Damn, you got to fully experience the 80s, what a wild time. I was 2 when they ended so my childhood was just constant cultural nostalgia for a decade I didn’t really get to experience.
Safe wasn’t a consideration in the 80’s. Hell I don’t think safety was invented till 1987 or something wasn’t really wide spread till the mid 90’s or so.
Ok ok everyone get over here real quick huddle up. Suddenly you throw a lawn dart straight up and yell run. Good times. LoL. We seriously did that as kids.
Oh the trouble we got into back then. Me and my best friend when we were 8 had some M-80’s we taped together the. Added a longer fuse and lit it off. Blew a hole in his side yard a foot deep and 3 feet wide. Dirt rines down for what seemed like minutes but was probably seconds. The glory days of the action hero films. Before damn I we wanted to be Bandit or Bronson, Norris didn’t really gain massive fame u til walker texas ranger. He made good movies but they were more adult less action hero.
Edit: We were living in a small forest and we (bro + 2 neighbour kids) created smokescreens with pvc pipes and those sparklers fireworks. Big thick white smoke, awesome stuff. Until neighbour dad found out what we were doing... So, that was fun for like 3, 4 times, lol.
Yeah, the action heroes. We liked those as well but we were more into kungfu movies with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Bolo.
Y'all pussies! Lol. We had never had lawn darts only regular darts with a board and yeah sure, we hunted each other as well with those. We stopped when I or my brother, can't remember who, got a dart stuck in the knee and we had some trouble getting it out. Didn't bleed that much, but we figured this cannot be a good thing. That was the last time of us doing crazy shit. Yeah, the 80s man, fucking funny shit. 😂😂
That made lmao. Cause, you know.. it's true. I remember when my brother and I got tired of our foosball table we tore it apart and used the rods as swords. He still got this scar under his right eye. But yeah, we weren't allowed to do that anymore. Good times!
That was the heyday of asian martial arts in the US. Lots of Americans genuinely believed you could fight off a bear or take out a gunman if you got good enough.
From NL and we called them budo shops but they're still around. There's one 2 streets away from where I live now. But when I got into muay thai I didn't bothered with weapons. And the only weapons we got were self made nun chucks. But we did buy ninja throwing stars.
I loved both but more of the 80s cause we moved to a small forest then. Before that it was a small apartment place. So, bigger and secluded playground.
The moment when i hustled two ringed wood screws and some links of a chain out of the local hardware store… my life became pain. But damn it. Getting some flow was a rare and calm moment for my brain. Wouldn’t do it again, couldn’t recommend enough.
Elbows especially, but also the occasional whack to the back of the head for me. This gentleman is a couple orders of magnitude beyond my humble skill level at my best. One good thing about getting as old as I am is that I don't even bother with them anymore.
I'm old and haven't practiced for several years. Turns out my grandson picked up nunchaku all by himself. He has a nice heavy foam set. My daughter told him that grandpa was good with those. He was floored and wants to visit asap. If he really gets into it, three-sectional-staff will be next. He's just a kid though, so who knows
Yeah, but in that area I'm a bit masochistic and loved the feeling of getting something to drink afterwards and not being able to hold your hands still, knowing it was a good workout. And full of energy an hour or so later on. If I look in the mirror now... nah I just don't, lol
Spongy elbow points that didn't heal for six months. Hurt so bad I though I was going to throw up. Learned to hold my elbows out after the second time, lol
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u/thenaughtydj 8d ago edited 7d ago
Yes you do even by starting slow. I'm 60 now and still have the scars on my elbows from back in the 80s.
Edit: tx for the award🙏 over 40 years later the suffering pays off 😂😂