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Originally posted by rodgerd
You're not missing much. They hurt, even when you "win".
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I disagree. While I don't entirely condone fighting, I truly believe that some individuals require a good beating to encourage paradigm shifts (e.g. insulting my mother to not insulting my mother).
When I fight -- though as noted, it's been a while -- I tend to smile and laugh, even as I take one to the face. This has a tendency to really freak people out, or to enrage them even further, but I can't help it. I truly have a good time when I'm fighting -- unless it's because you've said something about my mom -- even when I happen to come out on the bottom.
The heart pumps, the lungs burn, your muscles twitch with adrenal energy... For me, I really believe that endorphins flood my body. In all, I think it's an incredibly euphoric experience.
Maybe this is because I've lost a relatively small amount of fights for the number I've been in. I'm small, but I'm rugged as fuck 'cause all my best friends were highly ranked (red belt through 3rd dan) in TKD, and they loved to spar with me when I first started.
Once you've had a 3rd dan land a combination turning hook-round-turning crescent to the head, body, head, respectively, a punch or two isn't gonna do much to faze ya.