Fun with Master Callos and Essential Tremors

Steven Cason Forged 1st Degree Black Belt Candidate 2012

I just wanted to comment on how much I enjoyed my time with Master Callos tonight.  We all had a great time in the Adult class practicing payload delivery (where we strike the pad and run through our opponent covering our face as we spin and turn).

I can see a lot of similarity between his teaching style and KJN and BKJN's.  In other words I can see where their roots are.

I also enjoyed our time together with the Forged team. Especially when he was talking about Empathy.

This brings me to the second section of my blog this week.

I work with a person who has a disease called Essential Tremors which is a dysfunction in which the person will be subject to uncontrollable shaking.  He has always enjoyed working with his hands but it was painful to watch him as he was trying to install a circuit board in a PC or tighten a screw.  He always struggled with it and was able to get the job done but it just took a lot of concentration and will power.  I have always admired him for being able to keep a good attitude and deal with his condition.

Recently his medications lost their effectiveness in controlling the shaking so he opted to have a surgical procedure done in which he had two metal rods inserted into his brain and then wires were run from the rods to a device similar to a pace maker.  After his surgery was completed he then went to his doctor and they turned the device on.  He said after a couple of hours of tuning the system up his shaking has disappeared.  He demonstrated for me earlier this week at work and his hands are rock solid steady.

I am just amazed at what medical science can accomplish now.  And how courageous this man is to allow a complete stranger drill two holes in his head and run rods into the base of his brain.

Moral of the story is don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it.

Steven Cason