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Martial Arts InjuriesDiscuss how to deal with martial arts injuries and illnesses here
I’ve been practicing for 20 over years and I have come to believe that pain and injuries, and the ability to endure them may be a big factor in deciding the outcome of a fight/match? anyone agree? most of the time, the emphasis it seems is to focus on one's skills/abilities/technical proficiency etc.
but the fact and reality of fighting remains - however good one is, if one does not have a high pain threshold, one will succumb quickly at the first sign of pain/injury/blood. so the question is, how does one handle pain?
is there a mental/physical training to withstand pain? how would you react to, say, a broken nose, teeth, a kick to the groin/ribs, a broken arm(amber)?
The question is, will you/should one carry on fighting despite a bloodied face or simply surrender?
I think there is another thread like this, but yes. Although if someone has the skill to win every fight without getting hit, they don't need all that much ability to take pain. Maybe for example they can knock them out in one hit, pressure points, something, etc..
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i find that if you are in a sparring situation your adrenaline is higher so if is easier to take pain..... in general though, it is funny, i can tolerate a lot of pain, but the fear of pain always gets to me.
yeah, if you have adrenilane running through your blood, you tend not to feel as much pain. at my club, we do contact sparring, weekly. 1-2 times a week. no pads. and maybe some light sparring work with pads occasionaly. we also have conditioning nights, where we just stand there and take hits. and my shihan also occasionly uses an kendo stick. good fun
Heh. Sounds like one method of traditional kenjutsu training. Have the student perform basic cleaning tasks around the home and attack them with bokken, without warning, while they are doing so. Once they become adept at dodging and using the environment to block, they have learned movement enough that they can now pick up a sword.
A lot of it is technique, too. Sure at first you take punches squarely across your nose. Your nose breaks, and you learn to better angle your face so punches slide off. The first time you get nailed in the ribs you probably weren’t breathing right. It hurts and later bruises. Later you learn to exhale while being hit. Your techniques, stances, and posture change as you get more comfortable fighting; as does your understanding of your art. So how do you deal with pain? You adapt.
Is there mental/physical training to withstand pain?
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I think i could take quite a few hits, i've been punched before by a full swing and just stood there, i remember for a few quid i let this girl at my school (Not MA school) slap me as hard as she could and it absolutely killed but if you just think its only a bit of pain it'll be gone in a minute then you take it and are ready for more.
It seems like you dont feel pain as much as you normaly do when your in a actual fight I guess because your adrenalin is so high.....
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I’ve been practicing for 20 over years and I have come to believe that pain and injuries, and the ability to endure them may be a big factor in deciding the outcome of a fight/match? anyone agree? most of the time, the emphasis it seems is to focus on one's skills/abilities/technical proficiency etc.
but the fact and reality of fighting remains - however good one is, if one does not have a high pain threshold, one will succumb quickly at the first sign of pain/injury/blood. so the question is, how does one handle pain?
is there a mental/physical training to withstand pain? how would you react to, say, a broken nose, teeth, a kick to the groin/ribs, a broken arm(amber)?
The question is, will you/should one carry on fighting despite a bloodied face or simply surrender?
You have to experience it to know how well you will react to it. Now, I'm not going to knock out one of your teeth just to give you a feel for it. You can't practice in the class, on purpose, a broken nose, or bone, groin shot. But you can condition your mind to deal with pain.
How much pain can you take?
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