A funny thing happened to me on the way to the dojo.....

Hooked On Karate?

Do you wake up Saturday mornings stiff and sore? Is another night like Friday night the only thing that will make you feel better? Do you train alone? Do you find that once you have thrown a jab, you can't stop until you've followed it by a reverse punch even at the bus stop when you think nobodys looking? If so, you may be (Shock, Horror) HOOKED ON KARATE. How do you know? Here are a few clues.

1. You know your hooked on karate when the first word out of your parrot's mouth is a KIAI! and you teach your cat to free spar.
2. You know your hooked when you shut the fridge door with a side thrust kick.
3. You know your hooked on karate when you buy clothes based on whether you can kick in them.
4. You know your hooked on karate when your bed time reading are written by authors such as Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa and Musashi Miyamoto.
5. You know your hooked on karate when you perform a miniature Bo Kata with a pencil in a boring meeting.
6. You know your hooked on karate when your youngest child can perform a Jodan Mawashi Geri whilst still in nappies.
7. You know your hooked on karate when you perform the opening move of Unsu whilst pressing a door bell.
8. You know your hooked on karate when you answer OSS when the bus driver is telling you the cost of the bus fare.
9. You know your hooked on karate when the house you buy is based on the amount of training space.
10. You know your hooked on karate when you bow when entering a room for a meeting and then kneeling to be given permission to enter.

Peter last seen performing a text book Jodan Mawashi

B&Q Ryu

There was a little guy sitting at a bar drinking a beer. A large guy walked into the bar and he went up to the little guy and karate chopped him in the back.

The little guy fell off his bar stool and when he got up the big guy said, ''That was a karate chop from Korea.'' The big guy went to the gamesroom and the little guy ordered himself another beer.

About 20 minutes later the big guy came back and karate chopped the little guy in the back again.

The little guy got up and dusted himself off and the big guy told him,''That was a karate chop from China.'' The little guy got up and decided he wasn't going to take any more of this, so he left the bar.

About an hour later the little guy comes back to the bar and he hits the big guy in the back. The big guy is knocked out cold and he's on the floor.

The little guy tells the bartender , ''Tell him that was a hammer from B&Q!''

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