We were working on grappling my last class in kenpo and one of the drills we were doing was getting an armbar after rolling off from the mount position. I was on bottom (uke), my training partner nailed the move, began to apply pressure slowly for the arm bar, I wasn't feeling much pain so I didn't tap (in that school it is customary to allow the pain to go beyond your threshold before tapping to build tolerance) he applied a little more pressure, I still didn't tap but felt a little pain, then it sounded as if someone crushed a walnut in my elbow. No immediate pain, just a look of "Oh, s**t!" on my partners face. Two weeks later the dang thing is still sore as hell. Not swollen any more, no discoloration, just really tender on the inside knob of the elbow and painful when I try to get a full stretch out of it. I've started training in Aikido since the injury and am concerned that the injury may give the Sensei the wrong impression about my ability to train. Any ideas as to how I can remedy this injury or should I just take copious amounts of ibuprofen before training?
((oh, yeah... the injury has nothing to do with why I left the kenpo school if you're wondering))
((oh, yeah... the injury has nothing to do with why I left the kenpo school if you're wondering))