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You Might Be a Judo Player if...
- You think sweating builds character.
- You don't mind having more bruises than medals.
- You think nothing worth while comes easily....and you're ok with that.
- You think teamwork means actually helping each other.
- You think mixing it up is a way to have a good time.
- You miss wrestling season.
- You can get slammed on your back.....and laugh.
- You think safety is as important as learning to apply pain.
- You think learning to fall helps you learn to throw people.
- You have more potential than you realize.
- You want to wrestle competitively......but you're a girl.
- You think traveling to tournaments is a vacation.
- You want to interrupt your summer for the Hoosier State Games.....and win.
- You can get thrown by a smaller player......and you don't mind.
- You think your family includes people that you're not even related to.
- You think the slogan 'No pain, no gain' hasn't been overused yet.
- You spend more time planning for a healthy diet then you do for a date.....
- ......because your date is practicing too.
- You actually need calories!!
- You take your child to practice because you're in the same class.
- You can pivot on one bent leg while sweeping with the other...but you can't dance.
- Your wedding day is the same day as the Nationals.....so you're late to one event.
- You remember your wedding anniversary as the day after the big tournament.
- Your honeymoon was a trip to the Midwest Open in Joliet, Ill.
- You think your spouse understands. (yeah, right!!)
- You think "mutual welfare and benefit" means taking turns strangling each other to the point of unconsciousnes.
- During intimate relations with the opposite sex, you find yourself thinking, "Wow, he/she's wide-open for an armbar."
- You just don't feel right unless your body feels like a six-ounce steak after a hard session with the tenderizer.
- Your list of desirable qualities in the opposite sex includes: "attractively placed gi burns on the face and neck," "never submits until arm is ready to break," and "wicked drop seoi-nage."
- People refuse to hug you, shake your hand, etc., because you never let go until they tap out or someone yells "Matte!"
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