overcoming memories

This week I went to MMA training : Muay Thai - Thai Boxing - which basically means that you kick, punch and do whatever hurtful to your opponnent. Illustartion : 

After my friend from the service persuaded me into this - I went, with only one wish in mind : don't let it be like the army. 

We would train Krav-Maga almost everyday, and the tranining included alot of aggressiveness and mental training, in addition to the 'normal' fighting - which most of the times just makes you wanna die. 

it's not fun. 

Anyhow, you can discuss wheather passing obstacles in your life is good for you - but in most times, it leaves a mark on you. Krav Maga, for me, was something I never wanted to do again. 

And 3 years later - there I was , for the first time - waiting for the trainer to arrive. 

and you won't believe who that was : my army trainer. 

I felt like I'm losing myself,  standing there with the boxing gloves, out of my free will ,after swearing to myself that I'd never do it again. 

For an hour an half i was kicking and punching and being punched, and I won't tell you that it was all fun, but it was important :

It cleared my bad memories, and only than I realized how important it is.

If you haven't overcomed something in your past - you should go and do it. maybe not now, and maybe not soon - but one day, when your'e ready, you should : it'd make things much easier.

Yesterday there was a story on the news about a guy who went to the Ultra-Marathon in the Amazon jungles in Brazil. 

The Ultra-Marathon is a 222 km long race. during 6 days,the competetors pass around 40 km a day - and let me remind you that it's not the Berlin marathon : there are bad bugs, and mosquitoes, and leeches - and whatever you don't want to meet. 

are you up for it?

The piece was about a guy who got tired of all the marthones and searched for a new, harder adventure.He collapesed few times during the race - until he lost his concious, that was when the doctor stopped him - and the emergency crew had to treat him all night. 

He had 40 km left - which , for him, was 'nothing' - as he said, but the doctor just didn't let him. 

He said that he's going to run the Ultra-Marathon again, just because he has to conquer the bad memory from the last year.

Everyone has their bad experinces and memories. Most of us won't do anything about it, but some of us - the fortunate ones - will go and do it again.