Injuries

[Bhayl]

Been taking Aikido for 5 months - sprained/strained the outside of my right wrist a couple weeks ago from either a kote-gaeshi or nikyo (not sure which). Nothing else major.

[Martial_Artist]

1. I study The Pure Art.

 

2. I have been studying this for 25 years.

 

3. I received a spear stab to my left lower abdomen ten years into training. A variety of blood-blisters from shinai. A machete cut to my right shin(19years into training). A broken nose. Spranged fingers. My most serious wound was a sword cut that severed two of my tendons and required surgery. A throwing knife injury to my forearm(15 years into training). Recently, (25 years into training) I don't get injured anymore.

 

No broken bones. No joint injury. A billion bruises from sticks, fists, feet, and shinai.

 

However, in retrospect, none of those injuries seemed severe at the time. I just took them as part of my training and trained harder. I learned much, a whole lot about energy management and control.

 

That's about it. I don't expect many more injuries from training.

 

EDIT: Spelling errors and typos.

[superleeds]

hm...I think I'll skip todays training......

[monkeygirl]

OuCh!

 

Sounds like a few of us need some good long baths in Epsom Salts!

 

I seem to have some bad luck in the dojo. Since the eye thing happened, though, I wear a face cage on my helmet.

 

Keep 'em coming

 

If there's a story behind your injury(s), feel free to elaborate!

[karatekid1975]

Stories behind my injuries?? They are mainly the cause of showing off LOL. Except for the broken finger. I did that while we were doing kick-block drills. I pulled my left hammy twice because I was almost "forcing" myself to get flexible (I was not flexible at all at the time).

 

In TKD, I pulled the right hammy during a board breaking class. We were allowed to pick what breaks we were going to do. I did two speed breaks (360, and speed punch), so one of the black belts said "do a jumping axe kick. You were in another style. I know you can do it." In this school, that was a BB break (I was only a yellow belt in TKD at the time). He dared me. So I did it. It was cool too. I went really high on my jump and did a perfect break (board) and rip (hammy). Good combo LOL ..... ouch!

 

The jumping side kick thing happened cause I wasn't paying attention to how I was landing my kick. And I don't know exactly how I hurt my left leg again. It does have something to do with MA, though.