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visited my sensei and the dojo tonight and bike topic too.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:38 pm
by VermilionX
i figured i'd visit my dojo and sensei and the other students just to say hi.

i stopped training after i got bit by the cat at work. and i could have gone back now but im kinda stuck paying for my bike and insurance. i can still squeeze it in but i don't want to lose the little bit of extra money im getting. plus i wanna add mods to my bike and also track school. so im saving up money.

my sensei told me the dojo is doing fine, lots of new students he said.

it's kinda made me sad since he told me it's ok but he said he could really use me there since im one of his very 1st students and not bragging but one of his best as well. our most senior student has been gone for a long time now and he said he could really use the leadership and example i coudl offer. he also said that some of the students that i know before i left have improved a lot so at least he has some help teaching the newbies.

:cry: being honest to myself, i don't think i'll be able to go back unless i get a good raise at work.

i miss going to the dojo... but my priorities have turned upside down when i got my bike.

getting a bike really changed my life.

how about you guys? any things you used to love doing that you seldom or stopped doing when you started riding?

PS. to those wondering what MA i was training... it's shinkendo, it's a japanese swordmanship class. we use real swords as well as wooden ones but we don't use the real ones on partner practice of course. :laughing:

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:41 pm
by Ninja Geoff
Spending my summer days in my room playing counterstrike. No regrets switching to dirt bike though :laughing:

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:44 pm
by Gadjet
gave up competitive sailboat racing a year after I started riding. Decided last year that I had way more fun riding on weekends than I did going out getting soaked and sunburned.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:01 pm
by Sev
A summer spent playing World of Warcraft... and I gf :P

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:14 pm
by Ninja Geoff
Sevulturus wrote:A summer spent playing World of Warcraft... and I gf :P
GAH! Must... not... play... world of warcraft...

Good thing my dvd drive is on the fritz or i'd install it now.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:26 pm
by Sev
We're doing ZG right now, up to Hakkar, BWL tomorrow night, gotta get down Firemaw... God I'm a geek.

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:36 pm
by Ninja Geoff
Sevulturus wrote:We're doing ZG right now, up to Hakkar, BWL tomorrow night, gotta get down Firemaw... God I'm a geek.
I only made level 32, 30, 7, and 9. What server are you on?

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:40 pm
by Sev
Dragonmaw... I'd show links to my chars... but then I'd be REALLY embarrased!

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:41 pm
by Ninja Geoff
Sevulturus wrote:Dragonmaw... I'd show links to my chars... but then I'd be REALLY embarrased!
PM then :mrgreen: I used to play it a bit. Then stopped for a month, in the mean time i got kicked out of the guild for inactivity, and my friends are level 50+. They still offering to transfer character across servers?

Re: visited my sensei and the dojo tonight and bike topic to

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:59 pm
by flynrider
VermilionX wrote: i stopped training after i got bit by the cat at work.
There's just got to be a good story connected with that statement :)