My Butt Hurts!
Normally, my Sunday martial arts class is a mixture of sword practice, staff practice and jujitsu. FTNITK, jujitsu is explained here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujitsu
I've always been a keep your distance kind of fighter, mostly because I'm 6'2" and I have long arms and legs. I don't want you up inside my guard because I lose most of my advantage. So studying jujitsu has been eye opening as well as frustrating as hell some times.
My class is 2 hours on sunday mornings and usually equally split up into three sections. So when I got out of my car, I was hoping for a short jujitsu session because my elbow was killing me. Sensei called from the middle of the yard, "No Weapons". Shit. 2 hours of Jujitsu. Just what I needed. If you haven't been following my insistent whining, I've been having issues with my elbow with pain in straightening it completely - a form of tennis elbow that martial artists call Samurai Elbow - the use of the muscles to stop the sword at the end of the stroke is wicked painful.
I had gotten a shot of cortizone on friday, so I was hoping to hell it would kick in. We did our workout, putting sets of pushups in between the exercises we were doing, and I have to say, not only did I have a really good class, but my elbow is feeling pretty freakin good right now. I'm working on sitting straight and relaxing my shoulders in hopes that it'll loosen the knots there, and hopefully not add to the tension in my arm causing my elbow to hurt.
Now, why does my butt hurt? Dude, I got thrown around for 2 freakin hours. Have you ever done a lot of situps and then been really sore the next morning? Multiply that by 10, and you have an idea of how sore I am right now. It's amazing how much you can work out muscles with simple things as picking yourself up off the floor.
update: I wrote this last night, it's now Monday and I am even more sore. Funny thing is, I can't wait to go downstairs and ride the bike and run for a bit to work out all of this.
May 4th, 2009 - 09:49
Dang wish i could find someone around here to teach any of thoses disciplines. I would love to have 2 hours any day to do stuff i want / need to do – i envy you having the time to keep your health up!
May 4th, 2009 - 09:56
Only reason I can go every sunday is because my wife is so cool
Plus she has an ulterior motive. There’s a farmstand right near my class that makes homemade biscotti 
That and if I don’t go and get my rah rah’s out, I’m crabby all week 
As for finding this place, it’s in his backyard, there’s about 12 of us and it was a total stroke of luck. He’s more interested in passing on his knowledge than opening up a school and sharing with the masses. You’d be surprised what you can find using the internet. I met him through another guy in north Jersey when I was looking for a sword class.
May 4th, 2009 - 20:54
It’s good to hear you “got your rah-rahs” out. I know how important that is. You make me feel motivated. Think I’m gonna have to go out for a run tonight!
May 6th, 2009 - 17:53
Damn, it must be hard to be getting so old. Falling apart in front of your own eyes.
Seriously, I wish I had half your energy. Time for you to find a good ice pack for that sore butt…