My sensitive Adam's Apple

Like me, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about your laryngeal prominence  -- or your Adam's Apple -- until it hurts, like when you’re ill and have a sore throat or when your partner during Haganah class is being particularly barbaric while employing choke holds.

After last Wednesday’s class I went home and had to ice my throat. That was a first. It hurt to swallow for a day and then the pain went away. It wasn’t anything serious, but it goes to show that this stuff is no joke.

If I can get hurt when we’re just practicing, going at half speed, I can’t imagine the damage that could be inflicted in real time when the intention is to hurt.