Got hurt last night

[cathal]

Subject line says it all, doesn't it?

I was sparring with a fellow last night and we were standing mirror image (for those that don't know this is when both you and your opponent have opposite legs forward; e.g. his right, myleft) as we were free sparring. We both moved in for a kick with our rear legs. He was executing a jodan level roundhouse kick...and for me a forward snap kick.

So I had my knee up, and was about to snap out when I saw his leg come up, much faster than me. So I tightened my leg and raised it up a bit to do a leg block, and made contact with his leg just above his knee. This had the effect of deflecting the roundhouse. However when that happened my leg kicked out, and the top of my foot struck his shin! So I hit the floor and I fell of course. I got the spent the next 10 minutes with ice on my foot, enjoying endorphines and adrenaline. I'm told this would not have happend if I had remaind "on target" and not been scared of being bowled over by our mutual charge. Because,in the end, we were both able to stop ourselves from doing just that.

I'm just a bit store today. But I have learned a few things:

1. RELAX

2. Stay on target, even if you're nervous.

3. First Aid Kits are surprisingly useful.

[Azmyth]

That bites. I remember when I almost gave up TKD when my instructor nailed me dead in the face on accident and my nose was all swelled up and bled like crazy. He was cool about it though, and let me kind rough him up a bit to make up for it. (sparred him without any padding on his part). He really made sure I wasn't scared by it, and after putting a popcicle on my nose I actually stayed for the next 2 sparring classes after it as well.

[parkerlineage]

Man, I'm sorry that happened. Any permanent or longer than temporary damage done?

Simultaneous kicks almost always = bad news.

[alsey]

ouch, is your foot ok now? and i agree with parkerlineage, bad things tend to happen when kicks are thrown simultaneously.

[koko1969]

2. Stay on target, even if you're nervous.

For me, that's easier said than done. Hope you feel better.

[Shotokan-kez]

That sucks, hope your leg is feeling better soon!

[Zorbasan]

damn that sucks. you'll be ok tho

and as sempai says, train hard, you will get hurt. but it prepares you cos in a real fight, you will get hurt.

[Patrick]

Sorry to hear that.

[cathal]

Thank you everyone. It's great to feel loved.

The foot does feel much better. Painkillers and walking a bit have improved the feeling, I can't put all my weight on it right now but I can walk just fine. I'll be fine in a week or so I think.

[Jiffy]

Not all bad news. At least it was fairly minor, and most of all, you've learned some very valuable lessons from it.