Saturday, August 23, 2008

I'll rip yer bloody head off!

They make it look so easy

Before going on a holiday to sunny Queensland, our Krav Maga instructor introduced me to the strategy of escaping a head lock.

The problem for me was that my training-partner was a beefy ex-army guy who only knew one way of doing a head lock: as hard as humanly possible.

Thus began my FIRST EVER trip to a physiotherapist.

I'd never been to a physiotherapist before, so I was a little nervous. I even asked my wife if they ask you to take all your clothes off. Like I should know?!

Anyway, the physio gave me some excellent neck strengthening exercises, which I will need to keep doing if I have any hope of maintaining the art of escaping a head lock.

I didn't want to risk another neck injury before my holiday, so I skipped the class the day before my flight to Queensland.

I look forward to going back to class, but I hope my neck can cope.