Sticks and Stones
One of the rather strange questions that I have been asked over the years by people who have found out that I have been training in Shotokan over the decades is this: "Why do you train in a sport that means that you get hurt? You know, when ever I see you, you have these nasty bruises on your arms and shoulders, and sometimes elsewhere. Why on earth would you want to pay to end up getting hurt?" To be fair, it is not, if I am being objective, an unreasonable question to ask a