Alright, I am being a little melodramatic here, but if it weren't for fencing, I would be in a cast right now!
After class, all juiced up on the adrenaline of 3/5 bouts won in the open bouting pool, I decided to cut through stopped cars at a light to cross the street.
(I know, I know, very dumb, but I was jazzed and felt invincible) The line of cars was long and no one was coming on the other side of the double yellow due to a red light. As I was about to cross at the midline out of no where shoots a car from my left trying to bypass all the stopped cars to get to the left turn lane up ahead. I heard the car (as it was quiet with all the stopped cars) and was able to do an excellent jump back! Inches I tell you, I could feel the breeze and for a moment thought I had hit the car. I will never cross in the middle of the street between cars like that, but man..thank you foot work drills, thank you reflexes and thank you fencing in general.