Hello from Dublin

[zenbuffy]

Hello,

Previous lurker but newly registered poster, I've only just started frequenting forums again, having taken a long break from doing so. I'm a blogger, frequent twitterer, computer scientist, biologist, martial artist, and nerd.

I hope to keep contributing.

Buffy

[phands]

Greetings, and welcome!

Where in Dublin? I'm just south of the city in Greystones.

[Full Tilt Boogie]

Welcome ZB - look forward to your input.

[David B]

Glad to see another addition to the Irish contingent:)

David

[Ray Moscow]

Welcome! I like your blog.

[Redshirt]

Welcome zenbuffy. :)

I didn't expect that linking to your blog would actually summon you here! :)

I found your blog quite interesting as well. I've been thinking about taking a martial arts course (one that involves tossing rather than kicking and punching -- judo I suppose). The problem is that I'm as blind as a bat without my eyeglasses. I can wear contacts, I suppose. But won't those get knocked out too from me being tossed around and stuff?

[Ray Moscow]

Redshirt, unless you are very nearsighted indeed, you won't need glasses for any grappling classes or really any other close-quarter art.

The tricky bit (speaking as a nearsighted person myself) might be watching the instructor(s) at a distance, then applying the same thing up close. For that, you might need contacts.

IMO, judo is a good place to start if you want to learn some wrestling. It's more of a sport than an actual martial art (the actual martial art behind it is jujitsu), but you'll learn some of the latter in it anyway.

[neilstone40]

:evil:Hi zenbuffy, welcome to SC.

Good to have yet another martial artist on board (there's a few lurking around although the ninjutsu practitioners are really hard to find for some reason)

A few martial arts related discussions crop up from time to time and it's always good to have a range of opinions and experience.

Feel free to kick of your shoes and slip on your zori's.

NS40

[alien billie]

Well hello from Dublin right back at ya!

(Typed from a Dublin hotel room).

[Notta]

Welcome! Glad you decided to join.

[zenbuffy]

Greetings, and welcome!

Where in Dublin? I'm just south of the city in Greystones.

Thanks - I'm pretty far south, just a short drive from the Wicklow mountains.

Welcome zenbuffy. :)

I didn't expect that linking to your blog would actually summon you here! :)

I found your blog quite interesting as well. I've been thinking about taking a martial arts course (one that involves tossing rather than kicking and punching -- judo I suppose). The problem is that I'm as blind as a bat without my eyeglasses. I can wear contacts, I suppose. But won't those get knocked out too from me being tossed around and stuff?

Lol! I'm very short-sighted myself, I can barely see without my glasses. I use contacts when I train and have never had any trouble with them being knocked out when I'm thrown. I do Jiu Jitsu (traditional, not brazillian) (among other things) so there's a lot of throwing! I use daily disposable lenses too, so worst comes to worst, I can just pull them out and throw them away, so they work pretty well.

Thanks for the welcomes in general guys (and girls!) :)

[DMB]

A belated welcome from me too.

[Stephen]

Hello

[jimbo]

Hello and welcome to the forum :wave:

[Redshirt]

Lol! I'm very short-sighted myself, I can barely see without my glasses. I use contacts when I train and have never had any trouble with them being knocked out when I'm thrown. I do Jiu Jitsu (traditional, not brazillian) (among other things) so there's a lot of throwing! I use daily disposable lenses too, so worst comes to worst, I can just pull them out and throw them away, so they work pretty well.


Thank you, Jennifer. :) I'm planning a visit to the optometrist soon, so perhaps I'll invest in some. Now the challenge is finding a Jiu Jitsu class that's not far from where I live (I don't own a car).

I will also need to find the right type of class that's compatible with how I learn things. I'm a bit of a slow learner when it comes to kinesthetic (hands-on) things and I don't want to get left in the dust!

[Shake]

Welcome, zenbuffy!