Negativities of a Chronically Vulgar Girl

Last night I dreamt that I was on humungous lift to the top floor of a HDB block, and there were various enemies dropping in from nowhere into the lift, just like in those cheesy 2d scrolling beat em' ups from the 90s.

I spent at least half an hour fighting them all off before waking up covered in sweat.

I'm so awesome I can even train in my sleep! What a time saver!

I had an early meeting today, and after that I took a cab back to office.

Upon paying the cab driver the fare, I suddenly burst out laughing.

I forgot I had a car and that I drove to the meeting.

$10 burnt! Woohoo!

As I was being systematically taken apart by my Da Shi Shiong at Wing Chun once again last Thursday, I realised (amidst the flurry of palm strikes and fists peppering my chest and face) that if he were using any strength, he'd easily beat the shit out of me. Heck, he could probably kill me right there.

And I'm not exaggerating. I mean, the guy (think he's about 30) is like half my size, and yet when he blocks or pushes me, I stumble back even though I'm actually braced for the impact while he doesn't move an inch. He also happens to be damn nice, humble and an excellent teacher.

That got me thinking about a lot of these pretentious Muay Thai fucks I've seen who walk around with a permanent scowl on their faces, shoulders hunched like fucking gorillas who would more than likely pick a fight with anyone just to prove how "tough" they are, and how pointless it is (come to think of it, I think I was a little like that when I was a lot younger hahaha).

It doesn't fucking matter if you look like you could kick my ass. The bottome line is that when the time comes, you have to be able to prove that you can do it.

I think that's part of the reason why I didn't take to Muay Thai. Although it's a great and effective system, it's too brutish and lacks class and finesse, which indirectly leads to schools being filled with all kinds of assholes and douchebags.

Sure, you get the occassional asshole Wing Chun (or Chinese Martial Arts) practitioner too, but from my experience at the school I'm at so far, the vast majority are good, helpful people. I think a major factor is my sifu. When some of the students get carried away during training, he'll usually exclaim "so vicious for what? We're here to train and learn from our friends, you know? Why you want to hit your friend?"

He's also always emphasising the fact that we have to help our juniors (that's me, haha), and that although Wing Chun is a deadly art, we use it for self defense and fitness, not to randomly attack people. I guess that's the kind of fighter I want to be - fit and able to defend myself when the time comes, but not needing to be an overly vicious asshole while I'm at it.

After all, it definitely makes me a much more pleasant person to be around for my friends, and it's probably good for my blood pressure too hahaha.

Oh and I helped to train my first junior last Tuesday! I have to say, it felt quite good to teach whatever I knew, which turned out to be quite a lot already (theory stuff anyway, the practical bit still needs a lot of work). Helped that I approach Martial Arts in a typically geeky fashion with lots of books and research too, I suppose. Some of the seniors next to me were actually quite surprised!