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Old 10-02-2003, 01:32 PM   #10
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A friend of mine in our dojo broke his big toe during a seminar, right before his 3rd kyu test. In our organization, that test has a significant amount of suwari and hanmi handachi waza. He still tested, but needless to say, he was in some serious pain during the test.

I've broken almost all of my toes over the years. In every case but one, it resulted from practicing martial arts. I once broke two toes at the same time, with two fractures in each toe. The pain was so intense that I couldn't even touch my heel to the ground for almost two weeks. In most cases though, I think you should be able to practice, as long as you take it easy. If you don't take it easy, you could end up like me. My toes make so much noise when I walk in bare feet that it sounds like I'm cracking nuts.

Robert Cronin
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