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Originally Posted by Kareyn
All I can think of right now is, "Keep my mouth shut for serenity? This could be the answer to all of my problems!"
It is a strange thing to walk into the dojo and know my boundaries. By nature I am silly. My humor is the one thing I enjoy about myself. What I love about my sensei is his ability to let us lose it a bit in class and then he can use a tone or a word or a look and we are all quiet and mouths shut again. So, I am assuming that courtesy is being socially aware of the actions and reactions of those around me. I can't imagine me in Japan. Or Guam. Or in any other dojo. I'd get my arse thrown out lickity-split.
However, people like me crave structure and discipline. To be reminded t o keep my head low, my eyes up and my mouth shut gives me a calming feeling that allows me to feel safer and stronger. But, darn, are those jowls forming when I keep my chin low? Eeek!
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I have mosty sought out similar dojo's for my day to day training as I have a simiar personality - I do however love to go to the old school dojo's and just train 100%.