Stephen over at his Place on the Web reports on his progress in rejoining the lists after having been sidelined for nearly a year with an ankle injury. I “feel his pain”, as they say. I turned my ankle inside out 35 years ago when, coming d…

I “feel your pain”, as they say. I turned my ankle inside out 35 years ago when coming down with a rebound my foot landed on top on another player’s. The doctor said it was too bad it hadn’t broken because the tissue damage was so severe that it probably would bother me the rest of my life. He was right. Anytime I do really strenuous exercise that stresses my ankle – like the 5 hour climb/hike through Bukhansan I took a couple weekends ago — it gets very sore to the slightest touch and swells up. The most disconcerting thing is that the tendons/ligaments that wrap around the outside of the ankle feel like rubberbands that have pretty mcuh lost their elasticity. I also find, though, that the more active I am, the less it all bothers me. The essential thing is to build back up aggressively but prudently.

BTW, how long have you been practicing that you can take a dan test in another three months?

Also which of the two HDGD associations are you affiliated with – Daehan or WHDGDF?

I’m planning to go to the July meet – just to watch, and maybe I’ll come down to Ulsan next in May if you’re testing then and want an english-language cheering section.