I need a hobby. (What's yours?)

Princess_Banana_Hammock

It's safer than diving/swimming as a friend can testify!!!!
😀 😀 😀 😀

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It's safer than diving/swimming as a friend can testify!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀

Diving from a great height?

Princess_Banana_Hammock

Indeed! Ask DK or SpyCee... they're the know it alls when it comes to skydiving!

kanelli

Skydiving is for crazy people 😂

😉

XRW-147

Skydiving is for crazy people 😂

😉

So is the desire to drive in Dubai.

kanelli

Oh yeah, guess I should let people know that I am soon to hit the roads here. Look out for me in an Emirates Driving Institute car near you! 😂

shafique

I used to shoot in the UK and have only been to the JA shooting range once here. I was pathetic - I blame the guns myself 🙂

The bummer is that you're not alowed to own a gun here, so I had to sell my shotgun before coming here.

Anyway - if anyone wants to go skeet (or another discipline) shooting, let me know - it's more fun with a group of people.

Oh, on the subject of hobbies - what about kite-surfing. I need to lose a lot of weight (and get fit) before I can take it up, but it is something I am working towards.

cheers,
Shafique

arniegang

I used to shoot in the UK and have only been to the JA shooting range once here. I was pathetic - I blame the guns myself 🙂

cheers,
Shafique

what is it they say about a bad workman and his tools Shaf ??

😂 😂 😂 😂

Now on the other hand i only came 7th in the DF Kart Race because it was a definate fact that my Kart was inferior to the the 6 who beat me

😛 😛 😛 😛 😛

kanelli

Wow, skeet shooting, interesting!

I have a new friend who has practised Akido for many years. He says it is excellent. It is a martial art where you use the other person's momentum etc. to deflect their attacks. Unlike many other martial arts, there is no kicking and punching. You need to learn how to roll and dive so that you don't get any arms or collarbones broken etc., but other than that you don't have to be that physically fit. I'm going to try Akido at some point, because it seems useful and fun! Apparently women excel at Akido.

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Unlike many other martial arts, there is no kicking and punching.

Ugh.. sounds like one of those martial arts where finesse is required.

Me, if I took a martial art up, I'd want to be able to splinter railway sleepers with my forehead, none of this ducking and diving rot.

😂

kanelli

😂 Well, Akido teaches you how to take on a whole bunch of guys at the same time. Perfect for handling those annoying bar brawl situations. Wouldn't that be helpful in Australia? 😉

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:lol: Well, Akido teaches you how to take on a whole bunch of guys at the same time. Perfect for handling those annoying bar brawl situations. Wouldn't that be helpful in Australia? 😉

I think being able to be bashed in the head with a railway sleeper and stay coherent would be more helpful 😉

shafique

Aikido is a great martial art, but there are aggressive forms and less aggressive forms of the art as well. Steven Seagal is a Aikido expert and uses Aikido holds and throws in his movies (but please don't judge Aikido by the quality of SS's acting!)

I did an introductory course in Aikido in the UK, but never took it up.. there is an Aikido club in Dubai and I have the schedule...kanelli if you take it up let me know and I may tag along.

constantine

Aikido is a great martial art, but there are aggressive forms and less aggressive forms of the art as well. Steven Seagal is a Aikido expert and uses Aikido holds and throws in his movies (but please don't judge Aikido by the quality of SS's acting!)

I did an introductory course in Aikido in the UK, but never took it up.. there is an Aikido club in Dubai and I have the schedule...kanelli if you take it up let me know and I may tag along.

I would most definately be keen for that...

Chocoholic

I miss horse riding, but it's too hot at the moment and not many places to do it either 😢

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I miss horse riding, but it's too hot at the moment and not many places to do it either 😢

Wow, I haven't ridden a horse in a long time.

Chocoholic

I was bringing on an Irish Thoroughbred for a friend but then she left the company so I couldn't go anymore - booohoo!

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I was bringing on an Irish Thoroughbred for a friend but then she left the company so I couldn't go anymore - booohoo!

My uncle owns a property west of Rockhampton near a little town called Blackwater. We used to go there on weekends and during the school holiday and do the cattle-raring thing.

I used to have a particular horse I liked riding called "Cobalt". Unfortunately, one week I turned up to find that Cobalt had been replaced by a Yamaha YZ-250. Trailbikes just aren't the same, although a lot of serious fun.

Sounds like straight out of McLeod's Daughters doesn't it? How stereotypical is this, my uncle also used to have 2 dogs - 1 was blind, the other was deaf and they used to help each other around the property.

Chocoholic

Ahhhh sweet. Well I used to do the whole thing when I was younger, dressage, show jumping, cross country - awsome fun, luckily I just used to bounce when I came off every now and then, but hairaising bombing through the countryside over 4ft jumps.

kanelli

Oops, sorry for spelling Aikido wrong. I was going by my friend's pronunciation. (Didn't actually look it up!) Bad girl. 😳

I'll find out some more info on the Dubai Aikido place. Seems like there might be a group of us interested.

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