Neat

[johnridley]

The owner of our TKD studio has decided to get certified to instruct Krav Maga so hopefully in a few months we'll be able to have classes in that. As both Tom and I are approaching black belt with TKD, it will be fun to have another direction to explore (not that either of us will be what I'd call "expert" at TKD for years yet).

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[forestweather.livejournal.com]

Cool.
This morning I dreamt that I got a license to carry concealed weapons, specifically knives--daggers strapped in sheaths to the insides of both forearms. Tell me where (i.e., what it would be called) I could be trained to fight strictly defensively like that. ; )

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Knife fighting is a dirty business. We do train in TKD for defense against knives. Rule number one is "run like hell." Advice after that is "If you can't avoid getting into a knife fight, you WILL get cut even if you have a knife too, so be ready for that." Advice #3 is, "if you bring out a knife, odds are just as good that YOU will get cut/stabbed by it as that you're going to be the one cutting/stabbing, even if you know what you're doing."

One thing they drill into you is that if someone comes after you with a knife, and you can't run away, is to NOT show any mercy. That guy intends to kill you. No matter if they weight 100 pounds or 300, you play as dirty as you can, and you don't stop pounding, throwing rocks, biting, kicking, poking their eyes, elbowing them in the throat or breaking their arms until that knife has been wrested away from them and thrown as far as you can throw it. THEN you run away. Later, call the cops.

So personally, I wouldn't try to bring a knife to bear on someone. It just escalates the situation. I think you either need to be content with hand-to-hand, or start carrying. Standard advice when facing a gun is "give them whatever the hell they want, unless you're pretty sure they're going to kill you anyway."

Sounds like good advice!

[isherempress.livejournal.com]

She has dreams about being attacked, I have dreams about things / places / people who are lost to me. Think some therapy is in order here?

[min8ive.livejournal.com]

Hey! I saw that on NUMB3RS! I would take it if I could. That is, if it were free, and offered at a convenient time, like 6am.