[UA] weapons

[Greg Stolze]

>I showed this post to a couple of ninja friends of mine. They just
>smiled... >(I'm not kidding - two of my gaming buddies are into ninjitzu
>and you should >see them move...)

I've been studying the martial arts for about ten years.  No brag -- I
still suck.  But I've met and seen people who don't suck at all, people who
have practiced jujitsu for 15 or 20 years and used it in their jobs as
police officers.  No one who seems credible has said that martial skill can
do anything but make up ground in the threat gap between an armed man and
an unarmed one.

(Or, for that matter, between an attacker and a defender.  But playing the
attacker's big advantage isn't much fun.)

Set this "what-if" up for your ninja buddies -- and I'm genuinely curious
what their strategy would be.  A man is standing six feet away from you,
gun in hand, safety off, aiming it at your center of mass.  How do you take
it away from him without being on the bad side of some very steep odds?

The likely response -- the one I've gotten from people who make sense -- is
"Don't get in that situation!"  And they're right.  But a lot of defensive
techniques are based on the assumption that you're alert and prepared,
while the gun-fighter is confused and sloppy.  Or that you're defending
smart while the guy with the knife attacks stupidly.  Why is this?  Because
if your skill levels are equal, the knife is an advantage and the gun is a
HUGE advantage.

The point of training for self defense is to try and ensure that your
skills aren't equal.

-G.

Living with a toddler?  Well, I guess it's not that much different from any
other room mate who thinks that squatting naked on the kitchen floor eating
pretzel sticks is a good way to start the morning.

Oh wait.  It is different.

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