OK, people who know about martial arts. I've got a question that *no one* has been able to answer for me, in about five years of asking. Is there a martial art that I could do? I use a wheelchair or crutches, although I have good upper body strength, and can stand some of the time (I'm used to falling, and wouldn't mind, if I had a mat to fall over onto). I am so desperate to do something more interesting than pilates and swimming. Any ideas?
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 02, 2009 10:06:44 pm PST #16751 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
billytea - Nov 02, 2009 10:47:02 pm PST #16752 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Hey, check out Google! It's celebrating Melbourne Cup Day. I'm chuffed.
Calli - Nov 03, 2009 1:21:57 am PST #16753 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Huh. Google's not showing anything new for me, billytea. Maybe it's based on your ip address?
I get bored very easily with exercise. I'm on the verge of quitting my running group, which I loved the first time I tried it. But it's not doing it for me this time around. Aikido was great until the head of the dojo got arrested for child molestation. I shouldn't let that put me off a whole martial art, but it did. Biking remains fun, so maybe I just need to focus on that for a while.
I am a little bit interested in fencing (waves at amych), but not enough to drive 45 minutes to try it.
Barb - Nov 03, 2009 2:54:49 am PST #16754 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Barb, when you come to Seattle, you can come ballroom dancing with ME!!
Ooooh YAY!, Yes!!
ION, Morning came entirely too soon. *glares at doggies and wills their body clocks to adjust NOW*
Not enough coffee to alleviate this gronk.
Lee - Nov 03, 2009 3:08:12 am PST #16755 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Substitute cats for dogs, and I am right there with you Barb.
Steph L. - Nov 03, 2009 3:20:10 am PST #16756 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I've finally pulled out Ray, the trusty light box. This is, I think, the latest in the year I've ever pulled him out (it's usually mid- to late-October). And I'm not actually *depressed,* per se; I'm just dragging. Even with the time change. So -- Ray.
I mean, there was a pleasant sensation once the OUCH and $%^&NEEDLE@#$% stuff went away, but not enough to make it worth it had I not wanted some permanent darkness on my skin.
Get bigger tattoos? I totally got an endorphin rush from my back piece and the bats on my forearm.
Man, nothing else has ever given me the endorphin rush that getting my tat did. I'd get another, but I can't think of a design. (Okay, I *do* want a semi-colon. Seriously. But not very big, and I don't know where I want it. So that's not a big deal and I can't forsee the same endorphin rush that I got from the lotus.)
Barb - Nov 03, 2009 3:35:52 am PST #16757 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Substitute cats for dogs, and I am right there with you Barb.
::raises coffee mug in solidarity::
Lee - Nov 03, 2009 3:44:38 am PST #16758 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ditaboo landed on my head this morning.
flea - Nov 03, 2009 3:45:19 am PST #16759 of 30001
information libertarian
The only thing I have ever gotten the legendary endorphin rush from is giving birth. Which is hardly a practical exercise program.
ION, 4am wakeup? So not on, self.
erikaj - Nov 03, 2009 3:47:47 am PST #16760 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Not really up on martial arts except I did know a guy in a chair who did a lot. So it can be done.