bowing in

[jubaji]

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[wsdddoa012]

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jubaji

[wsdddoa012]

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Jubaji Yeah it may be so. But I was apologizing to everyone else in the forum for YOUR ARROGANCE.. Although funny as hell, it's getting annoying.

tata

[jubaji]

Jubaji Yeah it may be so. But I was apologizing to everyone else in the forum for YOUR ARROGANCE..

Why don't you stick to apologizing for yourself, assface?

[aku aku]

Some cultures they scream as a sign of respect towards eachother,

That's cool! I think we should scream at each other.

In any case EVERY culture has a way of addressing respect towards eachother. Bowing is just one in a hundred ways.

That's why I don't feel we need to bow to show respect. My native, western culture already has ways to show respect but I want to change my answer. I think we should scream at each other.

[wsdddoa012]

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Assface? haha that's a funny one is that the best you can come up with? Seriously...

[wsdddoa012]

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I should've actually put chanting but to me it sounded like yelling?

[jubaji]

Assface? haha that's a funny one is that the best you can come up with? Seriously...

Don't blame me. You're the one with the ass for a face.

[Garland]

be ready to be shocked and suprised.

I believe that some sort of bow or salute is absolutely MANDATORY for any class. It shouldn't be brushed off as a formality. It is necessary to show respect for your instructor, who is giving you a gift- and to the training partners that are giving their bodies to you to train with. It is a way to build a rapport and as a group, and to honor each other.

It can be as simple as a handshake or a nod, shit, even a joke or a pat on the back...it doesn't need to be a traditional bow or formal homage... it simply needs to be a signal and sign of respect and fraternity.

That aside...I am kind of fond of all of these formal methods. I like the Thai wai, I like the Jun fan salute, the FMA salute, the savate salute, the bow...etc. It keeps a tiny bit of the culture and meaning or though behind the art alive. Done right, with enough earnesty, insight, and self reflection...it can be a powerful tool to understanding the art itself (such as a rammuay or it's equivalent in krabbi krabrong) and can even have value as a...profilactic, preventative means of self defense. (understanding the need to give others a nod, a reminder to keep your cool as well as to keep your own space without infringing or disrespecting others...to keep an air of humility, responsibility, reciprocity, and respect).

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jubaji,

I knew your face looked like your ass but I had no idea just how much that was true!!

[jubaji]

jubaji,

I knew your face looked like your ass but I had no idea just how much that was true!!

It took you a week to come up with that?

[Garland]

Jubaji,
It's not the insult, but the zen mindset put into it. Like a kyudo shot, it's about becoming one with the insult.

Deep. Very deep.

I must meditate on this one. Maybe we can turn it into a koan.

[jubaji]

Maybe we should just leave it in the koen.

[Garland]

Maybe we should just leave it in the koen.

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[jubaji]

I can't believe someone actually got my lame joke!