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Chris Berry Special user 831 Posts |
I don't know how many of you listen to MxPx but that is one of their songs. HeeHee.
Anyway to get on with the topic: How many of you here have had a broken bone? Which one was it and how did you break it? I broke my right wrist a few years ago skating with my friends. We were all learning how to grind rails so we went to the park down the street. It just so happend that the park has a gigantic 18 stair rail that is steep and painted which makes it super slick! Well we were having fun that day so we tried to grind it (we looked like a bunch of goofs!) About 30 minutes into skating there I jumped and landed on the rail! I thought "YES I DID IT!...OUCH!" It just so happend that I was croutching down to low and my right arm ended up going UNDER the rail. When I was going down my wrist got stuck at one of the rail supports and just jerked and snapped! I fell off and rolled down the hill on the side of the rail. I got up looked at my wrist and said a few words I shouldn't have said !!!! (upon saying those words I got the attention of everyone in the park, which happend to be full of families and kids at little league games.) I walk to the top of the stairs and guess what? My friends made me skate home alone! I ended up breaking both bones in my wrist. Not very fun at all! Chris P.S. I did regret saying those words I said! Everyone (including myself) was completely shocked at my language! |
Magix Elite user 432 Posts |
Broken ribs 5 times.
Broken finger one time. Other than that I've been lucky. |
Dragona Regular user New Jersey 159 Posts |
I broke my right wrist earlier this week. It really sucks becuse all I was doing was working. It happens to be my first, and with all the crazy stuff I've pulled I'm surprised it is. Needless to say, I won't be doing magic for a while.
I have the breath of dragons and the soul of a human.
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Andrew E. Miller Inner circle Southern California 1428 Posts |
I drink a lot of milk and I am happy to say I have never broken a bone before.!!!!! AHHH!!! MY LEG!!!! DEAR GAWD!!!!
Andrew AH!!!!!!!! |
marko Inner circle 2109 Posts |
I have never broken anything before. I guess I'm invincible (or lazy).
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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Chris Berry Special user 831 Posts |
Quote:
On 2003-05-24 19:17, marko wrote: AAHHHH!! You're turning into me!! I am perhaps the laziest person to ever walk.....er umm sit on the face of the planet. Wait, even sitting takeas to much energy! Chris |
Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
I've never actually broken a bone, but not from lack of opportunity! I've been in two full speed car accidents, two motorcycle accidents, fallen 40 feet out of a pine tree, jumped out of helicopters while in the army and have been practicing martial arts for years. I drink tons of milk, too.
I have had my nose kind of broken from fighting, just not badly (cracked I guess). Until very recently it was kind of crooked. However, while at one of this year's martial arts tournaments I was fighting in a very rough heavyweight kickboxing division and got it cracked again, which straightened it! My wife says I haven't snored since. -Reg {*}
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
MrCyNic Loyal user England 238 Posts |
I've only ever broken one bone: my face.
When I was around 14, I was learning to ski on one of those dry slopes. For those who might not know, dry ski slopes are made of densely packed bristles of something like plastic. If you fall, you're not supposed to use your hands to help yourself up because those bristles can poke right through your gloves and shred your palms. On the very last run down of my very last lesson, I took a spill as I went over the beginners' bump. I went up, turned horizontal and came down on my face. I broke my nose and both cheekbones, and drove my jawbone up into my skull. I tore a hole right through the midsection of my upper lip and had to wear a cotton and gauze nosebag for over a week to catch the blood and provide cushioning for my face. I had to eat through a straw, which I could fit through the hole in my lip. When the nosebag came off, my face was so swollen I looked just like Miss Piggy. The whole shape of my face was changed. I'm real pretty now. Cheers, Cy. PS: Hey, Reg. What style do you practise? I've been a student of Seidokan and Wado Ryu Karate since around 1990. I taught Okinawan weapons for a while, but I haven't competed since the UK Nationals in 1995. |
Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
Hey Cy, that sounded seriously nasty. I've only ever wiped out skiing on snow and that was bad enough! You can ski on snow almost year round out here though, so I don't know if they use that other stuff.
I study Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Kuo style Tai Chi (a variation of Yang style). Our kung fu school is very traditional, pretty much unchanged from the way it was originally taught at the temple. For the last few years I've been doing 5 classes a week, so I'm pretty immersed in it. My brother was studying Wado Ryu for quite a while (to blue belt, I think) before he started Akido which he is doing now. -Reg {*}
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
MrCyNic Loyal user England 238 Posts |
Cheers for the info, Reg. I know very little of Kung Fu and less of Tai Chi, so correct me if I'm wrong:
Northern Shaolin - That's the style with the deep, more extended stances and the greater emphasis on kicking techniques, isn't it? Kuo Style Tai Chi - I seem to recall hearing that this is one of the more physically demanding branches of the form. The only time I ever saw it in person, I remember being impressed with the degree of co-ordination exhibited in the circular arm flurries. That sounds like an interesting combination of styles. Do you find that they complement or contradict each other? One of the reasons I chose to study Wado Ryu was the fact that it worked well with Seidokan, while still having a very different technical and philosophical slant in places. Cheers, Cy. |
Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
You're right about Northern Shaolin, the stances are quite deep and there are a lot of kicking techniques, some of them quite challenging which are usually variations on a spinning jump kick, i.e. the "hurricane" kick. However, we train for sparring as well as in our forms, and the techniques used there are of course somewhat different i.e. the stances are shorter and higher, more practical kicking is used, etc.
Kuo Style Tai Chi is taught at the same school, usually only to older or advanced students, and is intended to be complementary. Many of the stances and hand postures are the same. The stances are deeper/wider than the traditional Yang style. The arm flurries you are referring to are probably what we call the "wave hands" in English, and it does take a lot of coordination and practice to perfect. In Hong Kong where our organization is headed by my Sifu's father, Kuo style is one of the most popular styles practiced. It seems to be rather rare in North America however. Personally I have found that my Tai Chi helps my Kung Fu by improving my balance and coordination, teaching me to redirect force instead of block it, and not least of all helping me heal injuries from all those demanding Kung Fu techniques. Tai Chi is like a type of physiotherapy— slow, relaxed stretching that increases the temperature and encourages blood flow (and chi flow of course). It also helped me eliminate stress-related panic attacks I was dealing with. What exactly is Seidokan? I practiced Shotokan Karate when I was in the army many years ago, is it similar? It seems from your post that it is different from Karate. -Reg {*}
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
Dragona Regular user New Jersey 159 Posts |
I like to do more sparring than forms. The constant shock from getting hit better prepares you for when you are in a real fight.
I have the breath of dragons and the soul of a human.
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ChrisZampese Veteran user Hamilton, NZ 341 Posts |
I had my leg broken when I was 2, my sister rolled one of those drums they wrap power cable round over my leg!
Then I broke my collar bone when I was 14 playing rugby, and then again when I was 15 on a snakeboard (like a skateboard, but different, and yes, they really do exist!) No other broken bones thankfully! Reg, I would be very careful if I was you, considering your hobbies (and track record for falling, hitting, etc) it would seem to me that you may be due a couple of breaks!!
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are
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Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
I know! Do you think it's crazy that I'm trying to get work as a stuntman at my age? (Without giving any numbers, let's just say I have to decide if I want to attend my high school 20 year graduation reunion...) There's a lot of call for stuntwork here in "Hollywood North", and I think it would be a blast. I'm only looking at falls and fights though, nothing with wheels or motors!
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
MrCyNic Loyal user England 238 Posts |
Hey, Reg. Thanks for the insight into your styles.
To answer your question, Seidokan is a traditional Okinawan fighting art. It incorporates the kicking, punching and blocking techniques of karate, the throwing and joint-locking techniques of Aiki-jujutsu and the traditional weaponry of Okinawa (Bo, Sai, Tonfa, Kama, Nunchaku and Sword forms). As far as I know, there's only one Seidokan dojo in the UK. Many people do consider Seidokan a Shotokan offshoot, but the similarities are pretty superficial, particularly at the more advanced levels. I'd be fascinated to hear how your search for stunt work goes. Cheers, Cy. |
Chris Berry Special user 831 Posts |
Reg, I've been looking for information on becoming a stuntman. My parents think I am nuts but it is something I really really want to do!
Any help would be appreciated. Contact me on AIM or send me an email denialchild@hotmail.com Chris |
marko Inner circle 2109 Posts |
MrCyNic - Ouch, my face hurt just reading that. Sucks too, because everyone knows, as magicians, our looks are our livelihood.
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
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Dragona Regular user New Jersey 159 Posts |
There are two things that I love to do other than magic and Martial Arts. Those would be stunts and acting. I think that I have found the best way to combine the two into one, and that is become a professional wrestler or "rassler" as it is more commonly know today.
I have the breath of dragons and the soul of a human.
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Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
Chris/Seismic, I was going to email you but it looks like there may be some others here who are interested so I thought I would post instead. I have this great book called So You Wanna Be a Stuntman: The Official Stuntman's Guidebook by Mark Aisbett. He's a professional stuntman from around here (Vancouver, BC). It has info on equipment, training, pay scales, unions, getting work, you name it. One of the only good sources of information on this topic I could find.
-Reg {*}
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
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