Take pain like a man

I think nowadays there are no more rites of manhood, and young men become like sissies, I am one.

In west Africa, young boys are whipped across the chest cutting the flesh, and have to smile to show they can handle pain like a man. The boys who cannot smile are considered weak and will not get girlfriends. The ability to handle pain and suffering is important in order to lead the tribe through hardships, as a man.

I have to be reeducated to be a man also; I joined a more traditional style karate school, the sensei holds a 5 feet stick and shout at the students to do horse stance until unbearable pain. If the student stood up, he will whack the student with the stick and shouts constant humiliation. For the more senior student, he will punch them on the chest and stomach, a karate punch with about 5% power is enough to knock out a layman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciLrVWcP8w

I was whacked on the butt countless times, and experienced excruciating pain punched on the solar plexus. But after that, hell, it was being hardened psychologically with steel. You got a problem ah? Come loh. Pain and suffering ah? Come loh! Things that bothered me before lessened a great deal.