Indyologist
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whipem816 said:I've been taking karate for a little over a month, so I've been hoping for a fight, naive as it is!
whipem816 said:I've been taking karate for a little over a month, so I've been hoping for a fight, naive as it is!
IndyJohan said:I take Indy Fightology 101
whipem816 said:I've been taking karate for a little over a month, so I've been hoping for a fight, naive as it is!
Indyologist said:From my fictional diary, "Living With Indy"--
I asked Indy how he learned to fight.
"Well, kid," he said, "if you want to learn how to fight, there's one thing you have to do first."
"What's that?"
"You have to get beat up first. Maybe a couple of times. THEN, you're ready to learn how to fight. It's a good idea to be on the receiving end before you slug someone. Uh, not that I'd recommend you go out and pick a fight."
It makes sense, really. I think. Indy's got an interesting mind. I can't imagine anyone getting one over on Indy and beating him up, though. But I'll bet it's happened...
Indy went on to say that he learned a lot about fighting when he was in the Great War, but he said life as a man in general will teach you pretty quick. He told me his first big fight was at a Navajo reservation he lived near when he was a kid. Indy used to hang out with quite a few Navajo kids and he was picked on about that in school. Anyways, I guess one of the Navajo boys was a bully. He accused Indy of something, I can't remember what, and the kid gave Indy a good pounding. That happened a couple of times until Indy got sick of it and just pulled back and smashed him in the mouth without even thinking. I guess the kid lost a tooth and ran away crying! Indy said that that was when he learned the truth about all bullies: whether they're the kid down the block or Adolf Hitler, they're cowards at their core who are fooled by their own power, and that power usually backfires on them one day. That really made me smile when he said that. Indy has learned his life lessons well and I like to hear what he has to say.
I asked him what he thought about women who fight. He surprized me by saying that the women he knew who were caught in a fight were some of the toughest people he's met. But they're few and far between, he said, because men are usually expected to be more aggressive. He said some of the best women fighters he'd seen were Asian. Then he told me something amazing (nothing new about THAT!), he said, "did you know that in feudal Japan, WOMEN could be samuris too? They lived by Bushido just like the men did," he said, "except when they commited suicide-- you know, seppuku-- they stabbed themselves in the throat." Geez!
By the way, Indy said that "seppuku" literally means "belly cutting." Indy also said to never call it "hari-kari" if you're in Japan. It's considered insulting.