How rules affect style

[drop bear]

That looks nasty!

So looking back at the era of old-time bare-knuckle boxing, the era of John L. Sillivan & Co., think about the consequences of a serious hand injury without modern surgery and physical therapy to rehab ...especially for a tradesman who lived by working with his hands.

Those are factors that might have also contributed to avoiding "headhunting". Just speculation.

Yeah. But getting your jaw or eyesocket broken probably wouldn't have helped either.

I have been punched bare knuckle and I can't imagine being worried about my hands.

 

[drop bear]

You should see the other hand. It was pretty early in my martial arts. More than 20 years ago. It works fine. I reduced the fracture myself and wrapped it after. It should have had surgery but I was young and broke so I just straightened it and x rayed it my self at the vet I worked at. I did a decent job because it works. That 4 th metacarpal is very thick because of the large amount of bone callous that built up and down the length of the transverse fracture. It’s about a half inch shorter but no big deal.

And that is the other factor. I imagine 1800's whatever boxer just sucked up a broken hand and got on with life.

I broke mine in jujitsu ironically.but went through the process. So it is barely there.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Yeah. But getting your jaw or eyesocket broken probably wouldn't have helped either.

I have been punched bare knuckle and I can't imagine being worried about my hands.

Depends on what you hit. There are parts of the human skull (such as the orbits, especially the zygoma) that are really quite fragile. Punch someone there, and the risk to your hand is minimal.
On the other hand, if your target ducks their head and you punch them in the forehead, things can change.

And although it's more of an issue in the days following the punch, an untreated fight bite can potentially cost you your hand.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

And that is the other factor. I imagine 1800's whatever boxer just sucked up a broken hand and got on with life.

I broke mine in jujitsu ironically.but went through the process. So it is barely there.

Yep it isn’t fun but it wasn’t life changing either.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Depends on what you hit. There are parts of the human skull (such as the orbits, especially the zygoma) that are really quite fragile. Punch someone there, and the risk to your hand is minimal.
On the other hand, if your target ducks their head and you punch them in the forehead, things can change.

And although it's more of an issue in the days following the punch, an untreated fight bite can potentially cost you your hand.

I hit a guy in the mouth when I was 17 and broke a piece of tooth off in my knuckle. I became very ill within a few hours. I told the ED Dr. That I hit the curb skateboarding. After he removed the tooth fragment he said “hmm I did not know curbs had teeth”.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

And that is the other factor. I imagine 1800's whatever boxer just sucked up a broken hand and got on with life.

I broke mine in jujitsu ironically.but went through the process. So it is barely there.

Did you get that broken by a twisting grip? Just curious.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

And that is the other factor. I imagine 1800's whatever boxer just sucked up a broken hand and got on with life.

I broke mine in jujitsu ironically.but went through the process. So it is barely there.

It looks like the same bone, same hand as me. Left 4th metacarpal?

 

[drop bear]

It looks like the same bone, same hand as me. Left 4th metacarpal?

Yeah. I broke mine by landing on my finger. Which we had 2 other people do in our club

I tried to get up and get pushed back down.

 

[GojuTommy]

IN kung fu you never use your fists for head. First lesson to learn

In kung if you never do anything to get hurt first lesson you learn

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Yeah. I broke mine by landing on my finger. Which we had 2 other people do in our club

I tried to get up and get pushed back down.

I got mine stuck in a guys shirt pocket, when I threw him he twisted and I couldn’t let go. Like snapping a pencil.

 

[drop bear]

I got mine stuck in a guys shirt pocket, when I threw him he twisted and I couldn’t let go. Like snapping a pencil.

I have seen a guy loose a finger like that.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I have seen a guy loose a finger like that.

I initially though it was my finger, until I tried to reduce the fracture. The finger was fine except it was jutting out sideways under my pinkie finger

 

[Dirty Dog]

It looks like the same bone, same hand as me. Left 4th metacarpal?

I broke mine blocking. I was sparring 3 students. I focused too much on the one I was kicking, and screwed up the timing blocking a front kick. Instead of my hand hitting the side of their calf and pushing the kick aside, I got my fist right in front of their shin. When I pulled my gloves off, it was tenting. So I reduced it and finished the class. Nobody knew I was hurt until we were driving home, and my wife asked why I was palming the wheel instead of gripping it. Wrapped it, iced it, and went to work that evening. X-rayed it after we got past the worst of the nights rush. The distal 3rd was off and the proximal 2/3 was split lengthwise. The reduction wasn't bad at all, so Sue splinted it and we went on with our lives.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I broke mine blocking. I was sparring 3 students. I focused too much on the one I was kicking, and screwed up the timing blocking a front kick. Instead of my hand hitting the side of their calf and pushing the kick aside, I got my fist right in front of their shin. When I pulled my gloves off, it was tenting. So I reduced it and finished the class. Nobody knew I was hurt until we were driving home, and my wife asked why I was palming the wheel instead of gripping it. Wrapped it, iced it, and went to work that evening. X-rayed it after we got past the worst of the nights rush. The distal 3rd was off and the proximal 2/3 was split lengthwise. The reduction wasn't bad at all, so Sue splinted it and we went on with our lives.
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Wow! That’s worse. Hard to put your pants on with one hand. I thought I might hurl when I reduced mine, but I got through it with some ibuprofen and tequila.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Wow! That’s worse. Hard to put your pants on with one hand. I thought I might hurl when I reduced mine, but I got through it with some ibuprofen and tequila.

I know it was silly, but I wasn't about to let my students know I'd gotten hurt. They already knew I was crazy though. After my first bowel resection (14" of gut and 6 tumors removed) I was in class the day I was discharged. I didn't do much other than walk around tweaking things with people, but I was there.

These fall into the category of "don't follow my example"...

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I know it was silly, but I wasn't about to let my students know I'd gotten hurt. They already knew I was crazy though. After my first bowel resection (14" of gut and 6 tumors removed) I was in class the day I was discharged. I didn't do much other than walk around tweaking things with people, but I was there.

These fall into the category of "don't follow my example"...

Well, you have several strikes against you. Your generation, your gender, the fact that you are a nurse, and the fact that you are a nurse, and mostly because you are a nurse. This likely makes you non compliant, symptom hiding, reticent to accept any help whatsoever, hypercritical of the methods used in your care, and generally intransigent when presented with the facts I have listed here. This makes you one of the worst types of patient possible. Am I right?