[Pipindula]

I'm BORED!!! There's fluid under my cappella from where sempai's four year old hit me in the knee with a kodachi whilst we were doing kendo no kata (ippon mae, so I was in jodan) and I can't train! Bad enough it's a week before iaido/jodo nats but damn, usually my routine is thusly: get up early, have a piece of fruit & glass of water, do chi kung (or qigong, whichever spelling takes your fancy) for twenty minutes, tai chi for ten minutes, maybe some back stretches, catch the train to town then a thirty/forty minute walk to work with maybe a coffee at the markets half way there if I'm feeling decadent, then training three or four times a week.

You know what my routine now is? Get up three quarters of an hour later. Catch train to town, five minute walk to bus stop, go to work. Come home, ice knee in front of TV. Gah! Insomnia from not training and getting that physical work out usually takes me like a week. This time it took two freaking days. And my knee hurts. And I can't prepare for gradings and damn, I have so much work to do. And I'm listless. And it HURTS! Physio (which I can't afford on Monday after work). And anti-inflammatories (which I can't afford) tomorrow. Bored, bored, bored. Tired. Not tired. Had it not been for the week of seminars, the course of action would have been rest it for two/three (or more) weeks. I'm not even meant to be walking on it much!

In the last twelve months I've had asthma which put a stop to kendo for months (blessing in disguise cos it's how I started jodo), then pulled my traps which put me out of everything for months. Now the cappella. *begins to smack head against desk*. I think it's kendo. I really think some higher power doesn't want me to do kendo especially.

I know, I know, keep positive, utilise visualisation of kata whilst unable to train, etc.

Thanks for letting me rant

I'm gonna go blow more raspberries on the cat's belly. That'll make me feel better. He pretends he doesn't like it by doing things like growling or attempting to eat my head but I know he does, really

[DurryVony]

poor newbie i know how you feel missed 3 months last year for a twisted knew and 1 month this year when i hurt my back.

hope you get back to it soon

[SoorgoBardy]

*big hug*

and another one, because the message is too short otherwise...

[byncnombmub]

maybe sensei doesnt like you and told his kid to whack you in the knee

[fuesquemill]

Let it be a lesson to you ... never agree to shiai with Tonya Harding!

[FalHaitle]

Dang! Thats some harsh..uhm...well just harsh.

Maybe Mr. Miyagi can fix your knee up real good?

[aaaaaaahabbbby]

I havn't been able to make it to practice more then once a week for the past month because my back keeps acting up. My back gets pretty bad every few months so I end up missing a lot of practice, but thats life, and I feel your pain, man. Lets hope none of your injuries become cronic, because thats a bitch. Good luck with the knee.

A few good things come out of my injuries though, I think I fixed my kamae over the break, but I have to wait till next week to try it out. Peace.

[Evsltkzl]

Urgh! Backs. I've suffered chronic lower backpain for years. Only missed a couple kendo trainings because of it, luckily. Sempai reckons it's my best art cos it's so linear but I dunno.

Update on the knee - it's a medial collateral ligament strain (at least I haven't ruptured it). Physio's given me a couple exercises and I have to go back Wednesday and I'm wearing a compression bandage. Seven straight days of seminars 8-5 next week will be interesting.... dammit. Should have been training solidly in the two weeks leading up, not sitting on my fat butt watching tv

[Bigroza]

I know I know,

Put some castors on your chair and then you can push youself about and do the katas from where you sit.

Ta-daaa

You can thank me for this solution by sending a cheque to the Aston Martin corporation

[kucheravka]

I already sent you a calendar, you greedy little pom!

I have to do painful massage on it four minutes twice a day to break up the messy scar tissue that's formed.

[DoctorDeryOne]

euuuuughhh, that sounds painful and just damn NASTY.... Make sure you dont kill yourself doing those seminars. I wish I could give you a big hug!!

A friend of my sister has roped us both in to go to a demo and class of wing tsung (is that how you spell it?) youve dont that before havent you? Is it worth doing? Am I just going to see a bunch of puffed-up roosters strutting around breaking laminated pine with their elbows?? I feel my plate is full enough with kendo right now, but Ill go once to see what the fuss is about. Wadda ya reckon?

[bugagasikaga]

I already sent you a calendar, you greedy little pom!

I have to do painful massage on it four minutes twice a day to break up the messy scar tissue that's formed.

That wasn't a calendar it was Geisha porn ( and its' great)

Need a massage - I'll be right there.
Now where is that baby oil

[gWhya5ct]

Alison - it's Wing Chung and nope, not me. My brother does it though. I just do tai chi/qigong. From what I hear it's a very worthy art.

I always find it hard when I'm at training to.. not train. I know it's stupid but I feel really awkward saying "sorry, had enough", especially when I'm training with people I don't know.

And Sats, I told you it was porn You can even see boobie in one of them!

And I don't know about the baby oil but if you wanna come massage my knee to break up the scar tissue using ice gel, all good by me. Expect you here, what? Friday give you enough time? See you then (now let's see if the Pom's are good to their word...)

[erepsysoulptnw]

(now let's see if the Pom's are good to their word...) Poms are....... but men are not

[Klissineopar]

Bleeding typical.

Well, I've been told standing kata only for the Nationals. Can't do the massage thing on my leg cos it created a sore. Bleeding typical. Leave tomorrow morning at stupid o'clock. Speaking of which, I should prolly pack...

[baskentt]

You gone yet?

[appletango]

...and back...

[CreativeSuiteDown]

...and back...

SO?


Where is my PM with all the gory details?