Well, I am testing to yellow sash in Shaolin Kung-Fu Hung Gar style on Friday. So exciting! Sifu taught us a little chin na tonight, which is tendon manipulation for self defense. It was fun, but very painful. If any of you get the chance, I highly recommend chin na. Effective!
over the weekend i dislocated my pinkie toe (d'oh!) and was wondering if anyone had any opinions about when i might be able to go back to kickboxing (safely). classes are m/w/f/sat. mondays and wednesdays are cardio days (mixed with crunches, push-ups, and limited pilates moves) and fridays and saturdays are pad work (not sparring but partnering with someone-- one has pads, one has gloves and doing structured punch/kick routines then switching, etc). i didn't go last night (because i'm still pretty hobble-y) but i thought i might try and go tomorrow (wednesday) and altogether skip the pad workouts for the next couple of weeks.
If the pad work is mainly upper body, then I would go.
Have you got it all taped up so it doesn't move? I broke my little toe on someone's elbow and I think I missed a week or two of classes, but went back and did what I could after that.
Can you go and just do what you can do? Or is your instructor a martial-bully? See how you feel and don't forget to let the instructor know you won't be doing anything that hurts your foot!
Hi guys, I am so bummed. I have a horrible cough so I called in sick for work and then of course I could not justify going to kick cardio last night and I missed it so much. Kicking stuff is just sooooo much fun. I let my inner toddler shine (to paraphrase what someone else said about their inner athlete on another thread!).
for you - sometimes it's good to take time off. I personally hate it and will train through bad backs, broken bits etc, but it wears you down in the end!
i made it in to kickboxing last night and spoke with the instructor before hand-- she made sure my toes were taped up properly and said i was good to go. i took the intensity down a bit and didn't do much jumping or fast shuffling but hey, something is better than nothing. i think i'll skip the pads classes at least for this next week though. i'm pretty pleased with myself for going-- usually the tiniest sniffle or ow-y is enough to make me stay home.
Good luck for Friday! I'm sure you will do brilliantly!
See how you feel and don't forget to let the instructor know you won't be doing anything that hurts your foot!
for you - sometimes it's good to take time off. I personally hate it and will train through bad backs, broken bits etc, but it wears you down in the end!