Keeping your Martial Arts knowledge and skills secret

[DeLamar.J]

HMMMMMM...my martial arts is my identity...everything I do apart from that is just to fill time between training and make enough money to pay for said training....except for my family it is largely who I am!

I do not hide it and I am not forthcoming about it....I will tell if I am asked...but if not I keep it on the down low!

As for MA being m identity..I dont feel pathetic..and from my days as a bouncer I have been known to crack the odd head together in the name of peace in the club...I am not boastful but I feel you have picked up a VERY broad brush and painted 95% of martial artists...which one of us here doesnt use MA as a identity..it is ingrained as apart of who we are....how large a part is the variable...but to some extent MA is the practitioner!

Are you the guy who says, Hi my name is >>>>, and I am a black belt?

 

[cali_tkdbruin]

The martial arts are just one facet of my life. It's become a very important part now, but it's not the only one. When I first started training a while back I wanted to share with everyone that I was a budding martial artist, but I didn't. Now, its not important to me to publicize the fact that I train in the MAs. Only my family and close friends know that I train in the arts.

If someone asks then I'll share with them that I am a martial artist. My co-workers didn't know what I do in my off time. It was only when one noticed my TKD gear in the back seat of my car and asked if I did Karate. I opened up and told him that yeah I do train in the arts, and that I am a Taekwondo practitioner...:uhyeah: