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Speedy recovery my friend thank you ! I sooo hate rib injuries...they take an absolute age to heal and its pain all the way!! Such is life! but still it build spirit and character! ...and faster reflexes! I haven't experienced it before but it sounds very painful mate

I can add to Drew's post a story I have read on this forum in a different thread ... I think it was Karate injuries : http://www.karateforums.com/karate-injuries-vt46375-30.html The guy had 3 epigastric hernias after a strong punch to abdomen !! Be smart and safe

It can have I'll effects, yes. Sometimes organs will tear when they are impacted hard enough, and then you are likely to have internal bleeding on your hands, possibly shock, especially when the liver is involved. Muscles can be damaged too, and a serious hematoma can get infected and take you out of commission for months sometimes. It sounds like you aren't taking it that far, but I have seen first hand some world class stupidity when it comes to "conditioning." There exists around these parts a "coach" so horrible that he had new students throw inside leg kicks at each other until, the next day, their legs looked like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ken3Rocu9gU/TnDbm1aAjdI/AAAAAAAAALI/aAk9Qy0oqGc/s1600/hematoma3.JPG I would have said something if I had been there when this was happening, as it stood I told them that that had been a horrible idea, that they shouldn't submit to dreadful coaching (advice they didn't heed), and ditched the place. Anyway, being able to get hit and keep fighting is more of a mindset than anything. Knowing to exhale if getting hit is inevitable and what it feels like helps you not lock up when it happens in a fight, but if you get nailed in the liver hard you will go down, and constantly beating yourself up isn't going to give you D&D style damage resistance. Getting bigger muscles and a healthy sheathe of fat does that. If you are frequently getting hit whilst sparring or fighting, you aren't doing it right. Hitting them without getting hit back is the objective. Solid post

Congrats Hammer

Nice one ... really liked it

Most of the dojos allow shin guards and gloves and prevent low ranks from doing kicks to head (IMO this is the major cause of serious injuries)

Speedy recovery my friend

Congrats mazzybear work hard for the brown one .... you can do it

totally agree

That video is amazing ... i have to for you sharing it but which karate style is it ???

good to know that other practitioners have similar experiences as yours specially if one has been doing it for 23 years and you only 2.5 months

Ah ... forgot to tell you ... if you are training in a good dojo, every class you will find out something new that will make you love this style more & more (personal experience)

Happy that you loved Kyokushin ... it's pretty tough and strong style that makes you love it, same happened with me with only one major difference ... Kyokushin is my first MA to practice Go on and keep us updated with your new experiences with kyokushin

For me, it doesn't affect my knees much but my main pain is from the thighs Really it's effective... I am not doing 30 minutes for sure but I am doing 5-9 minutes nearly every day and I can say I really felt a difference espicially with my high kicks.. I would recommend trying it

Yes, it's actually torture but it's supposed to improve your hip flexibility. You can find more about it on this link http://antranik.org/the-30-minutes-a-day-squat-challenge/ (recommended by ps1) and read more posts regarding hip flexibility on this thread http://www.karateforums.com/how-to-improve-hip-flexability-for-the-round-kick-vt46501.html

Still can't get any more than 5 minutes, but I will persist I was watching one of my favorite movies yesterday and I managed to do 9.5 minutes but not sure if I will be able to do it again or not. I'm impressed!! If you've done it once it'll be easier to do it again. Well done! I wish I can do it again and increase the time even but it will take heeps of time

Still can't get any more than 5 minutes, but I will persist I was watching one of my favorite movies yesterday and I managed to do 9.5 minutes but not sure if I will be able to do it again or not.

You are welcomed any time ... btw how is the 30 min squat challenge ?!

Thanks for sharing, now I can have better understanding of angles and foot work

I think this one is serious enough for your journey

Yes I am trying to read, listen and watch to improve my sparring

What were you doing to get your first injury? Should I say congrats on going through that rite of passage? Lol. I'm glad to hear it doesn't sound too bad at least! Lol ... It was during sparring (7 rounds) That would have been my guess! good guess

What were you doing to get your first injury? Should I say congrats on going through that rite of passage? Lol. I'm glad to hear it doesn't sound too bad at least! Lol ... It was during sparring (7 rounds)

I have found this article about Sparring tips ... i liked it and hopefully you can find some good advice in it http://www.mademan.com/mm/10-martial-arts-sparring-tips.html