Don’t quite get how to fall properly, and without injury, when on the receiving end of Hari Goshi? No worries. Beyond that, and years before I’d have it explained to me, it was what my old sensei use to say came into play with Judo. Those that didn’t take that route, asked their buddies for support. That, and getting passed the embarrassing fact of asking your mom for pointers (‘cuz I certainly didn’t know what the Hell was expected of me in such situations) no doubt helped. In actuality, it’s why I learned to type. However, hormones, rather than valor, can overcome a lot. No matter how much you loved listening to music, translating that into physical rhythmic expression, in public, made most of the male juveniles simply deer-in-the-headlights roadkill material. Attending a school dance was no big deal for them because, A) they were just better at it than the majority of the guys in my grade (no doubt helped by the fact there was no stupid male ego to get in the way), and, B) they enjoyed it. Author Tom Schreck’s take on guys dancing, and the repercussions, is a must read here.Īt one time I thought the girls (at least from the perspective of this raw young male) seemed more at ease with it all. For the guys, if they wanted to meet girls, this was a step that had to be made. No one was going to do it for you. It was almost a rite of passage for some of us. Still, having it set in school, among your peers, rivals, and let’s face it, the opposite sex, was the significant barrier to get beyond. Guess what? If my observances of my son’s current experiences are any indication, it’s still in play.Ĭertainly, familiarity with music and the act of dancing were already well-known to most of us at that age. Thus, it was in the junior high of my day, and the 7th grade specifically, where I (and the others known to me) put our pride and feelings in ridicule’s cross-hairs for just such an endeavor. The most obvious, and probably the damnedest and scariest, was the school dance. That is, putting yourself into the middle of a terrifying maelström, let alone puberty. It’s still learned behavior, one for the expressed purpose of actually putting yourself in the mix - of introducing you to others, that is.īack in the dark ages that was my youth, teens (especially for those of the Y-chromosome variety) had to make a conscious choice whether they’d take a plunge into the social pool while in the midst of school. Sure, today’s modern technology and social networks have taken over much of the how and when young people seek the avenues for meeting others. In my humble estimation, the important social events during the years of junior and senior high school really came down to the school dances. shipping! An U.S.One for the Dance Floor: Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock Black Sabbath – Master of Reality U.S.shipping! An ultra rare still sealed copy of the… (1,848) Iveys (Badfinger) – Maybe Tomorrow sealed 1987… Free U.S.Julie London – Collection of 67 Still Sealed… A collection of 67 still sealed U.S. ![]() shipping! An original red vinyl Japanese pressing of… (2,017) Pink Floyd – Relics original red vinyl Japan… Free U.S.shipping! A rare mispressed brown vinyl pressing of… (2,622) Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet 1978… Free U.S.shipping! An original 1965 red vinyl Japanese pressing… (2,728) Beatles – Rubber Soul original Japan red vinyl… Free U.S. ![]() shipping! An ultra-rare Japanese red vinyl copy of… (2,951) Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn… Free U.S.John Lennon/Yoko Ono – Two Virgins sealed… Free U.S. ![]()
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