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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 380695" data-attributes="member: 4036">And in such a situation, preconceptions will get you killed or hospitalized.I took TKD pre-high school, got bullied around in high school, and found that fear and others not playing by your rules can quickly add up to your sparring meaning very little.That's why I really like the drilling and muscle memory aspects of San Soo.  I want to know that if a situation occurs that endangers myself, my wife, or my child, at least my body will remember what to do until the adrenaline kicks in.Is it just me, or does San Soo attract a whole gamut of people.  We've got 45+ mothers, young teens, armed forces vets, and everything in between in our class for every imaginable reason.We've got the token group of 3 early twenties guys with one leader and two cronies who enjoy going to bars and sporting events and shooting their mouths off to see if they can attract trouble.  Y'know, the ones who come back week after week talking about the 11 on 4 they got into that was over after a couple of eye gouges, knee breaks, and groin shots in 7 seconds when everyone decided running before the cops showed up was a good idea.But we've also got the 20 something guys who are in here trying to fight the battle of the bulge (weight gain to those of you who don't have to deal with it yet), the young teens who are just looking for some confidence, the mothers who tell themselves its for self defense but really come because they like the people, young girls who enjoy the flexibility and excerise more than hours in the gym, and the men who come because they want to be deadly...I'm one of the people trying to slim down if it matters.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And if I can get some weapons training to look really good in the mirror while working out with the staff, sword, or double sticks then I'll be very happy.But after seeing what happens when it's on blacktop and the guy really wants you beaten on the floor bloody, he's got 4 friends, and he's not interested in staying at a distance trading blows, I'll opt for foot speed and avoiding of confrontation for now.</blockquote>

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