Hobby or obsession ?

[stuartm]

Hi all,

How do you view your Wing Chun - as a hobby which you are dedicated to, or your whole life revolves around WC!!

Thoughts??

Stuart

[black and blue]

Go to class three times a week, train in my spare time, go to work and find myself doing SNT in the elevator (when I'm the only one in it), spend too long reading posts on this forum, talk about Wing Chun NON-STOP, have a girlfriend who dispairs.

So, yes... it's a hobby :D

[kj]

Originally posted by stuartm
Hi all,

How do you view your Wing Chun - as a hobby which you are dedicated to, or your whole life revolves around WC!!

Thoughts??

Stuart

Preferring balance to obsession I like to think it is the former. When being honest with myself, it's more the latter in actuality. Gotta fix that, LOL.

Regards,
- Kathy Jo

[WCis4me]

Hi Stuart,

Originally posted by stuartm
Hi all,

How do you view your Wing Chun - as a hobby which you are dedicated to, or your whole life revolves around WC!!

Thoughts??

Stuart
At this point somewhere in the middle of the two I think.
It is a way of life that I am dedicated to. I am still able to keep up with little league coaching, business, family, etc., but see myself drifting to thoughts and practice of WC more and more as the days pass.

Regards,
Vicky

[Alpha Dog]

Obsessing with WC is bad because it will make you spout off like a complete loser about how much you think you know about it for about 6 months; after that you'll begin to realize you are a know-nothing moron and go over to the main Kung Fu board and proceed to refer to the people on the Wing Chun board as retards.

[black and blue]

... totally retarded.

[WCis4me]

Hi AD,

Originally posted by Alpha Dog
Obsessing with WC is bad because it will make you spout off like a complete loser about how much you think you know about it for about 6 months; after that you'll begin to realize you are a no-nothing moron and go over to the main Kung Fu board and proceed to refer to the people on the Wing Chun board as retards.
Don't hold back man, tell us how you really feel.;)

Regards,
Vicky

[black and blue]

He feels retarded... like the rest of us WCK addicts.

[kj]

:D:D:D @ AD.
- kj

[Phenix]

a part of reality in life which I have never noticed it exist but always there. :D

[yuanfen]

wc is a name- like retard in residence- a slow learner-
i need more time!!

[yylee]

if you post 5 times a month it is a hobby, if you post 5 times a day that's an obsession. :D

[Alpha Dog]

Originally posted by yylee
if you post 5 times a month it is a hobby, if you post 5 times a day that's an obsession. :D

... or a sign that your job really BLOWS!

[reneritchie]

interest. It don't pay the bills, cook the dinner, clean the house, or share the laughs.

Obsession is just bad, the result of escapism or over indulgeance. Same as trekkie conventioners, compulsive gamblers, or N'sync fans...

[old jong]

Totalement retardé!...

[old jong]

You must know that the one who called us "retards" is now in the southern forum asking questions about his new "obsession"...Mantis!....

My sincere condoleances to the praying mantis system and the relatives.

[anerlich]

Wing Chun is a hobby.

BJJ is an obsession.

[Neurotic]

...the voices in my head tell me I can quit whenever I want....

[yuanfen]

Obsession? nah!
But...


When I find myself in times of trouble
Ng Mui come to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be, let it be

[PaulH]

You know the answer when you wake up with an interesting WC thought and end your day with a nagging WC question.

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise men? - Natalie Clifford Barney

Regards,

[Spark]

You know you're obsessed when you love your sash so much you wear it as a scarf.

[Alpha Dog]

Originally posted by Spark
You know you're obsessed when you love your sash so much you wear it as a scarf.

Yeah, sometimes I do that, put goggles on and sit on top of my doghouse. I feel just like a Wing Chun Flying Ace.

[Mr Punch]

But I'm afraid my answer is more boring...

hobby and obsession are only two choices, and not wide enough at that.

For me I am accepting it as part of a way of thinking and moving that I found in me as I was growing up, and as an adult. In a way, it was always part of my character, like the food I like, like the way I talk, like my other MA practise as part of my philosophy, like the way I wake up, like the...




Oh sh*t! Guess it's an obsession...!

:eek: :o :( :rolleyes: :D :cool:

[sel]

obsession and profession. my wife too.
which is great 'cause she doesn't complain about me training too much, she comes along to training herself.
our kids enjoy it as well. we're a regular wing chun family:D

[Ng Mui]

God, Family, work than Wing Chun.
Any obsession is unhealthy, moderation is the key to happiness.

[relax]

does your gym train you hard enough?

I don't see how it can possible be an obsession, we do mad cardio and we are so burnt out I can't wait to get out of class at the end of 1.5 hours

Its very strenous, I don't even think about martial arts after the class... crazy.

[Alpha Dog]

Originally posted by relax
does your gym train you hard enough?

I don't see how it can possible be an obsession, we do mad cardio and we are so burnt out I can't wait to get out of class at the end of 1.5 hours

Its very strenous, I don't even think about martial arts after the class... crazy.

Do you guys wear legwarmers? What kind of music do you work out to?

[foolinthedeck]

i'm too lazy.
so its neither.