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Page 1 of 2 You Know You've Been In the Martial Arts Too Long When... * You say to the salesman in the men's store: "Nice pants, but I don't think I can kick in them." * When you want to say: "I'm sorry," and involuntarily bow. * You go to the shoe store to try on shoes. Then instead of walking or jogging around the store, you practice pivoting, sweeps, stances and kicks. * You check to see if the shoe has a sufficiently hard striking surface and whether it protects the toes well. * Lastly, you don't even care if (and they probably are) the other patrons are looking at you funny. (That's the big clue!) * Every time you pass a wall you start to wonder: 'Is that structural or drywall?' THEN you know you've gone overboard. * You hit your head on a low doorway or ceiling, then kick it in anger and damage it. * "GAK! NO! The left side of the bathrobe goes on top...." * "What was I doing in my office when I was spinning around and flailing my arms and legs? Ahhhhhmmmmmmm....." * You're practicing your arm blocks while driving down the highway, notice someone in another car staring at you, and suddenly turn your block into vigorously fanning away an imaginary fly. * You use various strikes to turn lights off and on, don your clothing with kicks, thrusts, and punches, open and close doors with spinning kicks, find yourself idly doing iaido and kenjitsu moves with the plastic knives at the fast food place. * You can't walk by anybody from your school without casually exchanging a flurry of mock strikes and kicks. * You haven't gotten over the phase of seeing everybody walking around with a blanket of little red cross-hairs on all their vital spots. * You leap to your feet and shriek with indignation while watching ‘Kung Fu‘, ‘Walker, ‘Texas Ranger‘, and ‘Highlander’ at home. * You deliberately go to see martial arts movies in the theater so you can leap to your feet and shriek with indignation during the movie, out in the parking lot, and with all your friends the next time you're at class
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