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 Hazards
As in life, too little thought about our actions can lead to disastrous
consequences.
Free Fighting
The highest injury rates occur during free fighting. There is a very simple
reason for this. People punch and kick each other. Think what an ippon scoring
technique is meant to represent; death or maiming an opponent. It is any wonder
then, that people can be hurt?
While the potential hazard from free fighting can be great, if it is controlled
appropriately the risk should be very small. The biggest cause of injury during
free fighting is usually the ego. Someone tries a bit too hard to better their
opponent, or to 'just get one good one in on them'. Such behaviour must be
totally eliminated and never tolerated in the dojo. Remind everyone that 'free
fighting is a training exercise for everyone and not meant to be a means to
boost your ego.' Also that, 'you will need your partners again in the future,
so look after them !'
 The
Individual
We all have some exercises or movements which we are better at than others.
Some people can perform exercises such as hyper-flexion of the knee joints and
experience no pain or ill effects. The vast majority of us cannot perform these
exercises without considerable risk. The person demonstrating the exercises is
usually performing those that they prefer to do, or ones that they are best at.
If this includes exercises they the can perform with ease but everyone else
suffers from a high risk of injury, then it would be a wise action to decline
any participation of such an exercise and perform a safe one instead. Let the
individual showing off their exercises put themselves at risk, (if it helps
their ego) but not you.
Exercises
Pulled muscles can often occur during warm ups and stretching.
Avoid any exercise you personally think is too high risk for you to perform
safely. The common exercises which are often performed which should be avoided
include; ballistic stretching, bunny hops, double dorsal raises, feet off the
floor six inches, neck rotation, toe touching, trunk rotations and hyper
flexion/extension.
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