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i used to be a professional martial artist until i killed my knees. now i fence.

by noodle 17y ago

aarongough 17y ago
Yeah I hear you on the knees. I managed to give myself severe tendinitis in both knees about 1 1/2 years ago, luckily I was able to slowly get rid of the pain and get my strength back, but it's been a long road. Do you enjoy fencing? Do you think a lot of the footwork stuff would be useful in other martial arts? I've been wanting to try it for a long time now...
- noodle 17y ago
  yeah, i still have knee problems with things like running for more than 15 minutes. they're better now, but i doubt they'll ever be "good". i definitely enjoy it, for a lot of reasons. been doing it for a while now. the transition from what i was doing to fencing was pretty smooth because of the established general body kinesthetics and concepts you've probably picked up along the way. they translate well. it doesn't make you automatically awesome, but it helps you become competent quickly.
  - aarongough 17y ago
    That's great! I always find it really interesting how much of the basics from one martial art can be applied to another. It seems to me that a lot of times the differences are in the details. What did you fight when you were doing it professionally?
    - noodle 17y ago
      definitely. after having fenced for a little while and then testing the martial arts waters again, i found that i'd gained a lot of interesting, useful insights. the commonly pointed out anecdote is that bruce lee was a fencer, and it influenced his philosophies and development as a martial artist. my bread and butter was teaching. the money and opportunity wasn't around for me with respect to fighting or tournaments or anything else to warrant seriously focusing more on them than i was.
icey 17y ago
I had the option of teaching at a kwoon or hacking for a living. I'm here so.... (the tendinitis in both elbows at the same time was a sign that I wasn't meant to fight ;))
- noodle 17y ago
  can't you do both? :)
  - icey 17y ago
    I could have, yes. I didn't for reasons unrelated. :D

i used to be a professional martial artist until i killed my knees. now i fence.

by noodle 17y ago

i used to be a professional martial artist until i killed my knees. now i fence.

Yeah I hear you on the knees. I managed to give myself severe tendinitis in both knees about 1 1/2 years ago, luckily I was able to slowly get rid of the pain and get my strength back, but it's been a long road. Do you enjoy fencing? Do you think a lot of the footwork stuff would be useful in other martial arts? I've been wanting to try it for a long time now...

noodle 17y ago
yeah, i still have knee problems with things like running for more than 15 minutes. they're better now, but i doubt they'll ever be "good". i definitely enjoy it, for a lot of reasons. been doing it for a while now. the transition from what i was doing to fencing was pretty smooth because of the established general body kinesthetics and concepts you've probably picked up along the way. they translate well. it doesn't make you automatically awesome, but it helps you become competent quickly.
- aarongough 17y ago
  That's great! I always find it really interesting how much of the basics from one martial art can be applied to another. It seems to me that a lot of times the differences are in the details. What did you fight when you were doing it professionally?
  - noodle 17y ago
    definitely. after having fenced for a little while and then testing the martial arts waters again, i found that i'd gained a lot of interesting, useful insights. the commonly pointed out anecdote is that bruce lee was a fencer, and it influenced his philosophies and development as a martial artist. my bread and butter was teaching. the money and opportunity wasn't around for me with respect to fighting or tournaments or anything else to warrant seriously focusing more on them than i was.

icey 17y ago

I had the option of teaching at a kwoon or hacking for a living. I'm here so.... (the tendinitis in both elbows at the same time was a sign that I wasn't meant to fight ;))

noodle 17y ago
can't you do both? :)
- icey 17y ago
  I could have, yes. I didn't for reasons unrelated. :D