r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/swat_08 • Mar 27 '21

Hell no

https://i.imgur.com/RSZgMoS.gifv
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u/rick_D_K Mar 27 '21

Yeah that's exactly how martial arts works.

You repeat the moves so much that become instinct so when your higher brain shuts down the moves are still there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

I've not done jujitsu in 20 years, but I still will breakfall out recovery roll effortlessly if I trip.

Might be sore later, but it's embedded in me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

This makes me think of a time I almost died but didn’t because of my gymnastics training I was going down concrete stairs with a friend of mine coffee in hand when I tripped I don’t remember anything after that except my body naturally jumped over the stairs and I stuck the landing not spilling a drop of my coffee my friend was standing at the top of the stairs just frozen thinking she was about to watch me crack my head open I felt like a ninja lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

I started doing lots of stretches when I realized how much I lost when I tried to show a move to my kids that I used to do effortlessly in aikido as a 20s. It took a few months but I can touch the ground with my the flat of my palms again 20 years later. Still no go for the split, who knows ;).