Big Baby here.

[Lucas]

busted my ribs twice in the last 3 years. SUCKS.

be happy its not the dead of winter anymore i guess. that shiat sucks.

there is a phase that REALLY sucks, its the part where you return to regular/semi regular training but EVERYTHING you do still bothers the ribs. Good luck with that.

<insert evil smiley>

[David Jamieson]

I was going for a punch, my opponent turned and threw a back kick. Since his leg is longer the my arm (heck his arm is longer than my arm), he connected first.

well, i got the kick part right, just not the type.

no worries though because "this too shall pass"

[golden arhat]

heheheh i'm 18 and my body defies injury


sucks to be you


eat lots of broccoli that **** has **** loads more calcium than milk
at least you wont fall for that trick twice

[Kansuke]

heheheh i'm 18 and my body defies injury

You'll see...you'll see...just wait

[David Jamieson]

heheheh i'm 18 and my body defies injury


sucks to be you


eat lots of broccoli that **** has **** loads more calcium than milk
at least you wont fall for that trick twice

oh, you are in for a rude rude rude awakening there young hubris filled fella.

someone's gonna smack ya now.

It's a karma thing, so when it happens, just think of what you've written here and you'll understand why.

[sideslider]

This is why I like I like the idea of full contact sparring without full force.

Accidents happen though so even if it was half force full contact not much you can do.

Hope you heal up ok.

[Pork Chop]

After catching a flying knee to the ribs this weekend from the guy who dropped me in January with another knee to the ribs, i was gonna say "suck it up".
Unfortunately, while it didn't drop me this time & I soldiered through for another round and a half for our exhibition bout; I find myself in much the same boat now that the adrenaline's worn off.
Twisted both my ankles in that bout as well (outdoors, on uneven ground) and have some nasty bruises.
Taking the rest of the week off to heal up & get my motivation back.
Getting old stinks.

I'm torn though.
On one hand, I'm left with this distinct impression (from the other fighters at my gym) that I need to be sparring hard every workout in order to get better (my game was definitely off this weekend).
On the other hand, this week is reminding me why I only bang hard once in a while - if you're too banged up, you can't train, if you can't train you're not going to be as good come fight time.

[sideslider]

After catching a flying knee to the ribs this weekend from the guy who dropped me in January with another knee to the ribs, i was gonna say "suck it up".
Unfortunately, while it didn't drop me this time & I soldiered through for another round and a half for our exhibition bout; I find myself in much the same boat now that the adrenaline's worn off.
Twisted both my ankles in that bout as well (outdoors, on uneven ground) and have some nasty bruises.
Taking the rest of the week off to heal up & get my motivation back.
Getting old stinks.

I'm torn though.
On one hand, I'm left with this distinct impression (from the other fighters at my gym) that I need to be sparring hard every workout in order to get better (my game was definitely off this weekend).
On the other hand, this week is reminding me why I only bang hard once in a while - if you're too banged up, you can't train, if you can't train you're not going to be as good come fight time.

My sifu once said that to be good at fighting you must practice fighting -

of course when you fight you get hurt.

I don't train to be a fighter as some may - I like the health benifits ma offers and wish to practice into a rip old age.

injuries can prevent you from diong things when you get older and also healing time takes away from training time.

I hope that I could defend myself in a real world situation but I doubt I could hold up to a compitition for very long.

so I guess it depends on what your goals are.

[xcakid]

I don't train to be a fighter as some may - I like the health benifits ma offers and wish to practice into a rip old age.

Ya know, that is actually my view these days. Matter of fact in tournaments I am slowly but surely transitioning into a forms dancer.

However, there is still that voice in the back of my head that wants me to get out there and mix it up. Such as the case last Friday.

A few of the instructors and some intermediate student put on some pads and was mixing it up. I sat in the sidelines watching. However, after 5mins. I found myself putting on gloves, shin pads and headgear yelling "I got next" 30min later I was on my way to urgent care.

2 day later I am posting this thread.

And now, no tournament for me on Sat. and I already paid.

[Pork Chop]

*snags a spot on the couch next to Al and asks him to pass the vicadin*
Woke up not able to breathe around 5am this morning.
Just got back from the ER.
It's official, mine's cracked too.

[WinterPalm]

****! You guys is busted up right good!
Gives me all the more faith in my love for body shots.
I love me some spinning back kicks.

[Drake]

People get a skewed view of fighting by watching movies where people are taking an insane amount of body and head shots and are hopping right back up with vim and vigor. Fact is, you could end up permanently injured after your first match and never be able to train again. Is it worth it? Supervision helps, of course, but sometimes these things happen very fast.

[Pork Chop]

I'll get back to light workouts next week (mostly cardio and shadowboxing).
Will slowly ramp up the intensity after that; should be close to normal intensity by the 1 month point.
I doubt that this will put July out of reach for me, but I'm pretty sure I could've hit a higher athletic peak by July if this hadn't happened.
That being said, I think it's a bad idea to put my body in anymore significant risk before July - doubt I'll be 100% by May 16 & the June event is out of the question.
Priority's gotta be on building up my technique, speed, explosiveness, strength, endurance, timing (via drills), and balance.

I'm gonna have to stand by my earlier statements:
Day-to-day sparring should be controlled and always with a purpose in mind.
Hard sparring is a once-in-a-while thing.
Yeah, fighting hurts - but if you're injured you can't train.

July's definitely my last hurrah.

[xcakid]

I doubt that this will put July out of reach for me, but I'm pretty sure I could've hit a higher athletic peak by July if this hadn't happened.
That being said, I think it's a bad idea to put my body in anymore significant risk before July - doubt I'll be 100% by May 16 & the June event is out of the question.
Priority's gotta be on building up my technique, speed, explosiveness, strength, endurance, timing (via drills), and balance.

I'm gonna have to stand by my earlier statements:
Day-to-day sparring should be controlled and always with a purpose in mind.
Hard sparring is a once-in-a-while thing.
Yeah, fighting hurts - but if you're injured you can't train.

July's definitely my last hurrah.

Yeah me too.

I will definitely be at Kung Fu legends. No sanda for me though Just forms and continious sparring. I will still do the open tournaments in May and June though.

I was telling a student who is doing Sanda. No more hard sparring in June. Lot of conditioning and drills but we have to minimize the likelyhood of injuries if he want to compete.