Careful
Ringofyre or Real will accuse you of macho bullshit.

It's funny, I read your reply and having seen or been in similar situations I don't for a second doubt what you're saying.

The control you describe is something we all start to learn from day one, and only get better with time. I can relate to that without a second thought, but I wonder how many of the insecure and bitter posters out there will interpret it as "turning my skills up to 11".

It's a shame, we've probably got many interesting stories to tell but will no doubt hold back lest we start a trollfest.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Sat 21 Apr 2012, 21:52, 1 reply)

Yep.
I actually remember when this place was a decent community of people.

There nothing macho about it. just like if you were a Geography teacher and you had a student say that Scotland was South of England, you would go "no it isn't, here's a globe, look for yourself".

If you start to teach someone martial arts, and they try and hit you and think that's the way they should conduct themselves, you show them why that's not a good idea and why that sort of attitude isn;t conducive to learning martial arts.
( PMGT -Bacon., Sat 21 Apr 2012, 23:13, closed)