Broke by dose...

blueskunk

Both my brothers have cracked my conk over the years :-/

Painful stuff. I had to go for a job interview with 2 shiners - our kid was preparing to box for England so was getting loads of extra sparring - needless to say i didnt last long :-(

Had to explain to these two ladies in the interview that i wasn't a thug like ...

blueskunk

frankus;438584" said:

It wasn't a big hit, I've got a slightly wonky nose at which I think is just bruising.



It didn't bleed that much.



I guess if I'm worried about it I should go to the ENT - it's just our local doesn't have an MRI or ought.



The guy I see was a 3rd Dan in Goju Ryu so at least I'd pick up a few tips for counters.

Stop the karate and learn some western boxing

(Didnt help me funnily enough)

jonnyburgo

Fuck going to hospital, If I broke my nose the first thing I would do is go to the train station purely to as for a "First class dicket do Dottingham"

RobDavies

Not sure if I broke mine or not.

Someone's shoulder collided with my nose at a Motorhead show in Southampton a couple of years ago.   There was a proper "crunch" sound/feel and pretty intense pain - no claret though. Got home afterwards and had a bit of a bump and the wife noticed my profile had changed a bit!

Woke up the following morning with minor shiners underneath both eyes and a slightly smaller bump but a very tender nose. Three years on, the bump is still there but much smaller/less noticable.

:shrugs:

Evilmags

@ICBM. I know exactly what that feels like. I was in some hideous Costa place visiting my brother in law and some 17 year old in a Newcastle Utd shirt ran up to me screaming "Spanish Cunt" and punched me in the mouth. ( I was speaking Spanish to my brother in law). Where the fuck to these idiots come from. I was somewhat less restrained in my response than you were though and gave him a brief but effective demonstration as to why 9 stone neds should not punch 13 stone chaps at random. He actually said sorry, I thought you were Spanish as if that would make it OK.

frankus

blueskunk;439398" said:

Stop the karate and learn some western boxing

(Didnt help me funnily enough)

Thing is when I say Karate, most people think of people in white pyjamas regimented and practising really lame strikes on the count, or 5 step sparring, we don't really do that. We practise combinations lots, but that's because a vocabulary is useful in a stressful situation. More of our time is spent sparring, a combination of a bad back, meaning people don't need to stay away from my legs as much and a crap guard as a result of that, and this chap being new and keen, it was his grading not mine (I tell myself that's all it is - he's good)...(I'm jealous).

But yes my guard is evidently shit

I've just started at gymbox and one of my goals was a better guard position. My Krate instructor has told me I can either go more mobile (but I need to improve my fitness) or behave more like a heavyweight (and get stronger), I was hoping to have that discussion with the boxing coach at the gym when I get to do his class - they're on a Thursday and I've not managed to go for two weeks, he's not the kinda guy I'd like to piss off...

Clarky

frankus said:

It wasn't a big hit, I've got a slightly wonky nose at which I think is just bruising.

It didn't bleed that much.

I guess if I'm worried about it I should go to the ENT - it's just our local doesn't have an MRI or ought.

The guy I see was a 3rd Dan in Goju Ryu so at least I'd pick up a few tips for counters.

haa.. I did Goju Ryu when I was a kid.. loved it..

I trained under Sensei George Andrews at the Marble Factory in SE London.. he's pretty well known in Goju Ryu circles [although I didn't know that at the time]..

blueskunk

My teacher was an old school Karate guy back in the day. He moved over to Thai (master a) , jkd (Guro Dan Inosanto ) and never looked back.

You anywhere near Bob Breen?

Great guy and a great school

frankus

I went and saw an expert this lunchtime and it turns out I need...

to duck and weave a fair bit more.