It's strange being a teaching prop. As I was laying on the mat today, I noticed my reflection in the dojo mirror with my arm being used by The General to teach osae. However, as the bottom of the mirror is raised 5 or 6 inches off the floor, my arm was the only part of my body I could see. Because of this, I found it quite easy to dissociate myself from my arm. Then it no longer seemed like my arm. It's like my arm became dojo property, to be used for the education of others. Then I thought that the furtherance of another's education is an admirable aspiration for a simple arm.
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