Hanging Up My Gloves

[BakShaolinEC]

that sucks MK, hope everything works out for you. Train smart!

[GeneChing]

*cough* hippie *cough*

Hippie and proud. Let your freak flag fly. But I don't do taiji. Weird, huh?

[sanjuro_ronin]

I did Chen Taiji for a bit and loved it ( it was more fight oriented in the training).
Never really though of MA as exercise or for anything other than kicking people in the back of the face.
Until I couldn't do that.
Now I focus on the kungs and such, and the iron wire and core forms.
Still not a fan of the fancy **** though, LOL !
If I was to choose a "IMA" I would probably go back to Chen Taiji.

[GeneChing]

I actually taught taiji for a spell - Yang & Sun. It never really did it for me, although I did enjoy the sword forms. I never did Chen, despite it being my family style. I looked into it, even went to Chenjiaguo, but never found a teacher that fit me.

If you're going to do an IMA, sanjuro_ronin, you should do xingyi. I loved xingyi. I'd still be doing it if Sifu Tony Chen was still in town.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I actually taught taiji for a spell - Yang & Sun. It never really did it for me, although I did enjoy the sword forms. I never did Chen, despite it being my family style. I looked into it, even went to Chenjiaguo, but never found a teacher that fit me.

If you're going to do an IMA, sanjuro_ronin, you should do xingyi. I loved xingyi. I'd still be doing it if Sifu Tony Chen was still in town.

I do love fisting....

[Hebrew Hammer]

I do love fisting....

You are one sick *******....I love it.

[mickey]

Greetings,

MasterKiller,

The news is sad. Keep going on your path.

Ask your doctor about what you can do to strengthen the muscles around the area for purposes of stabilization.

mickey

[Mike Patterson]

MK,

I have no disc between L4 and L5, degeneration in C4, C5 and C6. Much of this sustained throughout my lifetime of MA according to the docs and some exacerbation via a nasty car accident about 6 years ago.

I am drug free and virtually pain free. I do everything my styles require of me. Still strike, kick, throw, wrestle, pad work, bag work, sparring, etc. I am now 53.

Consider taking up IMA from a good teacher. Through IMA principles, my wife and myself have been able to help countless people with issues worse than both you and myself now suffer... Fibromyalgia, Type 2 Diabetes, Arthritis, Bursitis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, High Blood Pressure, Stroke Rehabilitation, Lower Back Pain, Circulatory Problems, Coordinative Balance issues... to name a few recent ones.

Oftentimes, the body simply needs to be "re-educated" in terms of what learned patterns or daily stressors may be contributory to exacerbation and/or irritation of the issue(s) being experienced.

IMA principles, taught properly, can do exactly this. So at least consider the option. And, as many have already offered, if you would like to talk to me privately you can either IM me here or email me through hsing-i.com and I'll be happy to offer whatever help I can.

[Ray Pina]

Man. Sorry to hear that.

[-N-]

This does lead us to discussing how one DOES keep his fighting edge without being able to fight regularly ( if at all).

one way is to keep up pad work. keep moving. prepare. by now, you should have skills to deal with someone effectively regardless of an injury. the only thing is you have to cut down the time in a confrontation to just the most serious techniques. do what you have to to end the fight quick.

Indeed.
I focus on drills more than anything, tons of bag and pad work and dummy work and developing speed and power into strikes.
The issue for me was timing and that is lost very quickly with lack of sparring and being a counter-striker it was crucial in my game.

Heavy bag for power and conditioning.

Partner drills for coordination and timing.

Plan to end any fights quickly.

[Lee Chiang Po]

I once suffered daily from severe headache. My neck was so stiff It caused the headaches. It got pretty bad at times. It eventually got so bad I was suicidal. I had been to so many doctors that could not find the problem, and one night in emergency a young intern who had at one time studied to be a chiropractor came to my rescue. After years of this pain he noticed a very slight misalignment of the disks. I have since come to realize that it happened in a terrible fight when a rather robust fellow got me in a head lock. I thought he was going to kill me by breaking my neck, and I think it was his very intent. God rest his soul.
The young doc offered to pull out the kink and I went along with it. I have not had a headache since. You might talk to a chiropractor and see what he thinks.

[Brule]

I really haven't heard much good about chiropractors so my initial reaction would be to stay away. There may be excellent ones out there but it just doesn't seem natural to me.

Sucks to be injured and not be able to participate the way you have been used to for a long time. Just take it slow and research your options before jumping in.

At least now you will be able to do kung fu, cause we all know that kung fu is just pretty forms and standing around hugging a tree..

[Lee Chiang Po]

I once suffered daily from severe headache. My neck was so stiff It caused the headaches. It got pretty bad at times. It eventually got so bad I was suicidal. I had been to so many doctors that could not find the problem, and one night in emergency a young intern who had at one time studied to be a chiropractor came to my rescue. After years of this pain he noticed a very slight misalignment of the disks. I have since come to realize that it happened in a terrible fight when a rather robust fellow got me in a head lock. I thought he was going to kill me by breaking my neck, and I think it was his very intent. God rest his soul.
The young doc offered to pull out the kink and I went along with it. I have not had a headache since. You might talk to a chiropractor and see what he thinks.

[Subitai]

I do love fisting....

Hey No Fair!! Other than Kung Fu...FISHING IS MY THING!!!!

haha..oh wait you said Fisting????


To MK:

I was going to joke and say..."Well time to do Tai Chi now" But they beat me to it.

Train healthy and don't injure yourself anymore...age catches up too quickly. The extra win in the ring isn't worth it when your older and paying the price.

[GeneChing]

Ask your doctor about what you can do to strengthen the muscles around the area for purposes of stabilization.

Chiropractors, like doctors, or any healer for that matter, vary a lot. I went through numerous specialists at Kaiser, as well as PT, acupuncture, TCM and tiedazhang. Nothing. The medical doctors were particularly useless in my case. I eventually found a great chiropractor. The moral of that story is to keep pushing forward, keep searching. Don't give up.