Elbow Problem

[joesteph]

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 . . .

[JusticeZero]

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.

[bushido_man96]

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.