LogGrad98
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He probably wasn't nearly as scared as I was. When he was on his back there he was probably wondering if I broke his elbow. Both guys I faced I submitted with a americana and their elbows both snapped hard enough that I could feel and hear them. I was for sure I broke this guys arm though. He said it started to swell and he couldn't move it very well. It's a terrible feeling actually. I hope he's ok because he was a super nice guy as were everyone else I talked to.
I applaud you for your efforts in this, and I can relate about hurting someone. In high school I competed in a few open form tournaments. In one I had a pesky fast guy that kept running by me and hitting me in the ribs, gaining a point each time. It was pissing me off I couldn't catch him or really land anything because he was quite a bit faster than me, so the next time he tried the move, I swiveled backward and hit him square on the forehead with a pretty solid backhand as he ducked to pass by me. The shot was solid enough that through the hand gear it cracked a bone in my hand and bruised my hand pretty bad, and he went straight to the mat. They brought in the med team, put a colar on the guy and called an ambulance. I bruised like 3 vertebrae in his neck and cracked one. I felt terrible. I was actually glad they DQ'ed me for the tourney and I didn't compete again after that. It sounds all tough to talk about kicking people's asses but when you really do hurt someone it feels like crap. I never saw the guy again until after my mission and we kind of reminisced, he didn't hold any grudges. Luckily he didn't have any serious damage permanent, but it did end his tourney days as well.