Do you discuss your martial arts interest or training with people who are not involved?
Sometimes acquaintances, co-workers and relatives get wind of what you do in the evenings and the inevitable questions are asked. You'll have to field queries on what Dan you are, how many bricks you can smash, what would you do in a real fight, how you'd get beaten up if attacked by a platoon of commandos....
Martial arts, whether you like it or not, are part of the pastimes classed as "weird". Grown adults wearing pyjamas, rolling around on the floor or uttering strange mantras. Yeah, that would count as weird. Then you have public perception based upon movies, cartoons, urban myths and the stories invented by martial artists to make themselves look better.
Some people will be genuinely interested, but in my experience most people just want to sneer and laugh at you when they talk about martial arts.
Keep Calm and Carry On!
3 comments:
I know what you're saying... I avoid talking martial arts with those who I know have little to no interest in the topic... and vice versa.. I'll talk in depth with those who also practice martial arts or are into MMA...
I have found people at work to be pretty accepting and interested in hearing about my martial arts. Maybe it helped that I was known as the super athlete at work before I became know as the martial arts guy, so I already had the sports respect.
Aye, it's a funny old world! The classic one is how people pretend to cower and they say things like, "ooh don't hit me! I'd better watch my step with you!"
Yeah, like I go around whacking people who annoy me (hmm... hold on...)
I bet MMA guys get some hilarious comments and some annoying comparisons with professional wrestling.
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