I don't doubt that a Tylen posted that at some point  :(  And he will have had Hand 2 Hand combat experience at some point.  -  So the story holds true -  although I suspect he exaggerated his ability somewhat  :)  And I suspect those stories came from before his accident  :)

He is good at shooting things though :)


*grins*  I started Ju Jitsu in my late 40s -  then got dumped quite badly on my neck/shoulder/back -  It was a good  four/five/six months before it was pain free and I could join in properly  again.  Unfortunately, by that time I had other things on my mind and never got back to it at all seriously. I thought about restarting a few years ago, and the local class was all so young and high speed I decided against it.  I would still like to find something -  every so often I look for Aikido classes ...

Thank you, Yasmine!

Injuries are an unfortunate consequence of serious martial arts.  :(  I'm sorry you had that experience, Tylen - I understand well being dumped on the shoulder, as I've had my own separated from something similar.  And sundry other injuries that continue to plague me.

*sighs*

But if one approaches martial arts with a certain caution, even in middle age one can still enjoy some benefits!  :D

Indeed -  although one needs to find the right class / instructor  etc etc  :)  I saw a nice article on the BBC the other day about a pensioner teaching martial arts techniques that used a walking stick.  That sounded right up my path ...

Definitely.  When one joins a school/gets a teacher, one must first know what one wishes to achieve.

There are a lot of different reasons people learn martial arts!  :)

You're welcome.


Walking stick, eh?  Any martial art out there using pizza?  That's right up my path!  8)

Pizza-ninjas...?

They were called Turtles   :)

I prefer my TMNT Old School.  :)

Heroes in the half-shell?  Umm... Turtle Power?!?

No, no.  Further back.  C'mon.

Um....

  "He's wrong.  We're not wearing costumes..."

Give the man a cigar!  :D

Whew!  Thank god for old reprints.  But, I'll have to beg off on the cigar, I can't believe that the Doctor is advocating smoking.... The Steward, I might believe, but the Doctor?

Which Doctor?  The new one?

Ugh.

Hmmm... Well, Karen Gillan is pretty cute, but not the Doctor ... Matt Smith is not that bad looking; especially for the Doctor.  Though our Doctor is admittedly much, much cuter.  Even if she does advocate smoking.

Oh, THAT. *belated understanding*  I've told you I'm obtuse.

It's a futuristic cigar.  Non-carcinogenic, non-addictive.

Hmmm.  Next thing you'll be telling me is that it doesn't burn or stink.  At which point, is it really a cigar?  Sort of like Diet Coke to me... no caffeine, no calories, no sugar (no flavor, no color, &c.) - Should it really have Coke in the name? ... :)

Sorry to disappoint you they took the cocaine out of all of  it -  even the full fat stuff - years ago.

Saskia, I took a little liberty with taking your character's hand - I hope it's okay.  If not, I can edit!

I cave to peer pressure - I will now be using Dark Green text when Shui talks.  :(

What?  That's my colour, people are all using it now?

Where's my auto shotgun!?

;)

Curses!

I will seek out another colour.  Better that than suffer the pain of the shotgun!

BLUE, then.

I know, the NPC's tend to use blue.  Unless our Fearless Leader objects, I'll go with that.

I've been using it for intercom anyway.  :D

How about just Green instead of DarkGreen?  I'm thinking that Yellow and Pink are not going to work... *shields eyes from the abomination of color that he has wrought*

Green...hmmm...

Will consider for use if the Boss nixes the Blue.  :)

You're free to use any colour you like, or no colour at all.

I just use blue a lot of the time because I like it.  :)