20 Problems You'll Only Understand If You Were A Martial Arts Kid

6. Foot Cramp

About once a week, a strangled cry would go up from the other side of the hall. Had somebody been shot!? Heads would whip around to find the source of the concern, only to see somebody limping gingerly off to the side. Minimal sympathy would be given - "it's only cramp, stop being soft" - at least until the week it decided to hit you.

5. Weapons! Oh Wait, You Suck.

If you progressed up the ranks far enough, some martial arts would allow for weapons training. Nothing quite beats the excitement of first holding a pair of nunchaku (or "nunchuks" for the uninitiated), nor the disappointment of realising that you're actually dreadful at using them.