--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > "There is a principle in the martial arts, that whoever > > > strikes first loses. Because to strike at another takes > > > you off your center, re-your imbalance, and opens you up." > > > > What kind of rookie martial artist stikes while off balance? > > The new guy. Sounds like advice from Mr Miyagi from the Karate > > Kd movies, don't believe it. > > Exactly. > > The advice in question seems to have come from > Michael Dean Goodman, who would feel compelled > to describe a punch in 4,000 words before he > threw it. > > And who would then be surprised to find that > his opponent had grown bored with all the talk > and left long ago. > > As a form of martial arts -- bore your opponent > to death -- it has its advantages, but only if > the opponent doesn't kick you in the nuts after > the first paragraph or so. >
You might want to contemplate He of the Big Nose before you assume that the talkative guy is an easy mark.
