[Sitting in the ER waiting area]

So last night during training I broke my nose! We were doing our typical Monday night stand up / takedown session. I dropped down for a fireman carry and as I did I felt my partners knee hit with a thud against my face. I instantly covered up in the turtle position.While I was curled up on my elbows and knees I thought, “man that hurt.” I’ve broken my nose in the past but they were straight breaks and required no serious medical attention. A bonus of getting my nose broken when I was younger was such that I rarely ever get bloody noses. Even after being hit with a hard punch, head butt or whatever. I was hesitant to raise up because I knew if I saw blood that it was probably pretty jacked up.  When I lifted my forehead off the mat I began to see little drips of blood and as I turned towards my students, their reaction gave it away. My nose was all kinds of messed up.

I went to the emergency room and they determined I broken 2 bones and that I need to see an ENT doctor to correct my nasal deviation. This means I will have to brave the public as the elephant man for a few days until they decide to get my face back to normal. I sincerely hope my nose looks close to normal after its all said and done, because I can’t be a handsome BJJ player with a funky nose!

I guess I’ll be doing technique for a while. What, you didn’t think I was going to take time off the mats did you?

[This morning]