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