Ten Reasons Why Escrima Is Cooler Than Tae Kwon Do

[bliumchik]

1. As we all know from dozens of movie scenes in which the girl who suspects her house has been broken into picks up a baseball bat, gripping a handle is tremendously comforting in times of potential violence.
2. Every single pattern we learn need only be sped up to become a whirlwind of death.
3. Wood > fists.
4. The sticks tap out a beat that really helps my focus.
5. At no point in Tae Kwon Do did I ever learn a move that makes a terrifying whooshing noise.
6. Tae Kwon Do has a zillion colours of belt. Escrima just has brown and black with lots of notches on them.
7. Partial list of totally badass people who use escrima sticks: Nightwing, Oracle, Teyla Emmagan.
8. Easily transferable to whatever vaguely sticklike weapon you happen to have handy.
9. So I can practice with my umbrella on my way home.
10. You guys. I get to hit things with sticks.

Comments

[fiercelydreamed.livejournal.com]

11. Looks uber-badass when you practice the basic forms. I did a little of it when I was a teenager -- it's awesome.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

:D

[godzemo.livejournal.com]

Also, tae kwon do tends to not be an actual self-defence class. It's usually just there to make money selling people new belts :p

[astridthemighty.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm sold. Any chance of there being room in your class next year? Hitting things with sticks is totally my bag.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

There's always room :P just come along one night, the first class is free. It's up at ITC on Park St.

[astridthemighty.livejournal.com]

Which night? I am totally tempted by hitting things with sticks.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Mondays, I think 7:30, I go Wednesdays at six.