henrym3483 -> RE: "Flamenco" by Carlos Saura (Mar. 24 2006 23:49:34)
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physical conflict solves little, and should only be used as a very last resort. I'm sure if "threatened" with a weapon there are quite a few alternatives to choose from. after a long period of time (now 8yrs) of practicing martial arts i would admit yes quite a few and the best being to leg it, but if cornered in a bar i would pick up the nearest thing whether it be a glass bottle, chair or umbrella in order to defend myself, by the law you can strike pre-emptively if a weapon appears. i have done this on a guy with a baseball bat (road rage incident, guy pulled it from his trunk) and if i had'nt acted pre-meptively, i surely would have ended up with a broken arm or a cracked skull, or dead. if the guy was a gentleman, there would be no need to talk of knives, fists or guns for that matter,thats in an ideal world, but then again if you appear weak, they will take advantage of it. like all human behavious there is a ritual to starting a fight, head pecking, raised voice, dropping in to mono syllables like "yeah" "c'mon" etc, foul language, closing the distance so the attacker can reach you, clenching of fists, squaring up, the list goes on. for those who have never been in a fight, they may never recognise these signs and then get walloped, and beat to the ground and wonder how the hell did it happen, well if you knew the signs you would see it coming.
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