Break a bone to play better pool?
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efren had all his teeth removed. does that count? teeth is bone too, right?
I thought our tooth were enamel and not actual bones
I've never heard of anyone breaking a bone, but I have seen a guy wearing a pretty heavy duty wrist brace. At first I thought he may be wearing some kind of bowling gear but it was intended for pool. Anyway, I hope nobody gets offended, but out of respect for other users, can we refrain from using "retarded" as a derogatory term. I'm not much for PC, but it does bother me because when I do use the term in the correct context, some people still find it offensive. I would have to say the person who breaks their wrist to try and improve their pool game is an idiot not retarded.
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I am thinking of plucking and eyeball so I could definitely have a dominant eye
I have Taken Shaolin Kempo for 20 years so i have some knowledge in this area. Your Sensi was not killing the nerves in his knuckles he was just burning his flesh i mean he might as well beat his own face in with a steel pole to toughen up his nerves in his face or knock some sense into his own brain.
For him to burn his knuckles tells me that he does not know how to throw a punch when you are learning how to throw a punch in Karate and even in boxing you are shown how to use your whole body to get some power behind that punch. not by pouring charcoal lighter fluid on your knuckles and setting them on fire and punching as fast as you can in front of a broken mirror.
Your Sensi is starting to remind me of the Karate instructor in that movie napoleon dynamite Rex known do was it ?
I have seen many world champion martial artists in my days of competing the likes of Billy Blanks, Michael Jai White ( Played Spawn in the movie Spawn and other movies) Hell the whole cast from the old fox tv show WMAC masters were competing in the same open divisions i was in and i have a few grand championships wins.
For those that don't know a Grand champion for a certain tournaments is when you beat out every other top finisher in there respective black belt division like 18-21 men's light weight and heavy weight division and so on.
What your Sensi did was just nonsense
I could certainly see it helping...as long as you get your prescriptions filled and then don't take them until you are all healed up an back in stroke again.
Of course then you run the risk of getting prescribed one pocket pills when you are trying to play 9b. Like my favorite road agent told me long ago, don't take no 1p pills if you gonna play 9b.
Of course then you run the risk of getting prescribed one pocket pills when you are trying to play 9b. Like my favorite road agent told me long ago, don't take no 1p pills if you gonna play 9b.
I broke my left pointer finger.........
A friend of mine was trying to slap me goofing around. I blocked his slap with my left hand except the only part of my hand that did the blocking was my left pointer finger.
It got bent towards the thumb. The doctor didn't even straighten it but put the cast on it bent towards my thumb.
It almost looks like it was custom made for a closed bridge.
I was in 4th grade at the time.
Little did I know how much it would help me with my closed bridge.
But on purpose. That guy must have had some other funny stories also.............
A friend of mine was trying to slap me goofing around. I blocked his slap with my left hand except the only part of my hand that did the blocking was my left pointer finger.
It got bent towards the thumb. The doctor didn't even straighten it but put the cast on it bent towards my thumb.
It almost looks like it was custom made for a closed bridge.
I was in 4th grade at the time.
Little did I know how much it would help me with my closed bridge.
But on purpose. That guy must have had some other funny stories also.............
Sounds like you guys would have a great fight.
When Champions Collide.
I've got $20 towards having you and his sensai in a streamed match.
I knew a martial artist who stuck needles in his knuckles to deaden the nerves. He also would hit an immovable object repeatedly. He had massive scar tissue on his knuckles and said he couldn't feel anything when punching. Lost touch with him or I'd put him in the octagon with you guys too.
I'll do it for free and buy you a beer afterwards.
What kind of Doctor was this? A veterinarian?
Kinda like this
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I never heard of intentionally breaking a wrist or any bones but I have seen this; Two players at least, that I can remember have been injured, one had a broken wrist and the other broke his shooting hand. Both were in casts for the standard 6 weeks or so and when the time came for removal of the casts and they went to the poolroom to play they both played better than they ever had.
Remember the first words in Mastering Pool by George Fels: "I'm sorry but I'll bet you're just hitting the balls too hard".
These guys still had sore wrists and hands after the casts came off and so hit the balls easier than normal, not babying shots but just not as hard as usual. The guy who hurt his wrist started playing about two balls better playing onepocket, the other guy's game went up but not as much.
They developed the softer touch they should've had all along but it only came to them because of the pain if they shot hard.
I remembered a time years ago when I hurt my wrist at work and my game went up at the time but I didn't know why. I think I probably hit balls softer because of the pain in my wrist and my game improved as a result.
P.S. I'm also the guy who broke his hand and played better when the cast came off
.ONB
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I think this is the best quote in the whole thread. Although it does run counter to what most of the instructors on this forum preach.
Of course this is assuming this "rule of thumb" belongs to a healthy, fully operational thumb and not a purposely broken one.