You Know You Are Doing Too Much Karate If…
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Jesse in Archive, Karate
Karate people tend to be too “stiff and serious” sometimes, so let’s try some humor, shall we?
You know you are doing too much Karate if…
- You find yourself casually standing in a cat stance when waiting for the bus.
- You trip, go into a roll and come up in a perfect fighting stance, yelling “KIAI!”. In church.
- You are introduced to someone and you bow deeply to greet them.
- You stand in horse stance when doing the dishes.
- You tie your bathrobe belt in a perfect knot; then check to make sure the ends hang exactly even.
- You scream “NO! The left side of the bathrobe must go on top…”
- You accept change from the cashier in your local supermarket using a perfect knife hand with the thumb carefully tucked in.
- When you’re outside doing gardening you find yourself doing more Kobudo kata than work, with all the fancy tools.
- You answer “HAI!”. To your boss.
- You look for new accommodation based not on the price or location, but on the amount of practice space it provides.
- You find yourself practicing bo techniques in miniature with your pencil during dull meetings.
- You can’t pass a mirror without doing some Karate moves.
- You find yourself practicing stances while standing in lines. Strangely, most people are standing cautiously far, far away from you.
- You don’t use any tools while splitting firewood. Only your fists.
- Every time you handle a screwdriver or bread knife, you just can’t help changing grip; from hammer grip to reverse to flip over to dagger grip etc.
- You always try to backfist the light button when you enter rooms, based on your memory of the button’s location, without looking (I know I’m not the only one!).
- You open and close doors with various spinning kicks (especially the fridge).
- You spontaneously bow when going into and out of the bathroom/office/classroom (who hasn’t?).
- You always do Karate moves when brushing your teeth. Always.
Feel free to fill in the rest!
You know you are doing too much Karate if…
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I am glad someone out there is also an intense karate nerd
"You find yourself practicing stances while standing in lines. Strangely, most people are standing cautiously far, far away from you."
SO TRUEEEEEE!!!
HAHA xD
Use any surface as a makiwara, not to hit hard but to practice the technique
Yeah, that's a good one. Reminds me of one of my sensei in Okinawa, who constantly would hit walls, doors, fences, buildings etc, when we were out walking!
Well, when we are telling jokes: How many karate students do you need to change a lightbulb? Eight – one will change the lightbulb, the others will stand around in a vivid discussion that in their style it has to be done SLIGHTLY different.
(I hope I haven't screwed it up too much, English is not my native language.
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I like that!
I have a friend who collects change with a perfect shuto. I use kiba dachi all the time while doing the dishes and often use axe kicks to open doors, specially if I have my hands full. I usually do something when standing in lines, neko ashi dachi or sanchin dachi or something. I’m not ashamed at all ;;