The Injury

Of course, on Friday the 13th, Donna finally agreed to go to sparring.

So we went and we started with warm-up. But instead of normal warm-up, we did a running warm up. EW! Next we moved onto to targets. Since there weren't many of us, we all lined up and Master Kim held the target. We did a few drills with those. Then we moved on to sparring. We got our gear on and headed to our spots. Donna and I started off pretty good. We hit each other a couple of times but other than that we did pretty good. Then Master Kim told us to rotate partners, making Donna partners with one of the men in the class and me partners with Master Kim. Oh boy! Master Kim wasn't wearing any gear so I felt like I shouldn't kick him. So I did a few kicks. I had no chance of hitting him of course, but I still tried. So at one point, I sort of ran towards him. He put his foot up and I fell down, flat on my back. I scrambled quickly to my feet and he said, "You ran right into my foot!" I replied, "I think your foot ran into me, sir!" So after a little while more, Donna and I were partnered up again. We were doing about the same as before. Then I think I went to punch and Donna went to kick and my fist collided with her knee. Immediately, I felt a terrible pain in my wrist and it dropped to my side. I continued sparring but I couldn't make a fist. We kind of just went through the motions. Finally, the class ended. I left and went home and iced. Two days later, we went to the hospital. I had a bad sprain. Then I went on vacation and came back the 28th. I have two more classes to catch up on. I'll keep you posted!