So for those of you who already know me, know that I'm all about keeping active and I like to keep active EVERY SINGLE DAY, if I can. Whether I'm in the city running errands or running from one work place to another or galavanting around with my family, boyfriend or friends I never like to allow a dull moment to creep in! It might be an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, considering I don't even like sleep, eventhough it's kind of necessary. But whatever it is, I like my little OCD trait and it has helped me to learn and experiment with new activities to keep me occupied.
Lately, the new activity I've found to keep me busy and help me find even more energy is... KICKBOXING! I got my uniform, my boxing gloves, hand wraps and I even got an extra stripe added to my white belt last week. It's an exciting class and I've been taking it for about 3 weeks now, but on Saturday I decided it was time to try and take on a 2 hour session instead of the usual one hour. I had a great time and a great workout, and I also got to do a little thinking...
I arrived to my "Tiger Schulman's" school around 10 am on Saturday. I walked through the gigantic glass doors with the heavy wooden frames swiped my card at the entry as usual, ran downstairs, changed into my uniform, got my gloves and locked my locker. I ran upstairs quickly to realize the class had already started warming up, but this class was nothing like the basic core I was used to taking the previous 3 weeks... for starters there were a lot more people, and I was one of the few white belts in there. After I threw myself into the warm up as discreetly as possible, and watched our trainer show us our first round of combinations, I was partnered with a blue belt (Oh boy...) and gave it my absolute best...I have to say I did pretty damn good considering I was lower in rank! The class was harder but not overwhelmingly difficult and inbetween rounds I started observing other students in the class and I found it funny... because these people reminded me of being in high school again! I know... weird right? I know you're thinking how can this OCD weirdo compare kickboxing and sitting in a highschool classroom to be the same? Well, JUST OBSERVE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU! Most people don't ever grow up and when they do, they don't really change that much.
"Different set of characters, different scenery and different costumes but the plot stays the same." This used to be a popular quote an excellent history teacher of mine (may he rest in peace) used to repeat to his class of sophmore highschool students at Saint Vincent Ferrer High. Not really caring or understanding what kind of message this teacher was trying to elicit, his group of students just stared over his head at the clock counting the minutes down until our next free hour, as he day after day repeated this quote to us.
It's funny how it has been almost 7 years since I've heard this saying and yesterday was when I found myself repeating it! Everyone has on a Karate uniform, the characters are all different in age and background, yet you still manage to find the same genre's of personalities. You have the over-achiever, the flirtatious one, the tom boy, the ego-maniac and the damsel in distress who all create the same scenarios for themselves. In my class of kickboxing I've encountered all of the same personalities I've already met in my highschool classes. So, I guess my history teacher did have a valid point... in every story the plot is always the same, even though the characters, costumes and scenery is different.
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