This lesson has been difficult for me to teach myself. I'm so used to doing something a certain way that in my head it becomes the only way to do it. But then I remember something someone told me a long time ago and unfortunately I don't remember the exact words but I remember the message. He told me "Hey! Don't be stupid." And that's about it. I use this all the time. Think before you act, before you speak, before you judge, before you guess, and before you hurt yourself. When I injured my knee about a month ago I was trying to do something that I'm very capable of doing. But I didn't think it through and got hurt. I know what I did wrong and learned from it. That part was smart. Not thinking, was stupid. My knee is almost fully healed now but I'm still trying to be careful.
Today I was able to clock out early and jump into class with the poom belts and then take class with the black belts after. In the first class we did a lot of kickboxing. By the end of it my wrist both hurt a bit. Jeremy Moore helped me work on my basic punches after and I was able to gain some improvement on my jab and cross. After grabbing some water and jumping into black belt class, I chose to continue working on my kickboxing. I believe this was not a smart choice because I proceeded to injure both my wrists. Not seriously, thank goodness, but enough to where as I'm writing this, my hands are shaking vigorously. It actually makes me laugh a bit. After realizing my wrists were hurt, I chose to work on kicking and some tricking (no rhyme intended). This was working smart. I know how to tell the difference now. Now all I have to do, is learn to see it before it happens and prevent injury. Just like any skill, it has to be practiced.
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