it's merely a flesh wound! NI!
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I was in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronisms...a medieval > historical society), I used to do a lot of heavy armored combat (real armor, > rattan and foam padded weapons, real fighting), one of the best fighters I > ever fought against was a guy who had only 1 leg. In the SCA, titles of > nobility are mostly won through combat. This guy was a Baron of the group > he was in...that he won by his own hand. Very incredible guy. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:53 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Mass. woman with no arms preparing for black belt > > > I was training for my 2nd Dan up unitl three months ago, when I blew > out my left knee.. and other things got in the way.. > > Black Belt testing is supposed to be a bit subjective, based on the > individual abilities of the student being tested, obviously the > instructor is making allowances for her situation.. I am by no means > discounting her achievement, it took me eight years to reach first > dan, and I have full use of all of my faculties (shut up Larry, Cam, > Scott etc..). To even attempt it with missing limbs is a feat in it > self. > > I competed up unitl my 1st Dan, I used to come up against a gentleman > who was missing his right arm, he was one of the most difficult people > to spar I'd ever seen, because his blocking methods were very > unorthodox, the obvious choice would be to attack his right side, but > he'd developed the ability to twist, quickly and block from the left > side. It drove me nuts, but I always gave him huge props for not > letting his situation get the better of him.. > > She's probably done the same thing, you can adapt poomsae (forms) > especially the Taeguek and Palgwe sets, in her case just discount the > hand motions and blocking.. I'd love to see how she's adapted to full > contact sparring... > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I can't even imagine trying to do TKD forms with no arms and no knees. > Kudos to her for being able to do it. And in just three years to. That's the > bare minimum required time to get your black belt in TKD, which means she's > worked her butt off and tested (and passed) as soon as she was allowed with > every belt along the way. >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
