| ed out loud. | | | | his left hand. |
| I couldn't help myself. The emotional blast of | | | | All of a sudden, he threw a vicious right hand. I |
| adrenaline was so intense, my body could only | | | | instinctively ducked it, which I later realized he |
| cope with the jolt by releasing it through laughter. | | | | wanted me to do. His right hand whistled past my |
| Why was I laughing so hard? | | | | ear, and the energy from the punch kept him |
| Because I was dead. | | | | moving...moving...into a quick twirl and then |
| Well, not really dead as in the literal sense. But if | | | | "THWAP!"...I heard the impact more than felt it. |
| my life was a karate movie, I would have been | | | | A deadly spinning back fist to my skull. Luckily he |
| one of those ninjas getting hammered | | | | pulled the strike, and his fist was padded, and my |
| unconscious by the hero with a single blow. | | | | head was protected with the karate sparring gear. |
| I was standing in the karate dojo, with full foam | | | | The impact could have been much, much worse. |
| rubber armor on. I had karate sparring gear on | | | | Glad he was a real gentleman about it and didn't |
| my head, hands, chest, shins and feet. I felt like a | | | | try to hurt me. I shook my melon and then broke |
| gladiator. The only problem is that I am still | | | | out laughing. |
| horrible at karate. | | | | I would have been dead in real life, or at least in |
| I was "pretend sparring" with an amateur muay | | | | the movies...a ninja laying uncconscious for sure. I |
| thai kickboxer that had crazy skills. He was taking | | | | laughed so hard my partner started laughing. Our |
| it real easy on me. | | | | "pretend sparring" session was over. I was |
| The armor had given me a little confidence, and I | | | | sweating like a fat man trying to return cold soup |
| was throwing my right kicks about waist high, and | | | | at a restaurant. |
| even a few punches at him. He could block all my | | | | Another great workout at my karate dojo over...I |
| attacks with ease, and kept staring at me, | | | | feel great and I have lost over 7 pounds in just |
| keeping me slightly off balance with little jabs with | | | | the last 2 months. |