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So I joined a Hapiko class to get my schedule up to 13 units and make me full time. So far the class has been alright, nothing particularly amazing or wonderful to me. I thought even though the class wouldn't necessarily fulfill me the way class does back home, that it would be good to do some rolling and falling. I pretty much ignore almost everything they say about body mechanics, but luckily they don't say too much. Even so, the class is still fun because I get to roll and fall, and kick pads and get kicked by people. I get pretty nervous though teaching big young guys who to do joint locks. I'm afraid they'll awkwardly get everything right, while they continue to try to muscle the techniques and my wrist will pop.
The throws we just started today and they're a little rough. I think it's actually more dangerous to have someone who doesn't know how to throw people well to throw you. Your body ends up going in all sorts of different ways and it's difficult to fall cleanly. In fact, I tend to throw myself into the technique more but whatever just to avoid falling so badly.
So far the class had been pretty uneventful, save the time I sorta kicked through the top of the pad and caught a girl in the face. (Don't worry, she lived.) However today, we were starting the falling and people always get hurt when you practice falling. We were doing this drill were you sorta roll/fall over someone. It's actually a decent way to start people to get used to throwing. But this one guy, put his arm in the wrong place as he was going over and proceeded to roll on top of his arm so that it bent in all sorts of un-bendable ways. It all happened about 10 ft away from me, and some people said they heard a pop. But the teacher came over to him, and really had no idea what to do at all.
This huge guy was just lying there in a lot of pain and they couldn't do anything except get someone who worked in the ARC who got someone else, who got someone else, who finally called the fire and police department I think so that they could transport the guy to cowell student health. I couldn't believe they made such a big fuss over everything. They even had him laying down with the round sticky things on his chest monitoring his heart when they brought the stretcher in to take him away. I thought it was really too much. I mean your arm is messed up, you need to go to the hospital. You can atleast get up and walk to the hospital I think. Someone, especially the teacher, should atleast be able to come up with a way to immobilize the injured arm for the half mile or so walk it takes to get to the health center. And maybe just send someone who knows him with him to make sure he is comfortable and gets there alright. No need for arc staff, police, and fire. But who knows, I guess if he died from rolling and landing on his arm badly then I would be the asshole. I may seem unsympathetic but I feel bad for the guy, getting hurt sucks and being immobile sucks. I really am more bothered by all the crap that is involved in seeing to his injury.
Also, I got suck in an elevator today. I've always wondered what it would be like be stuck in an elevator. But I was in the Social Science building, trying to drop by and say hi to my friend and it turned out they weren't there. So as I press the button to go back to the first floor, the elevator doors close, and the elevator jolts. But this elevator tends to jolt and be slow, so I didn't worry so much when it hadn't started moving. So I waited a little bit, maybe a minute, and it was still not moving. I then pressed the 3rd floor button hoping I could get back off, and proceeded to press the 5th floor button and the open door button, all of which lit up but did nothing. Then I even played with the elevator stop button, which set off a loud ringing alarm when I pulled it out to it's stop position. I quickly pushed it back in after that, because the alarm was a bit loud and didn't want to bother anyone. Realizing I was stuck I started to look at the ceiling, and thought about all the action movies where they crawl out of the elevator. But I wasn't quite prepared to go commando on this problem yet. Maybe 30-45mins later I would have. At this point I decided I was stuck, so I finished sending my text message I was writing and prepared to enjoy my relaxing time alone in the elevator. I thought it would be nice, a mandatory break in my day to do nothing. Taking my time I debated whether or not I should use the emergency phone in the elevator. I thought
'I wonder where this will call? Will it call 911? This really isn't that big of a deal. I wish I could just call some maintenance man and let him know it'd be nice to get out soon.'
Then as I opened the little door to the phone, and was about to pick up the phone to call for help, the elevator started moving. I was a little disappointed because I was starting to look forward to my being stuck in an elevator adventure. I thought I should tell someone about the elevator after I finally got out, but I really didn't know who. So I just sort of left. So if you read this, avoid the social science building's elevator.
The throws we just started today and they're a little rough. I think it's actually more dangerous to have someone who doesn't know how to throw people well to throw you. Your body ends up going in all sorts of different ways and it's difficult to fall cleanly. In fact, I tend to throw myself into the technique more but whatever just to avoid falling so badly.
So far the class had been pretty uneventful, save the time I sorta kicked through the top of the pad and caught a girl in the face. (Don't worry, she lived.) However today, we were starting the falling and people always get hurt when you practice falling. We were doing this drill were you sorta roll/fall over someone. It's actually a decent way to start people to get used to throwing. But this one guy, put his arm in the wrong place as he was going over and proceeded to roll on top of his arm so that it bent in all sorts of un-bendable ways. It all happened about 10 ft away from me, and some people said they heard a pop. But the teacher came over to him, and really had no idea what to do at all.
This huge guy was just lying there in a lot of pain and they couldn't do anything except get someone who worked in the ARC who got someone else, who got someone else, who finally called the fire and police department I think so that they could transport the guy to cowell student health. I couldn't believe they made such a big fuss over everything. They even had him laying down with the round sticky things on his chest monitoring his heart when they brought the stretcher in to take him away. I thought it was really too much. I mean your arm is messed up, you need to go to the hospital. You can atleast get up and walk to the hospital I think. Someone, especially the teacher, should atleast be able to come up with a way to immobilize the injured arm for the half mile or so walk it takes to get to the health center. And maybe just send someone who knows him with him to make sure he is comfortable and gets there alright. No need for arc staff, police, and fire. But who knows, I guess if he died from rolling and landing on his arm badly then I would be the asshole. I may seem unsympathetic but I feel bad for the guy, getting hurt sucks and being immobile sucks. I really am more bothered by all the crap that is involved in seeing to his injury.
Also, I got suck in an elevator today. I've always wondered what it would be like be stuck in an elevator. But I was in the Social Science building, trying to drop by and say hi to my friend and it turned out they weren't there. So as I press the button to go back to the first floor, the elevator doors close, and the elevator jolts. But this elevator tends to jolt and be slow, so I didn't worry so much when it hadn't started moving. So I waited a little bit, maybe a minute, and it was still not moving. I then pressed the 3rd floor button hoping I could get back off, and proceeded to press the 5th floor button and the open door button, all of which lit up but did nothing. Then I even played with the elevator stop button, which set off a loud ringing alarm when I pulled it out to it's stop position. I quickly pushed it back in after that, because the alarm was a bit loud and didn't want to bother anyone. Realizing I was stuck I started to look at the ceiling, and thought about all the action movies where they crawl out of the elevator. But I wasn't quite prepared to go commando on this problem yet. Maybe 30-45mins later I would have. At this point I decided I was stuck, so I finished sending my text message I was writing and prepared to enjoy my relaxing time alone in the elevator. I thought it would be nice, a mandatory break in my day to do nothing. Taking my time I debated whether or not I should use the emergency phone in the elevator. I thought
'I wonder where this will call? Will it call 911? This really isn't that big of a deal. I wish I could just call some maintenance man and let him know it'd be nice to get out soon.'
Then as I opened the little door to the phone, and was about to pick up the phone to call for help, the elevator started moving. I was a little disappointed because I was starting to look forward to my being stuck in an elevator adventure. I thought I should tell someone about the elevator after I finally got out, but I really didn't know who. So I just sort of left. So if you read this, avoid the social science building's elevator.