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⌈ Secret Post #2401 ⌋

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Comments

Am I clumsy?

[(Anonymous)]

Heeeeey F!S, I'm consulting you for some help.

I kind of want to join a martial arts club through my uni next semester but... I'm honestly kind of worried I might come off as one of those stumbly youtube videos of pasty uncoordinated white kids trying to do martial arts.

Here are a couple of videos of me doing a sequence out of a Peiking Opera class I took a while back. In your opinion, am I clumsy/uncoordinated? I would just like to know how I look objectively, since it's hard to know what you look like through other people's eyes.

http://tinypic.com/r/2v1u4xg/5
http://tinypic.com/r/upxza/5

Re: Am I clumsy?

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

I can't really judge since all I have to compare with are various movies -- and compared to them, anything done in RL is bound to look inferior. That said, you look fine to me! I know how hard it can be, but try not to care about what others will think of you and just do what you want to do.

Also, your (Siamese?) cat is adorable! I love how attentive s/he is of you.

Re: Am I clumsy?

[tyger66]

Other than a tiny bit of wobbliness in the first video, you look fine. Without more/longer sequences there's no real way to tell how you look overall, but you don't just look like a stumbly karate-enthused white kid.

I also love your hair.

Re: Am I clumsy?

[insanenoodlyguy]

I was that kid when I started. I got better.

Honestly, this is something Martial arts can help with. Go for it!

Re: Am I clumsy?

[chardmonster]

I'm the clumsiest person I know and I managed to get through a semester of kendo.

You'll be fine.

Re: Am I clumsy?

[(Anonymous)]

you look like you're struggling a little to keep your balance (a little wobbling in your spine that goes down to a leg? I'm not sure how to describe it), but you're pulling off the motions just fine anyway

it seems like the kind of thing that will improve with practice and learning

Re: Am I clumsy?

[(Anonymous)]

I say go for it for it anyway! I'm actually one of those awkward clumsy kids doing martial arts right now, haha (though I'm Asian). Balance and coordination really is something that comes with practice. I literally stumbled into the wall yesterday doing martial arts and I've been doing this for half a year now, so seriously, if it's something you enjoy and really want to do, screw what everyone else thinks of you. I'm sure you'll have fellow comrades starting out too. As for the video, I think you look fine (though I'm not sure if I'm the best person to judge).

Re: Am I clumsy?

[forgottenjester]

Everybody starts somewhere. Just because you're clumsy now doesn't mean you can't learn to control your body better. I don't get it. Have you seen little kids learning martial arts? All of them are clumsy and yet they all learn and move forward and get better. You'll be fine.

Re: Am I clumsy?

[(Anonymous)]

You seem fine. Not expert, but not especially clumsy or uncoordinated. Honestly, I hope you won't worry about it too much. Join the club! Nobody pops out of the womb with moves like Bruce Lee, and if being possibly not great at something kept people from doing stuff, nobody would ever try anything new.