When they ask for more pain...

it's time to run away. One of the senior students kept asking sensei to re-demonstrate techniques on him this evening. Seemed the harder he fell or the more it hurt the happier he was. Some of the other senior students suggested that this meant he was in a good mood. I decided it was a bit worrying--but he ended up helping me with a tricky technique and I didn't lose any limbs. The technique was a reversal and the goal was to recover from a failed ikkyo with a pin. A very exciting technique as you get to quickly reverse and drop to the ground with your knee--quite an experience when it's done quickly to you.