Black Belt Blues

Working toward a black belt in karate can sometimes leave you feeling blue. On the eve of starting a months-long intensive trainin..

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Working toward a black belt in karate can sometimes leave you feeling blue. On the eve of starting a months-long intensive training program in preparation for a 1st dan black belt exam, I tore the ACL in my left knee. I had arthroscopic surgery to reconstruct my ligament on April 11, 2008 and have begun the journey to recovery.
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Photos from my black belt test

Published on 2011-03-25 15:37:00

As promised!

Three years ago . . . two days ago.

Published on 2011-02-28 22:03:40

Has it really been three years?! Yep. It was three years ago today that I tore my the ACL in my left knee during my exam for 2nd kyup (brown belt).   In my head, it doesn’t seem like it’s been that long.  But looking at my last update more than a year and half [...]

First year, ACL Recovery

Published on 2009-06-28 12:17:54

Better late than never Two and a half months late, really.   So this is, in fact, a 14.5 month report. And yes, yes, I know.  I’ve been neglectful.  I have commited the cardinal sin of blogging:   I haven’t posted for a long, long time. It’s not that I haven’t been meaning to.  I have. [...]



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