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photography to social service to table karate chops left right and centre, earning
tennis. Every week or twice a week for the locals’ respect. Alas, it was not to be,
two hours the students did their activity, for thirty seconds into the fight, I realised
be it mountain-biking or judo or whatever. that someone forgot to tell me the rules of
I, in my innocence, chose Savate or Savante, and so I ended up on the floor
Boxe-F rancaise, a French martial-art because no-one said you could kick the
derived from 17th century Parisian legs and kneejoints, and of course my
streetfights. The teacher told me that my stance was all wrong as was my guard....
martial art, Taekwondo, was the Eastern To study, you remained in your equipe's
style the most similar to Savate. I was room with the other boarders from your
given a pair of 12 oz gloves and told to equipe. This was supposed to promote a
spar one Hubert de Rosambo. I heard healthy work-environment because you
someone say ‘le pauvre’ which can be were not in a study-hall where there were
translated as ‘Poor guy!’ Of course they more people to talk to. In fact it worked to
could have been referring to me, blit it the contrary as all you did was talk and
was obvious my menacing appearance eat and tell jokes, which was fine for me
evoked sympathy for Hubert. but for the French, who had to keep up a
I was initially alarmed to discover they 10/20 average under continuous
wore runners while sparring. It was my assessment to go into the year, it was bad
life long ambition to mimic a B-series news. Everyone in my equipe was under
Kung-fu film where a new kid in town the average, which probably said more
gets hassled by the rowdy locals who about the mental ability of boxers than
want to see what he’s made of, whereupon their study conditions.
the new kid makes short work of the
locals with jumping kung-fu kicks and John O’Doherty (Senior 4 A)
Splatoon: Third Year war games
69
tennis. Every week or twice a week for the locals’ respect. Alas, it was not to be,
two hours the students did their activity, for thirty seconds into the fight, I realised
be it mountain-biking or judo or whatever. that someone forgot to tell me the rules of
I, in my innocence, chose Savate or Savante, and so I ended up on the floor
Boxe-F rancaise, a French martial-art because no-one said you could kick the
derived from 17th century Parisian legs and kneejoints, and of course my
streetfights. The teacher told me that my stance was all wrong as was my guard....
martial art, Taekwondo, was the Eastern To study, you remained in your equipe's
style the most similar to Savate. I was room with the other boarders from your
given a pair of 12 oz gloves and told to equipe. This was supposed to promote a
spar one Hubert de Rosambo. I heard healthy work-environment because you
someone say ‘le pauvre’ which can be were not in a study-hall where there were
translated as ‘Poor guy!’ Of course they more people to talk to. In fact it worked to
could have been referring to me, blit it the contrary as all you did was talk and
was obvious my menacing appearance eat and tell jokes, which was fine for me
evoked sympathy for Hubert. but for the French, who had to keep up a
I was initially alarmed to discover they 10/20 average under continuous
wore runners while sparring. It was my assessment to go into the year, it was bad
life long ambition to mimic a B-series news. Everyone in my equipe was under
Kung-fu film where a new kid in town the average, which probably said more
gets hassled by the rowdy locals who about the mental ability of boxers than
want to see what he’s made of, whereupon their study conditions.
the new kid makes short work of the
locals with jumping kung-fu kicks and John O’Doherty (Senior 4 A)
Splatoon: Third Year war games
69
