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By the time this post goes up, I will be almost 24 hours behind the curve on this news, but it has already been thoroughly

Speaking from experience, this crap hurts.
Unfortunately, any further forays into the educational arena of a karate dojo mat are going to have to wait until such time as I am able to get my body back [...]

11. Just as important as not cutting your fingernails too soon before judo, is actually cutting them. Not only can long fingernails be a problem for you (in that they are liable to catch on things and [...]

10. Blocks should always be executed in such a way that will cause damage to the offending limb… however, just because your body does not take the hit, do not expect the block not to hurt. We did a [...]

9. Being choked-out into unconsciousness is a singularly unique experience. I have, to my knowledge, never passed out, blacked out, or lost consciousness (short of sleeping) before in my life. I have taken some pretty solid blows to the [...]

This is just some further random information I garnered from our most recent experience at our martial arts dojo.
7. Bleeding on your gi is bad form. Like I mentioned in the last related post, I tore the [...]

One of the few advantages of being trapped out on the ocean for six-plus months at a time is that I had to work out… had scant else to do, and it is a fairly good use for your [...]