Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Dilemma of a pregnant Ninja


I told my martial arts group and my brother. Everyone was very happy, excited and supportive, but also suddenly very protective. Even with 5 years of balance beam training I had to stop standing on a 5 inch curb so I wouldn't worry my sensei. The real problem is that slipping off a curb is nothing compared to the falls I would routinely take in training, not to mention the impact from being hit. I've already modified my training, but not to the 5 inch curb level of safety, which is perhaps now necessary, or perhaps overkill. I wonder how differently people will relate to me now that I'm carrying someone else's entire future inside me. I'm planning to contact the only other pregnant martial artist I know of to see if she has any tips for training safely. I never realized how inherently dangerous the world is until I had to protect someone from it.

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