Day Twenty Four: Strength is a Weakness

Strong, but not very bright

It's funny, because I've been hearing a version of this a lot lately.

The thing about strength is that once you start using it to achieve a task, you become locked into that system, and the use of strength is surprisingly limited. One day, you're going to come across someone stronger than you, and then what are you going to do?




Fitness // Aikido : I just can't judge how much exercise I've done today. The Morning Training was standard, we played Pressure No Pressure three times, but mainly? Aside from being on my feet (or getting back up onto my feet after being thrown) for ten hours I'm mentally shattered. It's not just the movements, it's 5% the physical side but so far, 95% the mental connections and understanding. So my brain feels a bit gooey.

Derby: No skating today.

Diet: I ate an unreasonable amount of Chinese food today. And a biscuit. Plus a handful of blueberries for dessert because yoghurt sounded too mentally taxing when I got home (a spoon? oh hell no.)

Sleep: I have been barely able to stay awake all day. Which has been really weird because I got a reasonable amount of sleep (just over six hours). Even being in training all day and being really interested in what Peter Ralston has to say - neither woke me up properly. So it's 10pm now and I am going to post this and hit the hay. I only need to get up at 8am tomorrow.... and I only hate it a little bit that 8 o'clock sounds a little 'late' these days.


La, I wish I'd been able to write down and take more notes on some of the concepts Peter spoke about today. It's very inspirational and conceptually appealing the way he talks about the mental state of mind, the ability to action, the connections and perceptions of people... it's quite martial, yes, but it extrapolates into every day life with ease.