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Elbow Problem


joesteph

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I really enjoy Jeet Kune Do, but since starting it, bit-by-bit my right elbow, which holds the focus mitt, has ached, first being in the morning of the next day, then being late at night. It's only been a bit for the left elbow, since we concentrate so much on the straight lead, and the better mitt-holding for your partner is with the right hand as he strikes with his right.

Has anyone else experience impact-generated elbow pain? When someone sharp at JKD hits that focus mitt (like my instructor demonstrating), it's like Superman being "more powerful than a locomotive" (the George Reeves TV show) as he's using the falling step to drop his weight into it.

Oddly enough, I don't lose any of my punching power.

Curiouser and curiouser . . .

~ Joe

Vee Arnis Jitsu/JuJitsu

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Yes, but I don't know that there's much of anything I can tell you that would help. If my elbow hurts after training, I change the next class or three to work on something different.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia

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If you try to resist the power of the punch when it hits the bag, it could be causing the soreness to be more noticible. Maybe relax that arm a bit upon impact, and let it recoil some more.

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