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calalta
calalta
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Apr-13-2005 15:07

Does anyone know where i can find a good bodyguard in Shaghai, I am a charming detective and i do not trust the boat driver to take me back to Dehli alone with my $95,000 in winnings from the track this afternoon. Catpharac is my new hero :)

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Akano
Akano
Old Shoe

Apr-14-2005 16:32

Only if you win lots of money at the track :-P

DaRu
DaRu
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Apr-16-2005 21:33

jstkdn, I don't ever want to ruffle your bad side, if there is one...hehe. In fact, you can be my body guard any time. I'd love to learn self-defense moves, but not sure if I can with my bad back and other health problems. But every gal should know how to defend themselves against an attacker.

jstkdn
jstkdn
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Apr-17-2005 03:24

DaRu, granted I got my brown belt at the age of 14. But....now I am almost 32, bad knees, bad back, bad balance, overweight, ......and still can use self defense. There is a BIG difference between full blown martial arts, and self defense though.

I have given up that I wil ever do fly kicks again, break stones with my hand, or use my sai's or nunchaks again. But I can still do dammage. The first trick in self defense...SCREAM...it scares the hell out of your attacker. A knee in the groin, or a good hit on a solar plexis, a wack in the neck, or twists someone limbs in the opposite direction, and using someone elses strength against them....is more effective then spending years in training to get a black belt.

I taught classes in self defense to kids, the elderly and disabled in only 10 simple lessons. 50% is confidence (not behaving like a victim), the other 50% is simple tricks.

Sorry for this rant. But, I think that self defense should be mandatory for any weaker person in society. They should teach it already in highschool. Same as things like CPR, and basic first aid and basic fire fighting.

And if any of you girls and women, think they are not in shape to do it. You are WRONG! I have seen some feeble 80 year old women, being able to do serious dammage.

reda
reda
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Apr-17-2005 05:26

I acctually had self defence, first aid and fire fighting lessons. So jstkdn you just needed to go to school in another country ;)

Moonshh
Moonshh
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Apr-17-2005 15:40

This looks like it has now become a Gumshoe post.

*moves it*

jstkdn
jstkdn
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Apr-17-2005 17:19

Yeah I think they forget to teach it over here, you know....kind of like our colonization history. :)

DaRu
DaRu
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Apr-19-2005 21:33

This is great to know jstkdn. My spouse is a guard at the prison, & learned self defense moves in case of an assult, but thankfully he's never use it on anyone except me.lol. I think I'm going to check it out further. I hate being out of shape.

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Apr-19-2005 22:53

Regarding Jstkdn's comments, when I was training with the police, the self-defense instructor taught that the most powerful weapon anyone has is the voice (not that he was encouraging the future police officers to scream for help!). The ability to talk to someone and, if necessary, command them down was emphasised almost as much as the physical parts of self-defense. I've seen a small policeman make someone drop the weapon they were attacking with out of sheer fright by the power of his voice : o )

DaRu
DaRu
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Apr-20-2005 21:42

Texan (my spouse) agrees with you Blaise, and says by talking to people you can usually accomplish more than by using physcial intervention.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Apr-21-2005 14:46

I would agree Blaise. there are these situations with generally aggressive people that you can say a lot to avoid a fight. But then there are other situations.
I don't think "I encourage your to not rape me or rob me" would help.

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