Where is the destination [Open]
Oct 10, 2020 9:25:19 GMT -5
Post by * on Oct 10, 2020 9:25:19 GMT -5
Metal against metal was preached. The effects of the muscles that gripped the ax held in the trainer's hand seemed overall, a good analogy to life. You start at birth and work your way up in life. You fight to survive and live from birth as some type of weird instinct. Though, as our minds develop the older we get, the evils of the world take over and sooner or later, we become solely defined on the choices we make in life and that defines who we are.
How we hold the ax is how we react. When we decide to react is based on what we want to do in life. I've never been one to hold back in life. I knew early on what I wanted and I wish I had the audacity to learn to use my strength of body as well as I used my strength of mind. The weight of this ax in my hand is daunting, taxing almost to keep it lifted and I know my muscles will be torn the moment rest is given.
The glares and glances around me make me straighten my back. After all, a bad posture will only set up for an early retirement, I've heard.
"Alright, lets see what you have in your Carbon. Swing. Be careful and don't aim for anything but that mark I've already put there on the tree. You need to work on your aim then we'll worry about sparring." The jerk grinned in front of me just enough that I could see it in my peripheral. This guy has had to train how many kids over the years and yet he thinks of this as a joke.
"Come on, I've got twelve year old's who don't hesitate like you." He pushes me to go beyond my comfort level and I find that lifting the handle off my shoulder sends a wave of regret that in this tree trunk, I now witness an image of him instead of the bark.
I swing with might, and aim for the notch he previous created.Thwack!
"Good job, Carbon. You might not be as useless as I originally thought. Do it again. This time, imagine something you hate is right in front of you. Put your hip into." He orders me and I jerk the blade from the wood and ready myself again, this time less hesitant. This feels as good as my first successful surgery attempt.
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