Jan 24, 2011

Just like Kung Fu

Adam Lisser @ Red's Bar & Grill

Adam insists that if you know martial arts you're less likely to get 86'd from bars.  He recounted a story of being three sheets to the wind, weaving through a crowd of rowdies by walking some tai chi sidestep.  The bouncer thought he was walking oddly and told him so.  Adam contested that he was maintaining his space and balance through martial arts and illustrated his point by grappling an unoccupied chair with his foot and kicking it in between him and the bouncer.  The bouncer was impressed, bought him a drink, and they had a good conversation about kung fu.  "Bouncers respect martial arts," he says, "Most of them probably studied it themselves."  He may be right to a certain degree, but that doesn't make it okay to get dim and challenge the doorman to a Shaolin fistfight.  After all, honor is the path and hubris is the quickest way home.    

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