I think I might be having a midlife crisis...
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at 37...
I have just joined a karate class.. Apparently it is only 3 years to black belt if you train 2 times a week! Loads of ladies there too.. all the black belts are women..(well, a few blokes, but many ladies!)..
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I have just joined a karate class.. Apparently it is only 3 years to black belt if you train 2 times a week! Loads of ladies there too.. all the black belts are women..(well, a few blokes, but many ladies!)..
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which dojo have you joined? go kan ru ( most popular in au )
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Erm, wouldn't it have made sense to join a karate class with mostly all men?
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All the black belts are women! If I start reporting that I am staring at female arses then Broadshoulders might have a mild heart attack! lmao!
There are plenty of guys there actually - all shapes and sizes and all ages.. but only a couple of male black belts.. perhaps women in general stay for the whole course and blokes tend to give up when the going gets tough.... aye? aye??...![Stick Out Tongue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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There are plenty of guys there actually - all shapes and sizes and all ages.. but only a couple of male black belts.. perhaps women in general stay for the whole course and blokes tend to give up when the going gets tough.... aye? aye??...
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All the black belts are women! If I start reporting that I am staring at female arses then Broadshoulders might have a mild heart attack! lmao!
There are plenty of guys there actually - all shapes and sizes and all ages.. but only a couple of male black belts.. perhaps women in general stay for the whole course and blokes tend to give up when the going gets tough.... aye? aye??...![Stick Out Tongue](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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There are plenty of guys there actually - all shapes and sizes and all ages.. but only a couple of male black belts.. perhaps women in general stay for the whole course and blokes tend to give up when the going gets tough.... aye? aye??...
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I've just started wearing Hai Karate, am I in crisis?
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