hip to the jive

An overextended tendon in my hip (or something like that) has been bothering me since my first week but it came to a head last week. I decided to take it easy: no kicking on the right leg, and very few low stances. It was an annoying, but good decision. Part of me wanted to just try and train through it, which is the usual advice from the Masters. They don't really care about an injury until you're absolutely floored by it. But I figured I knew my body better and that it was better to tone it down for a week rather than have to take time off for good.

I'm healing quite well now, thankfully. Common sense prevails.

I've already graded the basics, which went well. I might just be grading on Thursday, for a form called Tombei. It's intensely different than anything from Kempo, which makes it fun. There is a flying spinning cyclone at the end--good times. Actually, no. Bad times. But the rest of the form is fast and furious, with some wicked stances.