Do I look short? Have I shrunk? No - I have osteoporosis thanks to the
aromatase inhibitor drugs I'm on, but I'm not shrinking yet. I'm standing between a couple of judo champions:
Karina Bryant, whose Olympic bronze medal I'm holding, and a potential Olympic champion whom she's training up, Frazer Chamberlain. Our tae kwon do instructors arranged a two-hour session with her in which we practised rolls, side falls, back falls, forward falls, throws and chokes, all practice that I need so that if I do fall, I don't break anything.
I hoped Karina would try tae kwon do too. She knows
Sarah Stevenson, the tae kwon do champion. Imagine Karina against Sarah. Who'd win? Karina says that she would win, if she could get close enough to Sarah to throw her, but Sarah would kick her first! Yes - that's what I'd do against someone as big and as skilled as Karina - keep her away from me.
And she's nice too.
