“What are you doing?” “Now you’ll understand everything.” Balahтин pulled out a rope and tied it around my elbows, then went lower and wrapped it around my knees. I could barely move. I was in a very awkward position. When behind me there was the sound of a metal buckle snapping from a belt, I couldn’t even turn my head to look. Blood rushed to my brain, and I was unbearably desperate to know what the instructor was going to do to me…