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Apr. 21st, 2003 05:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kafzielSo, I decided that I'm gonna start exercising, and trying to lose weight. See, I'm about 5'6" and weigh something like 260lbs, so I desperately need to trim down before I, y'know, die or something. I think I'll try jogging, or at least walking a lap or two around the block every day or so, but I need to do something.
Interesting how the urge to do this came on me, though. Some guy on the zenosaga.com boards was talking about martial arts, and asking for a good one. I recommended Escrima (also called Arnis de Mano, or Kali), Phillipine stick-fighting, which is judged by the US Army to be the deadliest martial art in the world, and which Navy SEALs are trained in. It occured to me that it'd be really cool to kill people with your bare hands, and I want to learn it myself. However, given the aforementioned fatassed-ness, it's unlikely that I'd last long. Therefore, before I can start ninja-ing it up, I need to lose some weight. My desire to cosplay, without making a (relative) fool of myself, also factors in here, but it's the killing that really got me motivated here.
Well, here goes.
Interesting how the urge to do this came on me, though. Some guy on the zenosaga.com boards was talking about martial arts, and asking for a good one. I recommended Escrima (also called Arnis de Mano, or Kali), Phillipine stick-fighting, which is judged by the US Army to be the deadliest martial art in the world, and which Navy SEALs are trained in. It occured to me that it'd be really cool to kill people with your bare hands, and I want to learn it myself. However, given the aforementioned fatassed-ness, it's unlikely that I'd last long. Therefore, before I can start ninja-ing it up, I need to lose some weight. My desire to cosplay, without making a (relative) fool of myself, also factors in here, but it's the killing that really got me motivated here.
Well, here goes.