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**HowardtheDuck** · 02-13-2006, 08:05 AM

Question: does your employer pay for your health insurance? What are the doctors telling you about your injuries? What are they doing about it?

Your sensei sounds to me as if he/she is an extremely understanding person. Even if you can't make it to every practice, try to keep yourself in shape with suburi. Go the practices that you can go to, but don't try to make it if it's going to put you in financial straits.

If I can't go outside to practice footwork with the shinai, I kneel on my living room floor and do suburi. I've had surgery on both of my feet, will probably have surgery again on the right foot, and I'm scheduled for a knee replacement in April. I've been severely injured during a tournament, but was able to return 6 weeks later to resume my kendo.

It's understandable to feel depressed when you can't do what you enjoy doing. Standing all day on a concrete floor in a factory is no fun - been there, done that for too long myself. Perhaps though if you were able to at least do suburi, either seated or kneeling, you would be able to keep your swing progressing and not lose the muscle tone and muscle memory of what you've been taught.

Can't give you any girl power, I'm not a girl, but I have a pretty good idea of what you're going through. Keep trying, don't give up!

02-13-2006, 08:05 AM	#7
HowardtheDuck Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	Question: does your employer pay for your health insurance? What are the doctors telling you about your injuries? What are they doing about it? Your sensei sounds to me as if he/she is an extremely understanding person. Even if you can't make it to every practice, try to keep yourself in shape with suburi. Go the practices that you can go to, but don't try to make it if it's going to put you in financial straits. If I can't go outside to practice footwork with the shinai, I kneel on my living room floor and do suburi. I've had surgery on both of my feet, will probably have surgery again on the right foot, and I'm scheduled for a knee replacement in April. I've been severely injured during a tournament, but was able to return 6 weeks later to resume my kendo. It's understandable to feel depressed when you can't do what you enjoy doing. Standing all day on a concrete floor in a factory is no fun - been there, done that for too long myself. Perhaps though if you were able to at least do suburi, either seated or kneeling, you would be able to keep your swing progressing and not lose the muscle tone and muscle memory of what you've been taught. Can't give you any girl power, I'm not a girl, but I have a pretty good idea of what you're going through. Keep trying, don't give up!
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