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Re: ACL Replacement Surgery
Hi Dave, 5 years ago I tore my ACL doing the world’s best front kick ever in a sparring session. It was so great in fact that I tore my ACL right off the bone. I used my patellar tendon for reconstruction (as opposed to hamstring or cadaver). Long story, short I was back teaching again in 3 months and sparring again in 4, of course I had to take it easy. I eased back into kicking slowly and now I am able to do full force knees on the heaving bag and the pads, my knee is back, I would say to 125%. (I worry about the other one though) The only thing that scares me a little is knee bars. So I try to avoid that situation. Do not worry, if you do all of exercises and follow the doctor’s orders you will be great and back before you now it. Take care of it now, so you can be back to better than normal by springtime.
You guys need to see kravmaga as a whole and understand the principles of it. It is all connected. Once you understand the principles all of the defenses become clear. We are counter attacking SIMULTANEOUSLY. That is the only acceptable way to perform a technique. We are attacking the attack, overwhelming our attacker by overlapping techniques. In this particular defense, as we all know, if you don’t bend from the waist and push your hips back (if it is a long weapon) you will still get stabbed. Your chin should be tucked automatically to begin with. We cannot disengage our attacker because then we will have to defend another attack, so you MUST counter attack simultaneously or it is not kravmaga. If practiced in slow motion you could feel vulnerable because your partneer knows exactly what is coming and might be able to fight you or try to counter. This is why as instructors we need to push for agressiveness in training. How you train is how you will fight. In reality there is no way someone can anticipate what defense you will be doing especially if you are bursting in with an incredible defense. You must trust your defenses, trust kravmaga, understand the principles, be confident, train hard and it will all come together for you.
