all those years of martial arts training finally paid off

[gmonkey42]

... in a very mundane way. I was walking on the sidewalk down a pretty steep hill (in high-ish heeled boots) and I tripped and fell but I didn't hurt myself except for a little scrape on my hand: I just rolled without even thinking about it. Woo! I actually came half way into a sort of crouching defensive stance before the conscious brain took over again.



Er, I suppose it takes a few more years of training to be able to avoid tripping over sticking-up bits of sidewalk in the first place.