Beautiful writing Ebuka. My experience with Thai boxing has been that one must face themselves when they face another in sparring. It's quite entrancing and I can imagine Ice Cream man's internal systems were lit up and firing, no matter how lightly they sparred.
Thanks, Nkem. And you are quite right about facing oneself in combat sports. Besides the rules of the sport, there is no body to hide behind, no niceties to gloss over a lack. Your opponent, in breaching the chinks in your armor, brings your deficiencies to your attention.
Beautiful writing Ebuka. My experience with Thai boxing has been that one must face themselves when they face another in sparring. It's quite entrancing and I can imagine Ice Cream man's internal systems were lit up and firing, no matter how lightly they sparred.
Thanks, Nkem. And you are quite right about facing oneself in combat sports. Besides the rules of the sport, there is no body to hide behind, no niceties to gloss over a lack. Your opponent, in breaching the chinks in your armor, brings your deficiencies to your attention.