Have you done this before?

[Caterkiller]

You described it perfectly, and no I never did anything like that. You and your friends sound pretty acrobatic.  I like looking at acrobatics but not so much in martial arts unless its monkey style. Only because now a'days it seems like its more about flippping then actual martial arts and I hate that. So nah, I don't do much acrobatics, except in monkey style.

 But no side flips, I'm actually afraid of that, hahaha. back hand spring, back tuck, or one handed back hand spring are fine, but side flipping freaks me out. Good luck!