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Tuesday Tips: Fear of Injury

Posted on | March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

Fear can get the best of us sometimes. Doesn’t really matter if it’s concerning Martial Arts or not. However, in Martial Arts the most common fear is very simple: injury.

Most of us simply don’t spar very rough for this reason. Everyone has their definition of rough though. For instance, a lot of places only allow point sparring so that you minimize the risk of injury a substantial amount. Yet, the MMA doesn’t lower the level of risk nearly as much. Sure, it’s much safer than what you would really be fighting like to save your life, but in comparison to point sparring, it’s brutal.

Even with all the pads, accidents do happen quite often. Most of them are small injuries that leave contestants out of commission for a while but don’t inflict permanent damage. But, there are those injuries(like the one’s here), that show exactly what can happen during any sort of sparring, training, etc.

So, should this fear stop you from practicing such things? Well, I can’t answer that question for you. All I can say is that for me, any injury(including death) is a risk worth taking. I don’t mean to say that I take those things lightly, it’s just that practicing Martial Arts has been ingrained into me. I couldn’t ever stop completely, even if I wanted to. It’d be like trying to deny who I am. Ask any person that has a hobby that is somewhat dangerous, like most sports. Each person has their own personal reason they continue to follow through with it even though there are risks. You simply have to find out if you have one or not. Many people are perfectly content not practicing Martial Arts, and that is fine, because either way is simply a choice that can’t be right nor wrong.

I can’t tell you how to over come fear of getting injured, because that’s something each person has to find their own way through. I can only say that to some people, including myself, being permanently injured isn’t the worst thing that could happen. Maybe Martial Arts is for you, or maybe it isn’t.

Author: Zyaga

I'm a Computer Programmer / Web Developer, though I have quite a lot of other hobbies and interests. You can usually find me studying Japanese, Blogging, watching Anime(for hours at a time), or possibly even practicing some Martial Arts. My brain runs rampant so I have to fuel it's fire by having many hobbies to switch back and forth from.

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