08-02-2018, 03:52 PM
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Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Hi
My board work.
Nothing fancy, just pieces of off cuts between two metal chairs.
After I had my leg damaged I could no longer run, still cannot.
It took years to bend my knee even 5 degrees
The nature of the injury is such that I have to avoid twisting the leg, I can walk for miles on even surfaces, like boardwalks, but on grass and sand etc, not very far.
I still go backpacking in the Jungles, love it.
When I go backpacking I have to wear a full length rigid leg brace and literally have to drag my left leg, using my right for moving.
I was determined to return to work in Enforcement, very few disabled Enforcement Officers about.
I was introduced to a remarkable man, truly inspirational, and disabled himself, ex military.
His philosophy was there is nothing you cannot overcome.
You just adapt.
If you run you just die tired, never turn your back.
He introduced me to a form of Self Defence, based on Shotokan Karate.
No fancy things at all, nothing like the films.
The one step technique, no need even to step, just slide a leg forward.
Let them come, move inside and hit them, just once.
It relies on solely on speed, technique and the element of surprise.
They expect you to back away from a swinging baseball bat or knife, instead to slide inside and hit them, just once, and down they go.
You learn speed and a straight hit, your entire body weight, and you are moving forward, is on one knuckle, your wrist, elbow and shoulder are locked.
End of story, you do not have to be big and strong, even a tiny body weight, moving at speed and fully focused on one knuckle will put a rib into their lung.
If you hit their throat, they go down and die, choking on their own blood.
Best to avoid their throat, just go for the chest.
I am still getting fit after my Hospital Infection.
Today I have been changing the water in my big tank.
I have been lifting 25 kilos of water in one hand, and carrying it 15 metres, ten out, ten in.
I am shattered, but I have done it.
A small victory for you fit ones, but a big one for me.