Nicknames in Martial Arts

[tradrockrat]

oh jeez...

Well, I was training in the 1980's and my name is Daniel. Any guesses as to my nickname (God I hate the Karate Kid movies...)??????

 

[curious]

In our studio the instructor gives us a shirt with a nickname as a rite of passage when you have earned your purple belt and have officially become a member of our organization. Sometimes the names are opposites- one boy is very quiet and serious so his name is Chatterbox; another boy is slow and lazy- The Matrix (I asked our instructor about it and he said "that boy is on a whole other dimension") Some names are in regards to sizes- my seven year old is called "Mouse" (small, short, tiny); my other son is called "Spaghetti" (tall and skinny) Others are personality derived names: Joker, Banshee, Whisper. My name? Pottymouth (by both of my instructors), Bonita (by my classmates) and Queen B (by friends and relatives- B stands for badass or b****- depends who you ask.)

 

[Dave Leverich]

Lol, mine was "Springs". I thought it was because I tended to be aerial when fighting, but I heard later it was due to no matter how hard they hit me, I kept bouncing back up and in for more heh.

I think I need some new shocks now though ;p

 

[karatekid1975]

I never got a nickname from MA. But I got one from music. I was in my first band and I tried to play so fast (faster than them ... my timing sucked back then, which is bad for a drummer LOL). The guitar player said, "You are making me dizzy!" So the name "Dizzy" stuck. But I haven't been called that in years (since moving to NY 5 years ago).

 

[shesulsa]

I received a couple ... both from the same person. One is Xena. The other one is Buttercup (one of the PowerPuff girls - the one in green who looks pissed all the time and is always kicking butt).

 

[RED]

Red.

The occational Monty but usually Red. It's the hair.

 

[ArmorOfGod]

Pressureguy and Johnny Blaze are the only nicknames that I have ever gotten, of course Pressureguy is a nickname that I gave myself, so that shouldn't count. Still, it stuck over the years and a few people actually call me that. Google pressureguy and you will see countless entries, all of which refer to me.

Johnny Blaze is one that I was given by a fellow comic book fan. My first name is Johnny, which is cool. You can put any noun behind it and it sounds great: Johnny Lightning (I wish that were my nickname), Johnny Danger, Johnny Savage, Johnny Quick, Johnny Bravo.....
Yep, I'm cool.

AoG

 

[Shotochem]

The teens and 20yr olds call me .....M.O.M. short for...

Mean Old Man :idunno:

I'm just not feeling the love here...:wink1:

 

[HKphooey]

Mine is "Monster Slayer"

 

[TraditionalTKD]

In the old days, one of our black belt assistants called me "Quality", because apparently I was pretty good. It was a name I jokingly used to decribe myself, but apparently he was being serious.
Now, our Grandmaster calls me "Young Man" sometimes because I just tested 5th Dan and am almost 10 years younger the next youngest 5th dan (I'm 38). But I've also been in TKD since I was 14.

 

[Shodan]

I've had a few over the years. My first instructor gave me "Tara the Terror".

Later, I had an instructor that called me the Silent Ninja cuz I didn't like to yell.

A few students in one school named me Gumby cuz I was always pretty flexible.

I also had one instructor that liked to call me Tara-dactyl.