Merryprankster
11-23-2004, 06:31 AM
OK, so things are going pretty good. I expected, but now have come to accept, that I will probably never regain full range of motion in my shoulder. More precisely, my joints have always been hypermobile and I am probably limited to a "normal" range of motion, LOL.
I'm still out of shape by my standards and carrying about 6 extra pounds that I don't particularly need. Basically, it's just an issue of getting back in to serious anaerobic training. I don't really lift for the curious. I should probably consider starting again.
I did have a scare last week - one of my training partners put me into a full blown kimura so fast I couldn't tap. Two pops in my surgically repaired shoulder and three in my elbow. I was back in practice the day after next. No permanent problems, AFAIK.
The only thing I'm really concerned about right now is taking a fall. The doc has told me not to yet, and that it will probably always hurt to get planted. I'll take the pain, but I don't want injury. Doc says I SHOULD be able to get there in the future. We shall see.
On reflection, I am probably BETTER now than I was before I left. There were mental blocks that I was able to work out while I was gone. Or maybe it was just the Oxycodone. Basically, getting removed from the day in and day out grind gave me a chance to recognize certain things and forget others. I'm a guard player, for instance, and never really had much faith in my passing, even though it was pretty good, really. Well, I came back and didn't even think about that. My passing is much better on that fact alone. I'm a better passer because I think I am. There are other things I still have to work on, but hey - when won't I?
A final parting comment. I'm always entertained by the TMA vs MMA conversation. Not because I'm above it all, mind you, (I'm certainly not) but because a few months before my surgery, I recognized that the heart of the argument is really funny. Not funny odd, but actually funny ha-ha.
The argument itself is really one about rules. MMA has rules, obviously, but so does TMA. The kwoon, the ring - they're all rule based. It's really an argument about which set of rules you like better. That's FUNNY to me. It's like arguing that CFL rules are "better" than NFL rules or comparing NBA vs International rules. It doesn't change the basic nature of the skills you have to pick up in order to succeed. The things we argue about are really just about which rule set you prefer playing under.
Funny stuff.
I'm still out of shape by my standards and carrying about 6 extra pounds that I don't particularly need. Basically, it's just an issue of getting back in to serious anaerobic training. I don't really lift for the curious. I should probably consider starting again.
I did have a scare last week - one of my training partners put me into a full blown kimura so fast I couldn't tap. Two pops in my surgically repaired shoulder and three in my elbow. I was back in practice the day after next. No permanent problems, AFAIK.
The only thing I'm really concerned about right now is taking a fall. The doc has told me not to yet, and that it will probably always hurt to get planted. I'll take the pain, but I don't want injury. Doc says I SHOULD be able to get there in the future. We shall see.
On reflection, I am probably BETTER now than I was before I left. There were mental blocks that I was able to work out while I was gone. Or maybe it was just the Oxycodone. Basically, getting removed from the day in and day out grind gave me a chance to recognize certain things and forget others. I'm a guard player, for instance, and never really had much faith in my passing, even though it was pretty good, really. Well, I came back and didn't even think about that. My passing is much better on that fact alone. I'm a better passer because I think I am. There are other things I still have to work on, but hey - when won't I?
A final parting comment. I'm always entertained by the TMA vs MMA conversation. Not because I'm above it all, mind you, (I'm certainly not) but because a few months before my surgery, I recognized that the heart of the argument is really funny. Not funny odd, but actually funny ha-ha.
The argument itself is really one about rules. MMA has rules, obviously, but so does TMA. The kwoon, the ring - they're all rule based. It's really an argument about which set of rules you like better. That's FUNNY to me. It's like arguing that CFL rules are "better" than NFL rules or comparing NBA vs International rules. It doesn't change the basic nature of the skills you have to pick up in order to succeed. The things we argue about are really just about which rule set you prefer playing under.
Funny stuff.