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Bridge of deaaath... eek

Master Cho? I know Cho is a really common name, but are you in Georgia? Atlanta? Master Cho Karate or whatever he's calling it now?

Anyway. My most amazing feat... -thinks-

It will of course suck compared to everyone else's. OH. I know.

As already explained in application and bio, I went on and off with Sword class. The first time I got back, I jumped back on pretty quickly and easily, but always was a little behind. I was the second-oldest member (in terms of being there, not age) but the lowest level. But I did manage to rise up again to be with my peers.
The second time I got back, because I was gone for almost a year, I never really caught back up. I was always messing up all my katas, and I felt like a dimwit because things I used to do with perfection turned into struggling feats.

Regardless, my teacher, Pedro, had this weid sadistic thing about sparring with me, because I always pulled awkward moves. Whether that was because I was swinging the sword around randomly and didn't know the rules, or because I was actually good somehow, I don't know. Regardless, I would always lose.

So this one day, about a month before I quit for the last time, actually, I got to spar him again.
I am not sure whether he was going easy on me: He usually doesn't, just because I've seen him spar with higher levels before, and know what he does.

Well, this one time, as per my signature, I move in first. Pedro is f'ing fast as lightning and hard as rock. Even through the massive amount of armor we have to wear, it still hurts- and we're using a light bamboo sword, here(shinai). I go in with a stab to the gut, he parries and copies my move. I somehow, very unmajestically, jump out of the way and go for a slice to his hip(not sure what that move is calle,d but it was horizontal).
He turns and dodges parries again, shoving my shinai out of the way to bring his and smack it through my neck, but I copy his move and we end up killing eachother at the same time.

I thought it was just pure luck. As per Kendo the sport, you get three rounds. So we went back to starting possition; kessen to kessen (end of sword to end of sword).

This time, I back off and wait. Pedro has a signature move to lure in his students to kill them: He purposely gives you his forehead as bait, and stays in an unassuming stance. Which has never been a problem for him to get out of because he's so friggin fast - those darn cubans. >_>

So I keep backing up, and when I'm about to reach the wall, are start side stepping, so I am not cornered.
Suddenly, like a bat out of hell, he rushes in for a downward strike that would surely knock me clear over. I panic, and try to jump out of the way to the side, by trip over a pile of mats in the corner.
Knowing I may die here from my lack of knowledge of my surroundings, I slam my shinai upward toward his chest, right when he cracks my skull.
Another instantaneous death for the both of us.

At this point, I'm pretty much tripping. "Oh my god I am actually on level ground with Pedro".. Even when I tripped over the mat pile. I get chastised for not knowing my surroundings, but we start again; third round. Kessin to Kessin.
I decide to go for the defensive approach again, but instead of backing up, I stay where I am, and as characteristic of MANY Kendo matches, we have a staredown.
Finally, I start worrying about time(as all three matches combined are supposed to fall in 1 - 2 minutes), so I start slowly stepping forward.
Again he offers his head, and for how gullible I am and my luck with the past two matches, I figure, "Hell, If I managed to tie the last two times, maybe I can kill him before he can kill me this time."
So I gor for the head. He blocks. We end up with our swords caught up in eachother; a pushing match(I forgot what that was called as well).
I get pushed back, off balance, he goes in for the kill with a crescent cut.
Not quite regaining my balance, but trying to kill him at the same time, I go in with a reverse crescent cut as I fall, and we both kill eachother at the same time AGAIN.

"OMG there must be a GOD; this is the best I've EVER sparred".
Having about 30 seconds left, we go for one more match. Again chastised for my balance, we still start again.

I start out the same way. I go in for his offerred forehead with a forehead strike. He blocks and then counters, but I intern also block and counter. In the process I somehow trip, but manage to fall so I can do a horizontal cut to the gut at his hip as I fall onto my knee.

Because I fell, Pedro's strike did not hit me in a lethal place. But Also because I fell prepared, I hit Pedro in a lethal place. Thus, after three ties, I won.

And my long, wordy, pathetic accomplishment ever.

I took on the WHOLE Gracie family. AT ONCE! ALONE! and WON! haha.

Pssh, his accomplishment is nothing. I took on a whole race of Xanglarcs and defeated the lot of them. Heh, and if you know what Xanglarcs are, you'll know how much more difficult it is to take them on than the whole Gracie clan.

Damn multi-tentacle space creatures.

bashed someone's head in a door. left some small cracks on the door too. 3nodding

Not really amazing but something I was pretty proud of at the time - being able to stand against a wall on one leg and have my other leg lifted straight in the air til it touched the wall above my head - effectively doing the splits standing up. It pays to be this stretchy when you're as little as me, people don't expect you to be able to reach their head with your foot smile Unfortunately, after my loooong break from training, I can't do it anymore.

one of my sparring partners sprained or bruised something on the shoulder/bicep of his dominant blocking arm during TKD... well, not too amazing but i made him cry by continually kicking him in the bruise/sprain.

it was kinda funny to watch xp