Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Stopping by to say...got another dang cortisone shot in the most recent surgery knee today...so things for that knee...are not going well at this point...wait and see what the cortisone does
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Steve
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Apparently there was one.
Steve
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Anyone else watching the September grand sumo tournament?
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Apparently there was one.
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There are no wildfires in New England
Had forgotten about it. Watching day 1 now
Two things I've noticed since I've started paying attention to sumo last year, both a correction of what I learned through stereotyping/pop-culture.
The first is-they're not all fat. Some of them are, but not all of them, and it's not always whoever's bigger will win. Which leads to my second point-it's not just two people ramming into each other and whoever pushes harder wins. I watched the first 5 matches of day 1, each one is a completely different type of match, with completely different wins. Only one of the 5 was a straight up ramming the other person out. And this isn't an anomaly, this is pretty common among the professional sumo tournaments that I've seen (and I have to assume the amateur ones have even more diversity).
So my point is-sumo's not what most people think of it, and is really freaking cool to watch.
The first is-they're not all fat. Some of them are, but not all of them, and it's not always whoever's bigger will win. Which leads to my second point-it's not just two people ramming into each other and whoever pushes harder wins. I watched the first 5 matches of day 1, each one is a completely different type of match, with completely different wins. Only one of the 5 was a straight up ramming the other person out. And this isn't an anomaly, this is pretty common among the professional sumo tournaments that I've seen (and I have to assume the amateur ones have even more diversity).
So my point is-sumo's not what most people think of it, and is really freaking cool to watch.
An additional note-sumo wrestlers have some insanely strong legs.
Steve
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Just watched day 10.
G'day! Ah sorry my Aussie took over then... greetings and salutations!
Ah yikes... hoping it helps the knee..
Good luck with that knee. You never know when a surgery will suddenly help. And don't do things that are 'proper form' but will hurt it.
dvcochran
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Xue, I do know too much or too frequent cortisone injections cause cartilage damage. Something about making the cartilage spongy.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
I know. That makes 2 in one knee and 1 in the other in about 12 years....1 in a hip....1 in a shoulder.......I think maybe 1 in an elbow....... basically...I'm an arthritic, torn meniscus mess
dvcochran
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I feel you brother. I was told more than one every 6 months is a bad thing. Sounds like you are in good shape. I hope the shot(s) help for a while.
Since the mess with infection I had in my leg after the hardware removal earlier this year my Ortho is taking a hard line on not doing both knee replacements at the same time. This stinks to me but I do get his logic, that if an infection shows up again it could spread to both knees and really cause a mess. I meet with him again next week and hopefully will confirm whether I am a go for October on the left knee or not.
One more messed up year.
dvcochran
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Put up the last of the hay for this year today. Good times.
Stock photo but strikingly similar to one of our fields.
Stock photo but strikingly similar to one of our fields.
Just got an email from something that I have to assume I was on a blog and subscribed to their emails or something. Addresses me by name, the title is "For those who LOVE chopping low kicks", and the first sentence is "I know that you are one of these people."
Wow...... the truth has come out... I knew it all along but didn't wanna say anything!
Steve
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Well, I mean, who doesn't love a good chopping low kick?
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My face is burnt like a piece of toast(sunburn). It kinda hurt a little yesterday too, but I'm too high and mighty to put anything on it.
Moving on... I heard a weird noise last night. I was walking to my room and heard the pretty distinctive sound of a chair being scooted. I looked in my dining room, but none of the chairs looked even remotely pushed. I think. I didn't actually look that hard at them. However for all tenses and purposes, I was paranoid. I armed myself with my wooden jian ,and had my trusty chihuahua Snowball by my side. Jack(doberman) wasn't concerned enough to get out of bed. Technically Snowball only came cause she follows me everywhere. I'm so paranoid at this point I look in every room of my house twice. Nothing was there of course.
Moving on... I heard a weird noise last night. I was walking to my room and heard the pretty distinctive sound of a chair being scooted. I looked in my dining room, but none of the chairs looked even remotely pushed. I think. I didn't actually look that hard at them. However for all tenses and purposes, I was paranoid. I armed myself with my wooden jian ,and had my trusty chihuahua Snowball by my side. Jack(doberman) wasn't concerned enough to get out of bed. Technically Snowball only came cause she follows me everywhere. I'm so paranoid at this point I look in every room of my house twice. Nothing was there of course.
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