Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
You know Bill Bailey?
Tell me something good...
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Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
Which ones did you do?
Wing Woo Gar
Grandmaster
We were training with 3 of his 30 year students today. Got some really good tips from them on the fighting set.
Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
Taiji as a martial art and 13 postures
HighKick
Master Black Belt
Good in a bad sort of way.
I have had pretty bad spinal stenosis for several years, but it had never given me a problem beyond the pain of it. I have hit the gym 3-times/week for years. Two weeks ago, I went up on my squat and dead lift weight. After the workout we did our regular weekly Trivia night at a local restaurant. About an hour later, I could tell my hip and foot felt weird but did not think a lot about it. Got up from my chair at the restaurant and fell down. I realized I could not feel or control my foot at all. Got up and gathered myself and hobbled on home. Went to my Ortho the next day and they did a CT that showed the PL spinal ligament and a bone spur pinching my spinal cord. He put me on a steroid pack and has done daily spinal decompression (which I though was snake oil but seems to work). I have not worked out since the injury (honestly have not done much of anything weight-wise) and it has slowly gotten better. I still have numbness, tingling, and pain in the buttock, back of quad, and foot but I can feel the foot enough to confidently walk. It is better so the glass is at least half full.
So, all things considered, good news.
I have had pretty bad spinal stenosis for several years, but it had never given me a problem beyond the pain of it. I have hit the gym 3-times/week for years. Two weeks ago, I went up on my squat and dead lift weight. After the workout we did our regular weekly Trivia night at a local restaurant. About an hour later, I could tell my hip and foot felt weird but did not think a lot about it. Got up from my chair at the restaurant and fell down. I realized I could not feel or control my foot at all. Got up and gathered myself and hobbled on home. Went to my Ortho the next day and they did a CT that showed the PL spinal ligament and a bone spur pinching my spinal cord. He put me on a steroid pack and has done daily spinal decompression (which I though was snake oil but seems to work). I have not worked out since the injury (honestly have not done much of anything weight-wise) and it has slowly gotten better. I still have numbness, tingling, and pain in the buttock, back of quad, and foot but I can feel the foot enough to confidently walk. It is better so the glass is at least half full.
So, all things considered, good news.
I was driving to a field where I walk my dog every morning. We were on the Kula Highway. Myself, a car in front of me and one behind me were all going twenty miles an hour.
A pickup truck passed all three of us, even with a double yellow line indicating a no passing zone.
Even with all the lights flashing because it’s a School Zone and the Elementary School is starting in fifteen minutes.
A Police Car came out of nowhere and stopped the pickup truck. Me and the dog continued to the field for our walk.
Forty minutes later we were driving back. The pickup truck was being loaded onto a flatbed. The driver was sitting on the curb, handcuffed, his head down.
God, I so love happy endings.
A pickup truck passed all three of us, even with a double yellow line indicating a no passing zone.
Even with all the lights flashing because it’s a School Zone and the Elementary School is starting in fifteen minutes.
A Police Car came out of nowhere and stopped the pickup truck. Me and the dog continued to the field for our walk.
Forty minutes later we were driving back. The pickup truck was being loaded onto a flatbed. The driver was sitting on the curb, handcuffed, his head down.
God, I so love happy endings.
Simfers
Green Belt
Couple of good things:
1. Yesterday, we had a wrestling work-out at my BJJ school. It was super fun, very intense and had a very scary moment for me when I sprawled to stop a takedown and I swear I could feel my right knee (the one I injured quire a few years ago) bend sideways. It also gave a loud pop. It seemed to be okay, I finished the class at a lower intensity and dreaded how it would feel once the joint stopped being warm. Well, it seems to be fine. No pain, no stiffness, no instability. So just a bit of a freak-out on my part. Hurray!
2. Much, MUCH more importantly, today was my wife's latest follow-up appointment with her oncologist. All is stable still, the doctor is ecstatic at her bloodwork, next appointment is 15 September though she needs to go back earlier to get a CT scan so we can have more data to discuss. HURRAY!!
1. Yesterday, we had a wrestling work-out at my BJJ school. It was super fun, very intense and had a very scary moment for me when I sprawled to stop a takedown and I swear I could feel my right knee (the one I injured quire a few years ago) bend sideways. It also gave a loud pop. It seemed to be okay, I finished the class at a lower intensity and dreaded how it would feel once the joint stopped being warm. Well, it seems to be fine. No pain, no stiffness, no instability. So just a bit of a freak-out on my part. Hurray!
2. Much, MUCH more importantly, today was my wife's latest follow-up appointment with her oncologist. All is stable still, the doctor is ecstatic at her bloodwork, next appointment is 15 September though she needs to go back earlier to get a CT scan so we can have more data to discuss. HURRAY!!
Prince_Alarming
Master Black Belt
The great thing about supporting bands who aren't quite as popular is that it costs a lot less to go see them
Karma can be pleasant...
Prince_Alarming
Master Black Belt
Asserted dominance at the record store today by asking about a band the guy at the till had never heard of. They're probably getting sick of this now...
Prince_Alarming
Master Black Belt
Also, it's my birthday tomorrow. I have survived another year!
Prince_Alarming
Master Black Belt
Thank you
I shall light a firework in your honour!Similar threads
