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- From: toman@bovine.uoregon.edu (Jay toman)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: WANTED: Women's self-defense success stories!
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 06:57:19 GMT
- Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
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- Message-ID: <1jtekfINNj4r@pith.uoregon.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan19.052057.14896@trl.oz.au> djewell@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (David Jewell - Radio and Satellite Networks) writes:
- >
- >OK, here goes one.
- >A woman I know, in her mid 20s, visited the US from Australia. She had about
- >6 months Tae Kwon Do (traditional) training and was walking along one of the
- >well known shopping streets in L.A. when she was approached by a man who
- >tried to bum some money off her. She gave him a few dollars from her purse
- >and proceeded to walk on towards her car. The man was not happy with the
- >amount he had received and pressed her for more and then started to verbally
- >abuse her. He positioned himself between her and the car and at this time
- >she felt very threatened by him physically.
- >She is not 100% sure of the exact combination she used but thinks it was
- >a front kick to the mid-section followed by a high section knife hand strike.
- >Anyway it had the desired effect and she made it safely to her car and away.
- >Having spoken with this lady she has a strong personality although an
- >outward timidity. Her timidity made her a victim, her personality gave her
- >the courage to resist the intimidation and her training gave her the skill
- >to get out of a dangerous situation. I think that the courage was the most
- >important ingredient.
- >
- >Hope this helps.
- >
- I'm not sure how this is a "success" story. He didn't assault her, she
- assaulted him. You can't beat on somebody just because they annoy you,
- or scare you. The situation you describe just doesn't sound like it warrants
- the use of (potentially deadly) force.
-
- J. Toman
-