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by leashless
1362 days ago
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1) learn break falls from Judo. I've avoided breaking limbs twice in my life because of break falls - face planting on to concrete with a 60lb backpack, and walking off the top of two stairs into space over a marble floor. Either one of those could have been a life-changing injury and I walked away with minor bruising. Seldom has anything in my life paid off that well. 2) Figure out the dental care thing early: correct tooth care - the right electric toothbrush, the right toothpaste, structural issues like tooth grinding. 3) Sleep issues - deviated septum, sleep apnea, anything like that. Fix it young. 4) Get tested for food allergies. I was over 40 before I discovered I was gluten intolerant, and this is common for the non-celiac gluten intolerances. I wound up in hospital with a very specific skin rash, and they diagnosed me on sight. 40 years of allergy behind that. Bad news. When you're young fundamental structural stuff can be fucked up and your body will just power through it without noticing. Catch it before you age into it. Good luck! |
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However, the break falls cannot be just learned, they must be practiced from time to time, which requires an appropriate surface, e.g. some kind of hard mattress, resembling a tatami, or even the real thing (i.e. a special mattress or tatami made for wrestling, judo or aikido, put on an elastic floor, e.g. a wooden floor).
Going to an actual dojo would be the best, if that is possible. While the practice of Aikido, as done in most places (i.e. based on cooperative training in pairs), is not something that would transform you into a killing machine or an UFC competition champion, it is a very appropriate relatively low-effort training method for old people, useful to preserve their flexibility and balance, making them much less prone to injuries.
Also the daily practice of some solo kata taken from some martial art, or of some Tàijíquán form, is something that can be done at any age with very good results for preserving the body fitness, by exercising all muscles and articulations in coordinated movements, with the advantage that no special space is required. Most such kata can be adapted to be practiced even in a small room, or outside on the ground in some yard, when no better space is available.