APAD: Ships that pass in the night

Meaning: People who meet once and form a close bond, but never meet again

 

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Unlike many martial arts, Jiu-jitsu allows full force in sparring. We still have

to mind injuries and do get injured from time to time but, with some rules, one

grapples as one would in the street. At the end of a round, win or lose, one

respects the other's skill and will to fight. Day in day out, there forms a

special bond.

 

Quite a few left since I began two years ago. Coach Gene, who always watched out

for me, as if I needed special attention, and wrapped the first stripe on my

white belt, went home to New England to open his own gym. The muscle-bound

judoka Harsh, after finishing at Stanford, returned to work for his sponsor in

Milwaukee. There were Steve, a squat ABC blue belt who was friendly to me from

day one, Danny the wiry surfer, who had the same body type as me and was a great

training partner, and Stephan the ninja, the featherweight purple belt champion

who caught me in so many triangles and arm-bars and was a great inspiration...,

ships that passed in the night.

Congrats for your white belt ! :))

Thanks. That's a lifetime achievement! :-)))

White belt is the highest rank? Not black?

White is lowest but the first stripe was to me a big deal.

YY and I were joking again :-)

Nope. I do think you may feel proud of yourself for

Your first white belt! 可喜可贺！：））

A good start is half the battle.～～

That's true. Everyone gets a white belt when they show up,

but the first stripe was the toughest for a lot of peeps.

Could not agree more with you.：）

Martial arts is cool.

won't see each other in the morning :)

It's good for health but when I'm smashed under, the last

thing I think is cool :-)

It's a small community. I'm sure I'm going to see them again

Life is enriched by such encounters. More the merrier

You bet! The mat forces you to grow in so many ways.

Lol ：）硬输。我会一点舞剑，不对打没输赢：）

No. In your art, there's only to be or not to be :-)

Nice writing. A little like 萍水相逢 in Chinese.

我也想到这句了。。

Thanks! 萍水相逢 does seem to imply a bond.

left a good memory