Can You See With Your Tongue? | Senses | DISCOVER Magazine.
This is an amazing article - a scientist who managed to make people react to light-based input without using their eyes. The human brain is … limitless within its limits ? It’s definitely worth the read.
Yesterday evening a man who trained about as long as sensei came to train with us. Black obi, rather frayed to white. He’d trained a long time under his uncle, and then ~15 years under sensei’s sensei. He’d taken a break for a while, so he was a bit out of shape, but his mindset, his attitude, his devotion were 100% into everything he did - an important lesson which I forget all too often.
He left, very happy to have joined us. I hope we’ll see him again.
I don’t know how I did it, but at some point during my empty hand class, I hurt my back. Think of a line going horizontally across the middle of the back (under the shoulderblades), and you have it. I didn’t stay for weapons past my bo class and went home. I was OK during my sword class, which means either I wasn’t paying attention, or I wasn’t using those muscles..
It got worse in the evening, to the point where I was walking slowly, and I couldn’t help but play with it a little — forced to use momentum generated by other muscles in order not to feel pain. Sunday was better but still careful, and Monday I considered not going to work but I felt good enough not to let it stop me. Training on Monday night made it pretty much all go away.
It’s very interesting to be in pain, when it’s not constant and excruciating (because that just sucks), you can explore better your body’s workings.