# I lost a potential student today....

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 5, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-potential-student-today/414471 "2007-08-05T01:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-potential-student-today/414471/81 "2007-08-08T06:19:38Z")

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You could say that prayer is involved in your teachings, just not during training.

"After having gone through my training, prayer will happen often, usually in the form of “Please God, don’t let this guy paralyze me with a kick to the spine”, sometimes it’s “After that kick to my nuts, I think I saw Jesus…and apparently he is very, very, upset with me.”

You could sell your services as a conversion tool.

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-potential-student-today/414471/82 "2007-08-08T08:15:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosstone]  
Never attack a defenseless old man?  
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[Close](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Rule_One) , perhaps:  
“Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men!”

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**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-potential-student-today/414471/83 "2007-08-08T11:38:53Z")

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I wouldn’t be surprised if the schools in the [Christian Martial Arts Network](http://www.agapy.com/cma/) started off class with a prayer. Or maybe they just throw in an extra bow.

“Jesus ni rei!”

“Shinzen ni rei!”

“Sensei ni rei!”

“Sempai ni rei!”

“Otaga ni rei!”

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-potential-student-today/414471/84 "2007-08-08T20:25:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosstone]  
Never attack a defenseless old man?  
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Rule #1 - Karate for defense only.  
Rule #2 - First learn rule #1.

[/Karate Kid]

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