16/08/2020
Quick addition to my last post.
I used the phrase 'accidentally stabbed my partner' but it is important to note that this was not an act of negligence or thoughtlessness.
The aim of the technique was for me to try and stab my partner, in the gut, whilst she avoids it by stepping at 45 degrees to me and attacking me. Thus she attacks me whilst my stab passes harmlessly past. We have trained this technique hundreds of times with wooden knives and many more with live knives.
On this occasion the only accident was that she performed the defence movement 2mm shorter than was needed and the result was the knife tip catching on the skin of the forearm and penetrating the subcutaneous layer.
No muscle, bone, tendon, ligament or nerve damage occurred during this. And the only blood loss was from superficial capillary vessels.
Considering this was from a gut attack at high speed you can understand how close the student was to a perfectly executed technique.
We don't aim to get injured but this is a part of all martial arts so we accept them as such. Then we heal, learn from our mistakes and move forward.
This student knows what it feels like to be stabbed so the fear of this happening is actualised and lessened. She will also remember to tuck her elbows in more during this technique.
The rest are scars and memories.
