I KO'd myself today. It's one thing to knock somebody else out but you have to be pretty talented to knock yourself out. We were sparring in class and I went to do a right leg cresant kick, left leg round kick then a right leg back kick but as I was coming around on the back kick a wave of pain went through my body from the muscle in my lower back I pulled doing who knows what last week. I coupled over but as I did the person was coming around with a round kick so my face hit their knee on the way down. I was only out for a few seconds but I felt pretty silly when I came to.

using a floor to ceiling speed bag, I went for a hook, but ended up hugging the bag as it made severe physical contact with my face. It seems that I drop my left guard too much.

Moral: Don't drop your guard, and if you want to hug a floor to ceiling speed bag, wait til it stops. Also, headbutts don't work if you try using your eye.

Ouch!

Take it easy on yourself,I'm one of the biggest klutzes ever!

This reminds me of that "owned by physics" vid we saw going around a while ago.

I must admit, KOing yourself is quite a rare talent. Try not to use it too often.

Christie,

Don't feel to bad about this. I once sprayed myself with pepper spray while trying to escort someone out of a bar fight. I was doing a wrist lock and turned the cannister toward myself and accidentally sprayed myself directly in the face.

In another incident a friend of mine knocked out another police officer with a flash light while trying to break up a fight using a restraint hold.

Sh** happens! Hang in there.

I sliced my thumb to the bone drawing my katana in class- not a knock out but christ it was painfull, and created a blood soaked Gi- very 'Shogun assassin'

Trying to be a smarta$$ showoff, I was trying to knock over a Wavemaster with stepping through spinning back kicks, when I planted right into the bag as it was on its way back, and knocked myself flat on my back. Boy did I feel silly.

I kicked myself in the head once, and it left a bruise.

I nearly kicked myself in the face with a front kick once (it got THISCLOSE) while I was warming up. Also, just recently, I hit my face on my instructor's arm, and a nosebleed ensued, and blood went everywhere (mats, my gi, etc. Thankfully none on my instructor!). I had to run off the mat with my nose in the air, and stay in the bathroom for like 10 minutes trying to make it stop! Pretty embarrassing stuff. Oh well .

Another embarassing problem I have encountered is passing gas in class. Sometimes when we were doing jumping jacks it would sound like a warm up session for the brass ensemble.

Please excuse me I was getting tired when I wrote the last entry. I tend to get a little silly when I'm tired. Sorry.

haha, its ok. I used to have a similar problem. 8 months ago I weighed 250 lbs. I couldn't remember my thyroid medication so I couldn't lose weight. I stayed at that weight for years because my activity level, what I ate and my non-existant metabolism cancelled each other out causing no gain or loss in weight. Before, whenever I would do cruncehs I would pas gas. It was like, exert a little bit of energy and out the other end it went. Now, 8 months later at 175 lbs I don't have that problem. My dad has a similar problem but he's just plain old and has problems with heartburn.

Many moon ago (before MA) I kneed myself in the forehead somehow, ending up on the ground.

I tried to pass it off as a joke, but I was a little dizzy for that...

I remember seeing a fight in Elementary. A kid had someone in a headlock, and tried to throw a right hook at him. He ended up punching himself in the face in front of all the onlookers.

Speaking of which, I tried to apply a triangle choke on someone yesterday. My legs weren't locked properly and he man-handled his way out, and I let one rip almost to his face. Oops.

Christie -

Congrats on the weight loss! Very impressive!

I had a really bad bone break, where a guy I was sparring kicked me in the coccycx(sp?) and broke it. SUPER PAINFUL, and imagine all the fun I had sitting down and going to the bathroom - for the next 3 weeks!

PROTECT YOUR TAILBONE! NO, I'M NOT JOKING! OK, MAYBE A LITTLE!

I broke my tailbone when I went snowboarding. Lets just say that you should not try jumps before the sun is out and the snow is ice!

Anyway...
Picture a french dude with a cigarrette and long red nose, sipping thoughtfully on a cognac and then saying in the most normal french accented tone "Ah.. yes. Well...yiu see it is a common problem er in zee alps, we have to put finger up your anus and pull!"

The ancient art of chemical warfare, tricky but effective.

Anyway...
Picture a french dude with a cigarrette and long red nose, sipping thoughtfully on a cognac and then saying in the most normal french accented tone "Ah.. yes. Well...yiu see it is a common problem er in zee alps, we have to put finger up your anus and pull!"

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Sounds kind of French to me.

Once when we were sparring in lines I slipped in my own sweat whilst doing a Spinning Hook Kick and kinda face butted someones elbow in the next line! Got me a black eye and a round of applause! I use Anti-perspirant now!

Don't feel too bad. I was using one of those pulley type stretch things that attatch to the ceiling, here's a pic if you don't know what I mean: http://cgi.ebay.com/Easy-SPLIT-training-...bayphotohosting

Anyway...I pulled my stretching leg up quickly, and yanked my supporting leg right out from under myself. I had a tight grip on the rope, and hung there, suspended in the air wondering what the heck just happened. I didn't get to wonder very long, because the pulley, which wasn't meant to carry that much weight, let loose from the ceiling and dropped me to the floor, then bonked me on the head. My friend and his girlfriend were there and they about peed their pants from laughing.
The only real injury was to my pride, but it was pretty damn funny.

We were sitting in line waiting to spar with our sensei. My name was called, and I eagerly hurried to get into position when I tripped over my own feet, slide across the mat and got up with a split lip (turns out I bit my lip during the fall). Needless to say, my sparring day was over.

Well, technically, you didn't quite KO yourself. The other person's knee helped. But, I can sympathisize. Back in 1986, when I was a red belt in TKD, I was sparring with one of the guys at the school after class, with the instructor sort of watching us. We were getting pretty heated, but it was still friendly, though on the intense side. At that time, I was enamaored of the axe kick, and I loved to put it to advantage when someone got out of position. My favorite way to use it was to do a crescent kick intro, to get the leg out and around the opponent, then bring it down in the axe-like motion the kick is named for.....

One problem: The crescent came up, and with the fighting adrenalie pumping, it did so a little too fast, a little too hard, and a little too high. Definitely a little too close to my nose. You can guess what happened.

Mr. Knee, you've met Mr. Nose, correct?

Dang thing bled all down the front of my uniform even before I could get out of the room and to the restroom for the quickest source of a towel-like substance to stop it with.....

So, while I didn't know myself out, I did manage to nearly kick myself in the face hard enough to break my own nose. Strange things happen sometimes, don't they...

This isn't strictly MA related but its as funny as hell. I have a friend whos brother jumped up in the air and his heels came upwards and he kicked himself in the nuts... i never thought it was possible... his brother managed to punch himself in the nose and make it bleed.... it must run in the family.

well, i haven't exactly done anything embarrassing MA-wise, other than getting winded through a kickpad, from the side :P

buut, my most klutsiest (sp :P) moment was a few weeks ago...at school there is a big quadrangle, and in the middle is some big steps facing an outdoor stage...anyway, the steps are about ...1 1/2 feet high and wide each. well, our group sits/stands on the steps at lunchtimes... then bell rang, and of course, i go to step to the ground, by my heel misses the edge, and i go sumersaulting off the step onto concrete pavers...i managed to land feet first, but i then stumbled and tripped and landed on my stomach...no one laughed, but i swear, everyone in the school just stared at me, how embarrassing. I was lucky there was no training that afternoon (was cancelled) because my knees/hands/arms were grazed, and i was just generally sore
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At my Judo class I was sparring with the Adults (I'm 13) and I accidentally headbutted one of the Black Belts. He got annoyed and elbowed me in the face. I held my nose a second then asked him why he hit me. He thought I head butted him on purpose. I never got an apology.

that guy doesn;t deserve his black belt then. first off he should have apologised to you and second he deffinatley shouldn't have elbowed you in the face.

When I first began studying the martial arts, I would warm-up before class by sharply raising each leg over my head, to stretch the back of my legs. (Can't do that anymore!) Looked like a punter as he kicked a football. Anyway, I once kicked so hard and so high that my post leg flew out from under me, and I landed flat on my back. Knocked the wind out of me, but gave the class a good laugh, as I recall.

I was in class, turned to talk to the person behind me, jammed my elbow into the edge of the seat. had to yank it out, watched as the arm went numb, next thing i new i was looking at the ceiling laying on the floor. teached called for the ambulance, very embarassing. thats what happens when you hit a pressure point just right

I was in class one day. Turned to talk to the person behind me. Jammed my elbow into the seat of the chair. Had to yank it out. Watched as my arm went numb. Next thing i knew i was lyiing on the floor looking at the ceiling. Teacher called for an ambulance, i felt really embarrassed. Thats what happens when you hit a pressure point just right.

Reminds of the neverous boxer pacing back in forth, his corner men asked him why are u so neverous. He looked across the ring and said "You see how bad that guys beating his self up, he must be one Bad A$$ dude". I'm not sure I can hit that hard. LOL!!!!

You guys are Bad A$$ and didn't know it. Or maybe you do in regards to the topic.

I kneed myself in the head playing volleyball. That's right, volleyball.

I trip walking down the street on perfectly flat ground ALL the time. My friends always say, "are you serious? You actually TRIPPED while just trying to walk?? HAHAHAHAH!!"

To go into stupid clutz type mistakes in either MA or Breakin would require me to find an editor and publishing company....expect this epic to be in a store near you!