Ok so two of my students are sparring, and one lands a decent Oou Tek on the other's chest. The kicked student said "ah knocked the wind out" and kept going for a decent amount of time.

Well the next day he is complaining of a sharp pain where he got kicked and is insisting his rib is cracked. I personally don't think he got kicked all that hard, and he is just experiencing some pain "breathing through the bruise".

How hard is it to crack a rib just below the pectoral muscle? Seems like it would take a pretty hard Oou Tek to do such a thing, no?

Just looking for some thoughts.

Thanks.

Will

Hi Will!

Well, lets's just put it like this: As you know, I am forty-seven years old! Wednesday night of last week I fell off the top of a ladder (ten foot ceilings in the new kwoon) onto the top of a mook jong trunk (sharp edged PVC - mounted) ribs first. Although I bruised severely and was cut pretty badly, still nothing broken! But then my serratus muscles are conditioned pretty well also. By the time you get here in two weeks I'll probably just have a scar left to show for it! The bottom line is, unless there is difficulty breathing, I don't think there is any serious damage!

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