Chinese swords???

dont feel bad, bro, I have been thinking about getting a Wii for a little extra full speed practice of forms w/ opponent, no matter how simulated. I realize that it is not quite near the benifit of a real opponent, but hey at least i can see the result w/o hurting anyone.

I thought I would start off w/ pirates of caribbean.

LOL.... wouldnt wanna lose a battle to a tonka truck...

Please tell my the little padawan didnt beat the master.

Good news, my friend, martial arts practice makes good physical therapy. Just be careful not to push yourself too fast.

Most of my kung fu training was (my Pastor was also martial artist and taught me) used for P.T. when I couldn't afford therapy. I was hit with a truck in '94. Like yourself, I wasn't in a car. But I was not on bike, though. He felt that if a drunk man ( a style if chinese boxing ) could fight, a man with no balance could learn to walk again. It is bizarre, but even when I get out of a chair, it still looks like a form.

You can do it, bro. You can rise above your injury. AS FOR THE BILL, WELL JUST SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN. If they want the money, they will take it how they can get it.

www.martialartsmart.net/dvdkcm01.html

here is link to cane use instruct video. might help. kinda pricey tho.

about job search... what is your trade skills. also as i mentioned earlier, your kung fu skills can be used for work. I intend to eventuall write a book... "Martial Arts in the Workplace".

so many of us that have had injuries still have to work, and as I said, and you said as well, kung fu makes good physical therapy. that can be carried over to the workplace. the trick is to disguise it so know one knows and that others cant learn your trick of the trade. I remember one time, we were digging sand. every one was tired. that old shovel can do that to you sometimes. so i showed my friend what to do. we dug a hole resembling army issue foxhole. sat down and started using thrusting fingers and filling the buckets for the others to move. we did more work like that than we had done all day. of course we screwed up our money by knocking down a 12hr job in 8 hrs. darn. but the boss, at first was like WTF, then later was impressed. in the labor pool business it was highly competitive, you work by getting the repeat business. a couple of us had the regular assignments totally sewed up since the customers were calling and requesting us by name.

I also used elbow joint locks to handle vacuum hoses in the environmental industry. you dont get as tired.

EMT class is one semester, and you would probably qualify for student aid. That is what my wife put me through when she got tired of, not only the smell of the jobs, but seeing me tired at the end of the day.

I was hurt real bad in '94---100% disability, and broke my tibia/ fibula about 6" above the ankle, on my left leg, in '99--- 12% disability. As we both agree in using our skills, would you believe that I have never even applied for a disability check.

Long story short, I was really tired in coming home after a 12 hr shift in the refineries here doing environmental hazmat cleanup, and she asked me if I would like to go to school so I could work with her... she is a paramedic. Now I make almost the same money, but don't have to work nearly as hard. as long as john q. public stays safe and healthy, my work is minimal. and did I mention, sitting at the station, getting paid to watch UFC.

May not be your cup of tea, but just throwing options your way. The labor pool sucks. we used to call it the slave labor pool.

dont feel bad dude, i still got a 3y/o stuck in my head from last year. and he made it. drowning vic. it took weeks before i could look at another child with out climing sinus activity to my partner as the reason i was wiping my eyes. of course he , being medic for 30 yrs, simply replied, " i know, me to"

guess i am lucky that way... my wife is my paramedic on the truck i work. and we dont have kids. although i will get unwound on neglct and abuse... i put the telephone on them instead of knuckles. we have legal obligation to call cps.

I know that's right, dude. Who could blame someone for believing in family... America used to be like that all over. Corporate America has us brainwashed to believe that if you truly love your family, then the job comes first. I have found that if someone has either a variety of skills, to where he/ or she doesn't need to worry in the job market, or be skillful enough at one job as to where they become valuable asset, and hard to replace, then the boss can't afford to lose them.

I once told a boss ( owner of company, actually ), who tried to intimidate me when I had to take off a day for family business, that she couldn't fire me without my permission. You should have seen the look on her face. She threw her hands in the air, mumbled something under the breath, and walked away. I worked there 3 more years and left when I quit to get ready for EMT school. ( by the way she still gave me $1.50 per yer raise ) (that could have had something to do with the fact that my connections and some of the off-book maintenance saved her almost $10,000 per year)

The trick to that situation is similar to martial arts teaching. Never show the final form except to your top student, and only when you are going to retire. I kept my list of purchasing connections under raps until I was ready to leave, and then passed it on to the new purchace agent.