What The Heck Happened?

[Bill Mattocks]

"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"

Thirty six years, brothers and sisters.

One day I looked in the mirror and I was old.

I don't recall asking for that.

I guess it beats the alternative, though, eh?

 

[hoshin1600]

something i picked up from Steven Hayes....
"death (and old age) is given to us as a gift, to remind us why we are here as a human beings, rather than a tea pot.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

something i picked up from Steven Hayes....
"death (and old age) is given to us as a gift, to remind us why we are here as a human beings, rather than a tea pot.

With all respect to Steven Hayes, teapots don't have knees that hurt when they get up in the morning.

 

[Martial D]

36..

Bah... pup

 

[Bill Mattocks]

36..

Bah... pup

Thirty six since I was serving when these photos were taken. I'll be 56 years old in July.

 

[Martial D]

Oh.

My bad bro!

 

[Headhunter]

Father times the only one who can take down every martial artist on the planet

 

[hoshin1600]

With all respect to Steven Hayes, teapots don't have knees that hurt when they get up in the morning.

yeah i know the drill. why is it that years ago i would go to bed sore from a good work out and wake up refreshed , and now i wake up sore from sleeping?
time is evil....that is my current opinion. i look at current pictures of movie actresses i use to find attractive and think to myself time is evil.....

 

[Buka]

Seems like yesterday.

 

[Flying Crane]

Seems like yesterday.

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Are you the kid on the right?

 

[Buka]

Are you the kid on the right?

I'm the chump in the middle.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

I'm the chump in the middle.

Smile, why doncha?

 

[Buka]

Smile, why doncha?

Sure....

Ah, the joys of being a white belt....and messing your pants and not having to do pushups.

 

[Tames D]

Father times the only one who can take down every martial artist on the planet

Tell that to Guro Dan...

 

[BuckerooBonzai]

22 years ago testing for my il Dan at KKW. I'm the skinny white dude with hair (no longer skinny and no longer have hair!).

Cannot believe it, truly seems like it could have been last week.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Time does, as The Boss says, slip away. Seems just last year I was in college and started back to my training after a few months' distraction. Now the guys I trained with have quit or turned into middle-aged (or older) men and women, or a few have shuffled off this mortal coil.

 

[Buka]

Time does, as The Boss says, slip away. Seems just last year I was in college and started back to my training after a few months' distraction. Now the guys I trained with have quit or turned into middle-aged (or older) men and women, or a few have shuffled off this mortal coil.

Isn't it odd how the guys we used to train all got old, and we didn't? Kinda cool.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Isn't it odd how the guys we used to train all got old, and we didn't? Kinda cool.

Exactly Buka!

 

[JR 137]

Father times the only one who can take down every martial artist on the planet

Except Chuck Norris.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

Isn't it odd how the guys we used to train all got old, and we didn't? Kinda cool.

Absolutely. My brother even has "old man neck". Me? I'm entirely unchanged.