"My Left Foot"

Never saw the movie.. Don't really know much about it at all, really... But I had an interesting experience with my own left foot over the past few days.. We were in Kenpo class this past Thursday and were working on a new evasion that involves hooking the attacker's leg while performing a forward outside evasion. While hooking with the inside arm, you simultaneously execute a knifehand strike to the opponent's neck, following up with a deep grip on the opposing lapel. Finally, while still maintaining the hooked leg, you finish the technique by pulling the lapel down and outside while lifting the leg upward and inside, quickly and forcefully placing the opponent on the ground, leaving you in a wide kibadache (horse stance) over him, leg still hooked. If the opponent attempts to resist from there, either a quick knifehand strike to the head/neck or a knee strike to the abdomen is usually sufficient..

We were working in pairs, alternating between who would give and who would receive.. It was my turn to receive.. It all started off fine, we were very careful not to perform the throw with much force or speed... Don't know what got into my partner, but I'm pretty sure he put everything he had into this throw.. He outweighs me by probably 40-50 pounds, maybe more... Not sure if it was me hitting the floor or me kicking him after the fact from the floor, but I thought I broke my foot! I was unable to move any of my toes, couldn't put any weight on it, couldn't do much of anything besides do my very best to control my tongue.. I walked it off best I could and did my best to complete the class. I like to think I'm pretty agile, so I was able to finish up the class, including the body conditioning portion, all while hopping around to keep any pressure off that foot... It still hurt like the dickens, but i figured I'd manage...
Until the next day.... It had gotten bigger overnight, even though I kept it on ice and elevated... My walk was even funnier that the previous day, kind of a cross between George Jefferson, Skinny Pimp, and any random person with one leg and no crutches... Go figure.. I was finally convinced to go to the doctor, where they took some X-rays. Come to find out, the foot wasn't broken, although the ball of the foot forward was somehow turned upward at a 45-degree angle and rotated heavily to the left to the point where I could not put the front of my foot down as long as heel was still on the ground... Don't have a clue what the doctor said except for it is not broken, should be fine in a few days, and "Here, wear this special boot for a few days."
Needless to say, I refuse to keep that silly looking shoe on.... 3 days later, I'm still walking a bit funny, but it is nowhere near the walk I had earlier, which is best described as the same walk the main character is the movie Misery had shortly after being hobbled with a sledgehammer.....
good times.....

-myk