Physiotherapy

British Nationals Blog

It’s 18th June 2011 and I have just finished competing in the British Taekwondo championships.
Have had a pretty injury free couple of weeks leading up to the championships so have not needed to call on the expertise or my fab physio Greg Ryan and health and fitness clinics. However am still sticking to the warm up and prehab strategies we have discussed which keep me in working order.

The weight loss was the hard work as this time I was competing in the -80kg. Naturally weighing 84.5kg meant I had to be on the brink of starvation for 2 1/2 weeks before the competitiony to make it. In the end I weighed in at 78.6 which was well under which means I could have afforded to sneak that extra burger I was craving.

Fight 1 - My first opponent was a lot less experienced then me so my coach told me to look after him. Trouble is despite just aiming to score clean shots, I ended up knocking him out. Felt a bit guilty at the end as he wasn’t really on level.

Fight 2 - This guy was a tricky character as he was very unorthodox. Shortly after the matched started I side stepped and got behind him and as he couldn’t see me he lashed out elbowing me and almost taking my teeth out. I was concussed for a minute or too but managed to keep my composure. The fight went all the way to Golden Point but in the end I won.

Fight 3 - This guy was the Team Gb funded athlete. Started off cagey but with in a minute I was 7-1 down due to some controversial scoring so was chasing from the get go. Managed to get it to 9-6 then another head shot left me trailing by 12-6. Managed to tie the game at 12-12 with 15 seconds to go them we both exchanged kicks and he’s registered but mine did not. I hunted him down raining shots on him but nothing registered in the end it finished 13-12.

Overall was a good performance and result-wise wasn’t bad as I’m am still in there with a chance.
Must say a big thank you to my coaches Richard Allen and Chris Sawyer and to my physio Greg Ryan at health and fitness solutions for keeping me in top shape so I could attend and perform at the games the way I did.

Next stop - British international Open 1-2 October 2011

Craig Brown