Dumb moves :)

[judge]

I spent the last 15 minutes picking up glass pieces and hoovering my bedroom. I couldn´t resist the urge to do some redondas and managed to perfectly hit a glass of water standing in the way. It literally exploded, sending pieces across the room.
I recall hitting the light bulb of a lamp once as well... talk about control

What were the dumbest things you did while training, or saw others doing?

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"Peace is not without conflict; it is the ability to cope with conflict" - Leo Giron

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[Smoke]

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[maxegb]

Hmmm....the dumbest? there'so much to talk...Let's try this:
I was doing some 8 figures with right hand, in order to warm up and loosen the joints before the real training when my sister entered the room asking me if i've seen her purse. I did , so ,whitout stopping the exercise with my right hand i pointed the purse with the checking haAAAANDDD!!! (right in the trajectory of the stick).
I still have to know what was worse: the pain or the look in my sister's eyes (like "you dumb grown-up kid.....").
I learned an important lesson ,though : when my sister drops any kind of bag i close my eyes...

 

[TimmyTheTalkingToilet]

mainly for me, just either letting my hand slip off the balisong and let it crash into the wall or the floor, or just have a handle fly off of the knife.

 

[J_Ringo]

Without doubt THE dumbest move I ever did was to spend close to 10 years studying martial arts which were not suited for me (and vice versa).

Instead of trusting my own eyes and judgement, I went with belt rankings and names.

Rather like marrying a woman you don't find attractive but who your friends tell you is good for you.

Trust the wisdom of your body, grasshopper...

 

[Dave Fulton]

Do I even have to say ....

Hand is getting better. Sutures come out in one week and PT starts end of month ... and no pain meds in 4 days

Dave.

 

[Frank Jones]

Demonstrating the right and wrong way to do a roof block--really demonstrating it. With a Ranger on the other end.

"See, if I zone out using the female triangle, Kevin's overhead strike can't contact me and just slides off. But if I don't move out of the way...OW...then...uh...he hits me in the head with my own...uh, what is this thing...uh, stick."

 

[Donna Barnas]

Seconding Ringo, my first dumb move was paying the excessive fee my first instructor charged.

As Timmy, I also had a blade in my hand that flew into a wall, that one day I decided to keep it sheathed. Lucky me.

The stupidest thing I do is train aerobically with my live blade while barefoot and dressed in light clothing. Don Rearic told me a story once of a guy who dropped his knife into his femoral artery and if his wife were not there to call 911 he would have bled to death. The knife I train with could easily go through my foot too. So since this thread I have re thought about my foolish training habits and I think I'll get myself some good trainers.