From the daily archives: Thursday, August 19, 2010

Self-defense is not settling a schoolyard slight.  It is not winning a trophy or being awarded a fancy new belt. 

Self-defense is survival. Self-defense is putting an attacker in enough pain that he stops worrying about hurting you and starts worrying about what you have done to him. 

Self-defense is creating an opening to escape [...]

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Find a rusty old lawnmower.

Start walking down any residential street.

Knock on a door and ask, “May I mow your lawn?”

Most knocks will go  unanswered.  Some doors will be slammed in your face.

Persist. 

Probably within the first two hours or having knocked on 20 – 30 doors someone will say, “OK.”

Charge [...]

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