Life Skills

There are many reasons for using peripheral vision in our daily lives. Sub-consciously, we use it almost all day long in multi tasking activities such as driving, taking in a picturesque view, even watching your children with the proverbial parents ‘eyes in the back of their heads.’ However, we can also choose to use it ‘deliberately’, in many aspects of our lives, such as multi tasking in meetings, listening to a rant without being affected by it, being mindful of a suspicious person while walking, practising martial arts and of course many sports. This article looks at what it is, a personal journey of discovery through skiing and a later deployment into the martial art of Ninjutsu.