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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:00 pm Post subject: Korean adult males - Fighting |
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We had another big fight at our school yesterday. I heard the shouting from outside. One of the senior male teachers - and a maintenance man (could be the fencing teacher) were duking it outside. It was really funny - raining like mad, and the young teacher who was trying to separate them was holding an umbrella over his head. The principal was trying to stop it (verbally), but he was quite a distance away (he didn't want to leave the overhead shelter and get wet).
This nonsense went on for about 5 mins - and both the males got really mad and kept rushing back to have another go at each other.
Hilarious. This is the second big fight (between teachers) at my school this year (that I've seen). Shame, I was on the 3rd floor, and couldn't get to my camera.
Anyone else teaching on Planet Fighting!? |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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I had a crazed lunatic try to punch me at school after I got him the bill of what he owed me..... a vaunted coteacher/roommate. I don't have his dsm-IV diagnosis with me, but it was pretty good... 
anyway, the scene was seperated by the school owner, and this helped to get rid of a thorn in my side.... so sometimes, all's well that ends well! |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Korean adult males - Fighting |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
| were duking it outside. |
Actual fisticuffs? Or open handed slaps?
I have yet to see two koreans punch eachother.
Millions of won in blood money will flow. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Jerry, Jerry! |
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JBomb
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| you guys just broke the first rule of fight club. |
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8 years down
Joined: 16 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I see the shouting and shoving all the time. But have never seen an actual punch to the face. |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| 8 years down wrote: |
| I see the shouting and shoving all the time. But have never seen an actual punch to the face. |
I saw a bum get rocked when he tried to steal from the Philipinno market in Heywha. the security guy just smashed him in the jaw 3 times and the guy just staggered away |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| 8 years down wrote: |
| I see the shouting and shoving all the time. But have never seen an actual punch to the face. |
Wow, really? I have seen things go down here, from (female dog) slaps to all out street brawls, including one in which we had to hold up our beers whenever someone was slammed into our table on the bar patio. Actually, at one large hagwon I worked at, 2 over-50 ajosshis were fired after the police were called to break up their fight in the teacher lounge.
Years back my friend and I watched an angry man in a suit walk up to a glass display case in front of a shop and smash it with his fist to express anger at someone he was with. He was whisked away yelling "18" and other such curses with a towel wrapped around his blood covered hand before the police could arrive.
I LOVE and feed off such displays here! The more irrational often = more exciting! |
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mcviking
Joined: 24 Mar 2009
Location: 'Fantastic' America
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I once saw a harboji and a security go at it from like 5 floors up. It was like a Monty Pythom sketch. Best Saturday morning beer and cigarette entertainment ever. THey would walk up to each other, square up, and then almost spin kick each other, walk away. And then chage again with the 18s and the head butts to the chest. Simply amazing. |
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8 years down
Joined: 16 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| 8 years down wrote: |
| I see the shouting and shoving all the time. But have never seen an actual punch to the face. |
Wow, really? I have seen things go down here, from (female dog) slaps to all out street brawls, including one in which we had to hold up our beers whenever someone was slammed into our table on the bar patio. Actually, at one large hagwon I worked at, 2 over-50 ajosshis were fired after the police were called to break up their fight in the teacher lounge.
Years back my friend and I watched an angry man in a suit walk up to a glass display case in front of a shop and smash it with his fist to express anger at someone he was with. He was whisked away yelling "18" and other such curses with a towel wrapped around his blood covered hand before the police could arrive.
I LOVE and feed off such displays here! The more irrational often = more exciting! |
Meh, more of the same, like I said I've yet to see anyone take an actual punch in the face. (broken nose, teeth knocked out, etc..) I'm sure it happens, but those all sound like the usual pushing, pulling, rolling around on the ground with each other and fake fighting they always do. |
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The Gipkik
Joined: 30 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| 8 years down wrote: |
Meh, more of the same, like I said I've yet to see anyone take an actual punch in the face. (broken nose, teeth knocked out, etc..) I'm sure it happens, but those all sound like the usual pushing, pulling, rolling around on the ground with each other and fake fighting they always do. |
Good. Let's keep it that way. No need to introduce this Western custom to Korea. I've seen lots of slapping on the body and occasionally the face, but never punches. It's the Chinese way. And I like it. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:14 am Post subject: |
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| The Gipkik wrote: |
| 8 years down wrote: |
Meh, more of the same, like I said I've yet to see anyone take an actual punch in the face. (broken nose, teeth knocked out, etc..) I'm sure it happens, but those all sound like the usual pushing, pulling, rolling around on the ground with each other and fake fighting they always do. |
Good. Let's keep it that way. No need to introduce this Western custom to Korea. I've seen lots of slapping on the body and occasionally the face, but never punches. It's the Chinese way. And I like it. |
How can you possibly like this contemptible charade? |
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The Gipkik
Joined: 30 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Privateer wrote: |
| The Gipkik wrote: |
| 8 years down wrote: |
Meh, more of the same, like I said I've yet to see anyone take an actual punch in the face. (broken nose, teeth knocked out, etc..) I'm sure it happens, but those all sound like the usual pushing, pulling, rolling around on the ground with each other and fake fighting they always do. |
Good. Let's keep it that way. No need to introduce this Western custom to Korea. I've seen lots of slapping on the body and occasionally the face, but never punches. It's the Chinese way. And I like it. |
How can you possibly like this contemptible charade? |
 Just for starters: no one goes to the hospital; it usually doesn't translate into kids coming to school battered and bruised from their mom or pop; and it's damn funny to watch. Grown men beeyitch slapping one another is quite amusing--and no blood to mop up. A civilized way to fight. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| I have yet to see two koreans punch eachother. |
I was walking home from my jog to witness a man throw a piece of paper, just missing a second man's girl (sitting outside a restaurant). The second man yelled, picked up his bottle of soju and threw it at him, it smashed, then he launched over to him and gave him a full on right hook to the face, and then continued to beat him senseless.
I was thoughtful enough to get it all on video, too.
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Another scenario just outside our school, where the kids were all told to put their hands over their eyes and run to the bus as fast as possible, and my kids in my class just before we finished we all staring in awe out the window. an... INSANE girl who obviously got her knickers in a twist over something was screaming and resisting about 4 or 5 people at a restaurant.
At first people though the guy was abusing her in public because he was punching the crap out of her, but upon closer inspection he was literally trying to hit some sense into her because she was starting to hurt other people by throwing crap and fighting them off her and so on. Blood all over her, the guy continuing to hit her on the skull (never dangerously tough blows, the equivalent of the slamming pressure of a dogs jaws, enough to bruise).
Then about 19 police cars came, since I'm sure they have nothing else to do all day, and eventually pinned her down until she was calm. then the police took her for a walk in the nearby park to talk. That'[s the last I saw. But there was a lot of blood, so it makes reading this over elaborated story worth it.
Although in retrospect, if I saw this in my street in England I wouldn't bat an eyelid for its sake... neither would the police. Most likely a 7 or 8 foot wide bouncer is nearby to stop it anyway. Those guys amaze me. I saw one particularly huge guy control a completely crazed and rabid drunk man by putting his hand on his head and controlling him from a distance, talking to his pal next to him and then throwing the guy in the gutter. Good times. |
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The Gipkik
Joined: 30 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| Globutron wrote: |
Another scenario just outside our school, where the kids were all told to put their hands over their eyes and run to the bus as fast as possible, and my kids in my class just before we finished we all staring in awe out the window. an... INSANE girl who obviously got her knickers in a twist over something was screaming and resisting about 4 or 5 people at a restaurant.
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Korean women beating up or being violent to Korean men, now that I've gotten used to. I see it all the time: On the subway, a woman bit her boyfriend on the arm so hard that his arm looked to have a permanent tattoo; a woman grabbing a man by the hair and holding him down; women left right and center smacking their male friends, boyfriends and not in a loving and playful way. And the men never fight back. These usually aren't in public places, so it's not like the man is trying to keep a public face. Are Korean women this violent? Is this some kind of Korean foreplay? Doubt it because I see elementary school girls and older doing the same stuff. |
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