Monday, June 23, 2008

Karate for enochlophobics.


Karate for enochlophobics., originally uploaded by JakeEbel.


So, I see this sign as I'm driving down the road and it makes me wonder:

What exactly is a semi-private karate class?


Private I get.

You don't want everyone seeing your terrible form while practicing your Mr. Miyagi moves so you prefer to get your training mano y mano until you're fully up to snuff and can Crane Kick like a...well, crane I guess.

That's fine.

The thing that confuses me is this "semi-private" stuff. What exactly would that entail? Is it a stepping stone for people who want to eventually show their karate skills to the masses but just aren't comfortable yet? Is it for creepy people who want someone else there to watch them while their dojo master makes them break bricks with their head? Or perhaps it's for private lessons in a semi (truck). Now that would be weird. Or a very Segal thing to do.

Anyway, the place was unsurprisingly out of business. Too bad really. I very much wanted to talk to them about this whole thing. I'm sure they'd have a perfectly rational explanation that still wouldn't satisfy me, but at least I could meet them and add them to my list of people that make signs with semi-random word placement.