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You know you have been training in Taekwondo too long when you... 

  • Say to the salesman in a clothing store, "Nice pants, but I don't think I can kick in them." 
  • Say "I'm sorry" and then involuntarily bow. 
  • Go to the shoe store to try on shoes and, instead of walking around the store, you practice pivots, sweeps, stances, and kicks.
  • Side kick a malfunctioning cold drink machine.
  • Ensure the left side of your bathrobe folds over the right side and the belt is in a square knot.
  • Use kicks to turn light switches on and off.
  • Cannot walk by anyone from your school without casually exchanging a flurry of mock strikes and kicks. 
  • Leap to your feet and kick while watching "Kung Fu," "Walker, Texas Ranger," and "Highlander" at home. 
  • Find yourself practicing staff techniques in miniature with your pencil during dull meetings. 
  • Try to back fist the correct floor button on the inside of the elevator, based on your memory of the button's location, before you get in far enough to see it.
  • Never stand with your arms crossed or with your hands in your pockets.
  • Keep at least one martial arts weapon by your bed when you sleep. 
  • Have the urge to bow every time you enter or leave a room. 
  • Accidentally call teachers "sabum."
  •  Find yourself practicing stances while standing in line.
  •  Have occasional delusions of sparring adequacy.

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