[UA] weapons

[Chad Eagleton]

Exactly...I'm a martial artist too and when the man
has the gun pointed at you, unless you're on a movie
set, you hand over the wallet...


>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.
> 
 
> 
> 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.
> 
> www.waylay.com
> www.thehungersite.com
> 
> 
> 
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