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I had a minor boo-boo during my karate class, about two weeks ago now -- I broke my toe.
I know, I should have posted this before now, but I've been a little busy lately!
Anyway... it wasn't even anything dramatic like "I was going for the school record and trying to break 237 bricks when it happened." ::G:: No, this was during warm-ups, and somehow -- *still* not sure how I managed this -- I came down with most of my weight on the back of the big toe of my right foot. I knew it hurt like hell, but I honestly wasn't sure at the time if it was dislocated, jammed, or broken.
I didn't make it to class Tuesday night, but tonight I'm going to have to have a little "chat" with one of the other black belts in the school, about an incident that happened last Thursday night.
He wanted to demonstrate a particular technique, an unusual interpretation of one of the moves out of a kata (form) that we do. Knowing that this particular gentleman tends to play rougher than most of the other students are really fond of, I offered to let him demo it on me. He said it was a ground-fighting technique, and sat down on the floor, then asked me to get behind him and place him in both a leg-scissors and a headlock/choke, which I did.
For those not familiar with such things, when the intensity of a particular technique starts to go beyond what the recipient is willing to accept, he "taps out" -- slapping one hand repeatedly against a thigh, the floor, or other surface to indicate his threshold to the other person. Think of it as saying "Uncle!" ::G:: At that point, the other person is expected to reduce the intensity, although not necessarily stop the technique entirely. This helps to prevent injury and to make sure that everyone is able to continue on with class, and go home with the same range of motion they had when they came in.
Also, if someone has an injury or something that might influence how a particular technique would affect them, it behooves them to tell their partner this. Unfortunately, I did not have time to do so.
As soon as I got into position, and as I was starting to tell him to please not do anything too drastic to my right foot, he proceeds to grab my big toe in one of his fists and my little toe (both on the right foot, of course) in his other fist, and make like they were a wishbone. I yelled, and immediately started tapping out, but he didn't let up. I said "STOP!" three times right in his ear, with no result. I'd decided the only way he was going to stop was if I forced him to, and had just moved my hand into position for a knockout technique when he *finally* let go.
So yeah, I'm going to have to have a little talk with him tonight about that...
I know, I should have posted this before now, but I've been a little busy lately!
Anyway... it wasn't even anything dramatic like "I was going for the school record and trying to break 237 bricks when it happened." ::G:: No, this was during warm-ups, and somehow -- *still* not sure how I managed this -- I came down with most of my weight on the back of the big toe of my right foot. I knew it hurt like hell, but I honestly wasn't sure at the time if it was dislocated, jammed, or broken.
I didn't make it to class Tuesday night, but tonight I'm going to have to have a little "chat" with one of the other black belts in the school, about an incident that happened last Thursday night.
He wanted to demonstrate a particular technique, an unusual interpretation of one of the moves out of a kata (form) that we do. Knowing that this particular gentleman tends to play rougher than most of the other students are really fond of, I offered to let him demo it on me. He said it was a ground-fighting technique, and sat down on the floor, then asked me to get behind him and place him in both a leg-scissors and a headlock/choke, which I did.
For those not familiar with such things, when the intensity of a particular technique starts to go beyond what the recipient is willing to accept, he "taps out" -- slapping one hand repeatedly against a thigh, the floor, or other surface to indicate his threshold to the other person. Think of it as saying "Uncle!" ::G:: At that point, the other person is expected to reduce the intensity, although not necessarily stop the technique entirely. This helps to prevent injury and to make sure that everyone is able to continue on with class, and go home with the same range of motion they had when they came in.
Also, if someone has an injury or something that might influence how a particular technique would affect them, it behooves them to tell their partner this. Unfortunately, I did not have time to do so.
As soon as I got into position, and as I was starting to tell him to please not do anything too drastic to my right foot, he proceeds to grab my big toe in one of his fists and my little toe (both on the right foot, of course) in his other fist, and make like they were a wishbone. I yelled, and immediately started tapping out, but he didn't let up. I said "STOP!" three times right in his ear, with no result. I'd decided the only way he was going to stop was if I forced him to, and had just moved my hand into position for a knockout technique when he *finally* let go.
So yeah, I'm going to have to have a little talk with him tonight about that...
