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We are the ones you'd least expect
to know anything of strategy or warfare.
We are the ones who never start fights,
But are quite willing to end them if need be.

We are not the trouble-makers in life,
But neither are we the straight-A students.
Some of us toe the line on issues more than others,
But for the most part, we blend in.

For all our camouflaging ways, however,
We are the ones who stand alone
Against the struggles of everyday life.
Some of us neither want, nor need, anyone to stand beside us.

We have our philosophies to keep us warm at night,
Our creeds to sing us to sleep.
Our weapons are our teddy-bears,
And our katas lead us to dream.
©2005-2009 ~Neko-Utena
:iconneko-utena:

Author's Comments

For those of you who don't know, I've been in karate for almost two years. This is a poem dedicated to the way of life that students of karate, or karate-ka, often go through.

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:icondoomsword:
I'm not so sure the third stanza is so true (every body needs somebody to say anything else is just folly! but that may just be my romantic side talkin) but anwho its cool... :ninjafight: whoosh!

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I am trying to believe.
:iconbow-chicka-bow-wow:
what branch of martial arts are you in?

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bow-chicka-bow-wow

you look like a fishy. i like fishies. will you be my friend?

Sporks shall RULE the world
:iconneko-utena:
Isshin-Ryu. I'm a brown belt, which I think is san-kyu, though I might be wrong.

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"The Psi Corps is your friend. Trust the Corps."
:iconisuckateverything:
nice, im in shorin-ryu. karate does start to become a part of life after not to long
:iconkimmib:
I'm in karate as well a little more than 2. what kind do you do. I'm in Tang Soo Do. or Paks karate.
love the poem too.

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Life sux
get over it!
:icontabh:
i'm in karate-do shotokan for three years. this poem is good.
:iconryanwall:
Great poem, Teddy bear part was kinda outa the blue. I've been in shotokan karate for 9 years now (since I was 8)
:iconniennaalcarin:
Exactly how I see my life. Noone suspect a shy and quiet girl like me to do this kind of sport.
I like this poem very very much. It sooo very true...

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98% of DA's Anime Fanbase =Yaoi Fangirls. if you don't give two shits about the statistics and just want to see two guys fuck madly, paste to your signature.
:iconsqueaky-blonde16:
i love the poem ive been in karate for eight years with my dad as my sensai (he is a tenth degree black belt) we dont focus mainly on the fighting though we focus on the more spiritual aspect of things but the beatin on each other is a plus jk. nobody expects me to be in karate though because im also a hard core dancer

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dance as if none were watching...
:iconsqueaky-blonde16:
sorry i meant fifth degree black belt

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dance as if none were watching...

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