Having grown up the proverbial 98 pound weakling, one of the bizarro things about karate is that I am regularly referred to as “big” and “strong” and having “big shoulders” and other physically positive sorts of things (though not necessarily complementary / useful in the context of karate, or how I’m using them).
It always provides a level of cognitive dissonance, as it’s just not how I see myself.
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