We were both stripped nude and given butterfly knives, as is the Iranian custom. But my foe was unaware that my horse-♥♥♥♥ has the flexibility and strength of a prehensile tail. Feinting left, I deflected his thrust, dropped my knife and caught it in mid-air with my horse-♥♥♥♥. Unfortunately, a sudden gust of desert wind threw off the knife' rotation as it dropped and my horse-♥♥♥♥ grabbed it by the blade instead of the handle. That unavoidable error caused 9 inches to be sliced off my horse-♥♥♥♥.