Well I bet your wondering was it my arm, well no. It was the arm of a fellow judo guy and feel bad about it. I was in guard and mad him post an arm while I was breaking his posture and I hit a locked kimura(ude garami), now this guy is stronger than me so I guess he was thinking to posutre and pull out. When I start to roll him for the kimura sweep because he hadnt tapped his arm straightened and we heard a loud set of popping. This guy is only 19 so he was real tuff about it he didnt yelp or whine, but he did say it hurt alot. He could move it but all the pain was in the elbow.

Now my question is, should I have felt so bad about this, or is he to blame for not tapping in time. He did say he should have just tapped. Hes probably going to be out for a couple of weeks and I felt so bad that I offered to pay for half of his medical bills if he incures any. And is my dojo rep busted now because of this, I'm already looked at differently because I've done bjj and I more focused on my ground work than my standing there.

Your dojo rep should be fine if you don't make a habit of it. Its always been my understanding that accidents happen. I've got a pretty good record with one injured partner in 7 years, but when I'm injured myself, which happens much more frequently, I don't hold it against the guy. Its a dangerous sport.

Ditto, you typically get a bad rep when your a rolling tard or ass. Honestly, if you were in control and not freaking out while appling the technique it is your partners fault for not tapping in time. It is a different story if you locked the kimura and simply rolled into it full force without considering the dire position your partner was in, i.e., not giving him the opportuniy to tap.

For example, I love me some leg locks, heel hooks, toe holds, etc. and once I have the heel hook locked in I slowly apply the pressure to give my partner time to tap (if he happens to roll out of it or I loose my grip its no biggie, Im not there to hurt anyone).

Everyone gets hurt when doing sports. It's part of the game. In my experience, most people have to learn to tap the hard way; usually by some popping noises in the arm.

Pay for half his medical bill? Doesn't that fifty-something annual fee you pay to the USJF/USJA/USJI give you medical coverage in the event of a judo related injury, or is your club not in either of those organizations?

actually we are associated with USJF/USJA/USJI and they should pay, its just I had to say something to make me feel better.

**** happens.

Feel bad, but don't blame yourself. Apologize, but note that this incident could have been avoided if he had tapped. **** does happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen consistently.

Well it's official after 1 month of him not being at training someone finally has said that he has a torn ligament, and he's mad about the injury. They didnt say he was mad at me but I wouldn't doubt it.

And things have been fine at the dojo.

This guy wont be coming back until july so I feel really bad about the lost training. He's also choosen to not get it fixed, is this bad?

not to sound all Dr Phil here - but was your intention to hurt this guy, or were you out of control.... sounds like an honest accident to me that is just part of the game. If he's mad - oh well - and if he doesn't take the medical steps to get this fixed then that's really his problem - not yours (assuming it's covered under insurance - and if it's not - he should have known the risks coming into this).

I've been injured accidentally, when people spaz out and intentionally - they all suck but when it's an accident there are never any hard feellings towards the person who did it.

**** happens, man. As long as it wasn't on purpose, i have yet to injure anyone, but in the Judo tourneys, people get hurt all the time, same for BJJ, it's been said, but it's a dangerous sport.

Well it's official after 1 month of him not being at training someone finally has said that he has a torn ligament, and he's mad about the injury. They didnt say he was mad at me but I wouldn't doubt it.

And things have been fine at the dojo.

This guy wont be coming back until july so I feel really bad about the lost training. He's also choosen to not get it fixed, is this bad?

I've had the same elbow dislocated twice within two months of eachother. I bear no ill will towards the two individuals I was playing at the time. I am, however, more cautious around them.

It might be awful fo rme to say this, but part of me feels that if he's the kind of guy who'd get mad at you for this, he kind of deserved what he got....

Sounds to me like you had him locked in and he should've tapped. Instead he decided to be a macho ass and try and power out. When you're stupid like that bad things happen. His fault, not yours, don't feel bad at all.

Some people need to learn that randori at the club is not the championships of the world. I've hurt a couple people with my pick ups because instead of falling nicely once I pick them up they posted out and jammed their shoulders. While that's more their fault then mine I'm really careful with that throw now since it goes both ways a bit. It's no biggie if they take a fall but I've realized it's also no biggie for me to just let up if I think they might do something stupid and get hurt. I'm not training for compeitions anymore so I'm trying to let up on that killer instinct a bit. It's harder than I thought it would be.

I broke a buddy of mine's arm in a competition once. It was a relatively important tournament (the CNE international for any old time Ontario/Canadian fighters) and it was the finals. He was up by a wazari and a couple yukos with about thirty seconds left. We ended up on the ground and by some miracle I got him in juji. He didn't tap so I had to crank it until the pop (when he then tapped). Tournaments are a whole different animal though and I could sort of see why he did it since he thought he could hold it until the buzzer. I've done the same myself though I've never actually had the guy break my arm though (strained really, really bad once powering a guy up out of a juji I should've tapped to though).