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So as time makes it inevitable course and takes it's toll, the time between injury and recovery seems to slowly increase.
This makes it hard for someone who especially likes to train, likes to fight with guys half my age :) Yeah I'm warped.....
Nothing makes your mind clear like getting a good Muiy Thai kick in the thigh or having someone wrapped up and choking the crap out of them. It gets emotion less at times, you look slightly away from the person, sometimes on the ground I close my eyes. Works more on "feel" and who knows, it might be O' dark thirty one night when I'm in that same position.
I've heard people say how they "would" do such and such but they stubbed their toe, had in ingrown hair, etc. Usually these same types are quick to say how they won't give up in the "fight." You talk to them more and find out the last "fight" they have been in involved the phrase "your momma so fat she got her own zip code" a push, a shove and a reprimand from the elementary school teacher.
Now I'm not a particularly good fighter but I can hold my own. I should have gotten started in more earnest about 20 years ago. I try to tell the younger crowd that. My son got started at 8 and he loves it. Like me, he rarely gets emotions involved, just likes having fun. Can't catch a football to save his life, but he'll choke out half the damn football team... :)
We tend to look at every injury as a full body "take the bench" type injury. Often times this type of thinking takes us completely out of training. Then, maybe later, if ever, we try to get back into it and everything is hard again. Why not try to continue but work around the problem? Go to class, watch, learn the technique, hit the bags, etc. but don't spar? I rarely wear shoes on the mats, but I bought wrestling shoes for the support years ago after an injury. Wore them while it was healing and haven't worn them since. I probably have a brace or support band for every joint in the body at this point in time. Right arm messed up? That could be a cause for stopping OR it could be a cause to tighten up on your non dominant hand work- pistol, rifle, knife, HTH.
The sun ain't always going to be shining, the weather isn't always going to be 70 and we damn sure ain't probably going to be in our 110% best physical condition when we NEED to fight. Chances are you'll be nursing an injury, an "ouchie", etc.
Not saying run on a busted knee or do bag work with a torn rotator cuff, use your brain, but do continue to train.
Have leg issues, cardio problems or something where you can't run? After about 5 minutes of this, you'll be getting a lot of "cardio" from it. Just assume the position and hold it
This makes it hard for someone who especially likes to train, likes to fight with guys half my age :) Yeah I'm warped.....
Nothing makes your mind clear like getting a good Muiy Thai kick in the thigh or having someone wrapped up and choking the crap out of them. It gets emotion less at times, you look slightly away from the person, sometimes on the ground I close my eyes. Works more on "feel" and who knows, it might be O' dark thirty one night when I'm in that same position.
I've heard people say how they "would" do such and such but they stubbed their toe, had in ingrown hair, etc. Usually these same types are quick to say how they won't give up in the "fight." You talk to them more and find out the last "fight" they have been in involved the phrase "your momma so fat she got her own zip code" a push, a shove and a reprimand from the elementary school teacher.
Now I'm not a particularly good fighter but I can hold my own. I should have gotten started in more earnest about 20 years ago. I try to tell the younger crowd that. My son got started at 8 and he loves it. Like me, he rarely gets emotions involved, just likes having fun. Can't catch a football to save his life, but he'll choke out half the damn football team... :)
We tend to look at every injury as a full body "take the bench" type injury. Often times this type of thinking takes us completely out of training. Then, maybe later, if ever, we try to get back into it and everything is hard again. Why not try to continue but work around the problem? Go to class, watch, learn the technique, hit the bags, etc. but don't spar? I rarely wear shoes on the mats, but I bought wrestling shoes for the support years ago after an injury. Wore them while it was healing and haven't worn them since. I probably have a brace or support band for every joint in the body at this point in time. Right arm messed up? That could be a cause for stopping OR it could be a cause to tighten up on your non dominant hand work- pistol, rifle, knife, HTH.
The sun ain't always going to be shining, the weather isn't always going to be 70 and we damn sure ain't probably going to be in our 110% best physical condition when we NEED to fight. Chances are you'll be nursing an injury, an "ouchie", etc.
Not saying run on a busted knee or do bag work with a torn rotator cuff, use your brain, but do continue to train.
Have leg issues, cardio problems or something where you can't run? After about 5 minutes of this, you'll be getting a lot of "cardio" from it. Just assume the position and hold it
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