Than's Finger

We currently have about a dozen Blue Belts attending class.

Normally, everybody is fine.

Recently, Tawha hurt her knee while rolling. She's had to start wearing a knee brace.

Tobias has a bum knee, too, but I don't know how it happened.

My own knee has been fine, but now I've hurt my hand and watch from the sidelines.

Elizabeth hurt her shoulder and back again. She's been on the mend and feeling really fine. She is describing it as a, “setback.” She's still training, but being extra careful.

Tonight was our most dramatic recent injury. Than ended up with a finger joint pointing 45% in a way that it isn't supposed to go. He headed off to the emergency room to get it x-rayed and straightened out again.

Altogether, that's two knees, one shoulder, and two hands. That's pretty bad considering how low our injury rate usually is. It isn't as if anything we've been doing anything unusual in class. It must just be a statistical blip.

A painful blip.