Martial Arts

[Bobby]

Good luck.

A co-worker of mine does martial arts. I can't remember the name of his discipline. But it's one I hadn't heard of until recently.

[Aether]

good luck dude

[*Jess♥]

I agree on the pain thing.

especially if you are training for combat.

pain is a way to help us to know our limits.

artificially numbing pain, invites worse injury and potential long term consequences.

I don't believe in pain killers and never take any form of drug. legal or otherwise.

well apart from what comes naturally in food and drink such as caffeine.

besides that, many martial arts are generally about balance and maintaining a natural equilibrium in your body.

taking pain killers does not promote a natural equilibrium, kinda the opposite.

[The Luna Diviner]

I agree on the pain thing.

especially if you are training for combat.

pain is a way to help us to know our limits.

artificially numbing pain, invites worse injury and potential long term consequences.

I don't believe in pain killers and never take any form of drug. legal or otherwise.

well apart from what comes naturally in food and drink such as caffeine.

besides that, many martial arts are generally about balance and maintaining a natural equilibrium in your body.

taking pain killers does not promote a natural equilibrium, kinda the opposite.

Agreed. For the most part. In my opinion, tylenol and advil and whatnot are ok every once in a while, but i dont take any prescription drugs whatsoever. Those kinds of pain killers dont do much for you. Its better for your body to adjust and fix the pain as apposed to masking it for a while. Besides, people do it wrong so often that its too risky. Eventually, you will require those pills.

For certain circumstances, its a different story, ive taken them for surgery, but for everyday use, i dont believe in prescriptions.