Martial arts with a hand injury

[Langenschwert]

Is it her dominant hand?

If the hand is really fragile then the chance of another catastrophic injury is higher. She may want to avoid hard contact arts. I would recommend fencing, either sport (which is only one hand and two legs for footwork) or historical (HEMA) which has many one-handed weapons such as military saber, dussack, messer, sidesword, singlestick and rapier. With practice one can achieve proficiency with the non-dominant hand if necessary. Even if the contact is hard the protective equipment will protect her well. Some Tai Chi sword might be appropriate as well, but from what I understand swords are not taught to beginners. Am I correct there? Classical fencing would be right down the middle between Sport fencing and HEMA and also worth a try.

 

[geezer]

Ouch!

Though, I must say, that seems like a pretty practical thing to train!

We do train it, Argus. Just Chi Gherk:

With my bad knees and ankles my Chi Gherk is much more basic. I generally avoid the knee locking do a lot more shin stomping. Of course it's all light and easy, not like those guys in Tez's clip. That would really drive away students. Especially with hard street shoes!