Ennis alerts me to a martial art new to me: gatka -- and another vision of the melting pot.
At first I was concerned that the athletes demonstrating gatka would get a rude reception. After all, they’re swarthy, mainly male, dressed in salvar kameez, wearing round turbans. The men have long flowing beards. And this is the Fourth of July, a time for both patriotism and bigotry.
But I thought about it some more, and relaxed. After all, who would be dumb enough to mouth off to a bunch of Texans swinging swords like airplane propellers? Now that would be un-American.
Aw shucks (blush)
Posted by: Ennis | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 09:55 PM