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Well I’m long overdue for an update and need to get some random thoughts out for reference later!

Karl...

Hello All

Well it's been just over a month since my last update and that puts me at just shy of 6 months post surgery.

I have only been to the see the physio guy twice since the new year. We continue to be on the right path according to him. Nothing special to note on problems or progress.

Just after my last post I had indicated that I got...

Dec 17th – ACL Update

Well its been a couple of weeks ....

I have spent a fair amount of time harping on the importance of the HAMSTRING and after the surgeon check up on Monday and the physio from last night I can’t emphasize it enough.

I have been fairly impatient to get this show on the road and have been pushing myself beyond the...

November 13th, 2009

Well its been officially – 9 weeks and 2 days from surgery.

Physio started at 2 times a week and we are officially graduated to 1 every two. The key here is that I do my exercises at home and my physio guy can tell. If I wasn’t he would still be recommending 2 times a week.

He is still cautious about any twisting...

Alright,, October 25, 2009!

This is the day after my Son’s first tournament of the season. He is now fighting in U17 and in -60 kg. So basically one of the youngest and certainly the lightest in this last one. He weighed in at 57 kg with all his street clothes on! We have discussed this and trying to maintain -55 kg from now to...

So here we sit almost 6 weeks post surgury. I have been going to physio twice a week since the last post and am now moving to once a week. Progress is good as far as i can tell and my physio guy thinks I am doing great. The swelling is almost gone, I can only really feel it when I try to kneel down. I have full extension and full range of motion...

Well on Tuesday Sept 8th I finally went in for my ACL reconstruction.

It was a relatively quick process. I was in at 745 am and home by lunch same day. So far so good. Its Thursday now and I will be removing the dressing for the first time.

There is a “compression” sock that goes from toes to thigh that has been holding everything together...

Well I finally got my surgury date!

September 8th I go get my ACL fixed! Sooner if there is a cancelation .. here's hoping!

6 Months to full recovery (hopefully) and then back to full on training, teaching and competition by May 2010!

Well the last few days have been pretty good.

I took some time off from doing much training, mostly because I can be a real lazy a** if I so choose! The excuse I'm using is the Nationals for Harley was the focus and I was "away"..... ...

Some thoughts after nationals and moving forward.

So my last post was a little short and didn’t really say much....

The Canadian Junior Nationals were held in Calgary, AB this year. The BC team fielded 60 or so athletes of all levels and all age groups!
They looked really good in training (for those that I saw at team practice). BC’s a...

Well here we sit in Calgary!

We had our final official training night on tuesday. We toned it down just a bit but made sure everyone had a good workout and worked on the techniques they are planning on using during Nationals.

We were up early on Wednesday and packed up the car. it was nice having the checklist discussed below as we felt...

Well another one down.. only two session left and we leave for Calgary for Harley to compete!

He has been training hard and is as ready as he's going to be. Physically he is ready. He has been pouring himselft into this process and the results are showing. He is certainly not the same now as he was 2 months ago when we found out he...

Well another great night @ POCO JUDO (thats how we refer to the Dojo)

As a back-grounder we are a recreational dojo with what I think is a great mix of traditional vs competitive. We only run Tuesday and Thursday nights but we go all year with ony about 4-5 weeks off. We run a 6-11 kids class, 11-16 youth class and then the 17 - really old...

Excellent session last night.

We are into our summer session at this point and this means the 11-17 class is merged with the adults or the younger class. Basically the bigger kids move up and the smaller kids move down.

The sessions also get much harder with less focus on learning new, but on working old. And cardio etc. Lots of Uchi Komi and...