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You are a martial artist and or might be armed...what would you have done and why.
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Van Canna wrote:Good post Otto, I agree...there will be consequences either way but ...some action is necessary.
Our Panther was involved in the same situation once and he 'terrorized' the bunch with his fury.
The world is a terrible, desperate place. Always has been, and living in it is a job from which you don't get to resign. We are ever confronted with two kinds of pain: the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret. You can avoid one, but never both. When the time to perform arrives, the time to prepare has passed!
_Farnam31 Jan 11
Insurmountable odds?
Earlier this month, a single Indian Gurka soldier (retired) foiled an armed robbery attempt, involving a large criminal gang. There were forty of them! He also prevented at least one forcible rape. The Gurka himself is okay, but three robbery suspects are DRT. At least eight others were badly injured. The balance fled!
The Gurka was aboard a train in India when the robbery attempt took place. He sat silently while the gang snatched cash, rings, jewelry, cell phones, etc from terrified passengers. They threatened with knives and pistols. But, when several robbery suspects attempted to rape a teenage girl, the Gurka sprang into action! With consummate skill, he employed his stock-and-trade weapon, the famous Khukuri blade.
The bandits were no match for him!
With blinding speed, he dispatched them as if they were chickens. Who could, fled for their lives!
In the process, the courageous Gurka suffered a knife wound to his left hand, but was otherwise okay. None of the other passengers were seriously injured.
Unlike in America, the Gurka's bold actions were praised by government and media alike. He is officially recognized for the hero that he is, not denigrated, castigated, and remotely psychoanalyzed as would be his fate over here!
Good show, Bud!
Lessons:
Unlike so many these days, this Gurka knows right from wrong! He knew he had to act, and he knew he had the skills, equipment, and heart necessary to prevail. The last thing these bandits expected was forceful resistance. When it came their way, they couldn't handle it!
He (1) sized-up the situation, (2) made a plan, and (3) exploded into action.
He neither hesitated, nor dithered. He swept his mind free of clutter and focused completely upon the task at hand.
When he made the decision to act, he attacked with all he was worth, holding nothing back.
With consummate skill and daring, and with superiority of purpose, he became a precise, seamless whirlwind of motion- unbeatable, unstoppable. To their horror, these bandits found themselves completely outclassed!
"Never tell me the odds!"
Van Canna wrote:31 Jan 11
Lessons:
Unlike so many these days, this Gurka knows right from wrong! He knew he had to act, and he knew he had the skills, equipment, and heart necessary to prevail.
Van Canna wrote:The last thing these bandits expected was forceful resistance. When it came their way, they couldn't handle it!
He (1) sized-up the situation, (2) made a plan, and (3) exploded into action.
Van Canna wrote:He neither hesitated, nor dithered. He swept his mind free of clutter and focused completely upon the task at hand.
When he made the decision to act, he attacked with all he was worth, holding nothing back.
With consummate skill and daring, and with superiority of purpose, he became a precise, seamless whirlwind of motion- unbeatable, unstoppable. To their horror, these bandits found themselves completely outclassed!
Van Canna wrote:_Farnam"Never tell me the odds!"
Jason Rees wrote:Gurka were considered a special-forces like troop back in WWII as I recall. These guys have never been lightweights, even if they are smaller than your average soldier. pound for pound, the odds were in their favor. Retired or not, this guy knew what he was doing.
Your average slightly overweight, twice-a-week karateka? Not so much, I think.
Jason Rees wrote:LOL! Panther, I'll never accuse you of being average!
I also remember the "T" police standing there and our exchange along the lines of "Why didn't you come and help?" "Looked like you were doing fine on your own." "There was a whole gang of them against ME!" "We weren't going in to that!
Besides, YOU got off the train, they're still laying in there moaning. You'd better go before one of them decides that you started it and want to press charges." "You're kiddin'... right?" A smile and a stare and I walked up the stairs with the kids who had waited on me... and who'd gone for the "T" police (which were useless as you-know-whats on a bull)...
Even the best training falls short with regard to one critical aspect: there is never genuine expectation of injury, nor death!
Few of us receive anywhere near the training of our Special Operations Forces, yet they are killed regularly by less-trained, less-motivated, less-hale conscripts, with ageing, poorly-maintained AKs, who haphazardly stick them over walls and yank on the trigger. You can kill most of them, but there is ever the issue of the 'lucky shot!'
Physical fighting should only be undertaken when you have no choice. When threats can be avoided, they should be. When disengagement can be accomplished at low risk, it should be.
However, when forced to take a stand, a stand worth fighting, and dying, for, then we should counter with great skill, surprise, speed, potency, advantage, and enthusiasm! When you must strike, put him to sleep!"
Comment: When Solomon, in Proverbs 26:17, says: "Who passes by, and meddles in strife belonging not to him, is like one who takes a dog by the ears," his point is mostly lost on egghead theologians, but not on dog-owners! Who are familiar with dogs know and understand that grabbing a dog by the ears will, via a short route, get you bit!
Thus, there is a price one must be willing to pay when "... coming to the aid of the weak and innocent." An especially worthwhile consideration for the young and naive, who just got their CCW permit, and erroneously regard it as a "Hero License!"
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