Sarkin’s Point of View
I can feel the stares that the crowd are giving me. I can feel how they look at me with disbelief and belittlement; with judgement—probably thinking what a lad is doing in an arena for the experienced adults. It’s not just the crowd, but also the organizers and certainly the other fighters. Well, I totally get where their stupidity is coming from; and it is from the labels and stigma they put towards the younger generations; the hierarchy established in the society based on age and experience, not in someone’s capability. It is one of the lethal societal diseases that will never vanish unless proven wrong right in front of their eyes; and I am about to do it now.
“Ladies and gentleman, we have quite a peculiar match today!” I heard the host announce. I can taste t
