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95 Mystic TA · 02-02-2008, 04:47 PM

I chose self defense training because I once was "that guy" and the scenario did happen though the thugs didn't have weapons.

That scenario changed my life forever for the better directly and indirectly. I started carrying a butterfly knife and for awhile I would get pretty nervous walking down the street at night. Two years later I took of World Oyama Karate, off-shoot of Kyoshkin and trained hard and enjoyed training there for 2 years. I trained several times a week until a new reality-based school opened and started training 5-6 days a week there. I became a close friend of the instructor and through his training, my sense of awareness was heightened 10-fold. We trained weapons, mostly blade and stick and we sparred often including multi-person sparring in lighted as well as "lights out."

I no longer train with him unfortunatly and now train as a great mma school but I continue to remember the "street" mentality angle to it and continue to train outside of the gym on my knife and stick skills as well as a few other techniques that aren't allowed in an mma event.

I feel that if I were in a situation similar now (minus the teenage hijinks), I would have no quirks about pulling my blades and defending myself accordingly.

Scenario

I was 14 and a friend's mother picked me, her son and another kid up at a skating rink and took us snatching up the little advertisement signs for things like "vote for Pedro" or "firewood for sale" ect. It was dumb. Understood.

We had gathered a lot and as we were coming up on another sign on a long straight, dark road that I had never been on, they stopped to let me out. I got it and they thought it funny to drive off.

10 minutes of walking and no car, three guys pull over to ask if I need a lift. I recognized the driver faintly; he was a few years older and I had seen him before. I tell them no thanks after small talk, and as I turn to walk away, I hear the sound of a car door open and the words "get him."

I looked back, saw them jump out and hit a lick. I ran so far it seemed, so fast on that cold as night that my lungs were about to explode. I still could see no lights or other cars, house or structures in site. As I felt I could run no longer, my legs started giving out and as I turned slightly for a look over my shoulder, a big guy with a black hood on, dove at me hard, knocking me hard to the ground, and my head smacked the asphault pretty hard.

Once on the ground, he and another guy proceeded to beat the shit out of me. It was dark, the ground was so cold and I was scared. I didn't know what was happening or why, I was just balled up protecting my head as they continued soccer kicking the shit out of my ribs, back and mostly my head.

As a car came, the guys finally jerked my shoes and shirt off and took off in their truck.

02-02-2008, 04:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
95 Mystic TA Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 79 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I chose self defense training because I once was "that guy" and the scenario did happen though the thugs didn't have weapons. That scenario changed my life forever for the better directly and indirectly. I started carrying a butterfly knife and for awhile I would get pretty nervous walking down the street at night. Two years later I took of World Oyama Karate, off-shoot of Kyoshkin and trained hard and enjoyed training there for 2 years. I trained several times a week until a new reality-based school opened and started training 5-6 days a week there. I became a close friend of the instructor and through his training, my sense of awareness was heightened 10-fold. We trained weapons, mostly blade and stick and we sparred often including multi-person sparring in lighted as well as "lights out." I no longer train with him unfortunatly and now train as a great mma school but I continue to remember the "street" mentality angle to it and continue to train outside of the gym on my knife and stick skills as well as a few other techniques that aren't allowed in an mma event. I feel that if I were in a situation similar now (minus the teenage hijinks), I would have no quirks about pulling my blades and defending myself accordingly. Scenario I was 14 and a friend's mother picked me, her son and another kid up at a skating rink and took us snatching up the little advertisement signs for things like "vote for Pedro" or "firewood for sale" ect. It was dumb. Understood. We had gathered a lot and as we were coming up on another sign on a long straight, dark road that I had never been on, they stopped to let me out. I got it and they thought it funny to drive off. 10 minutes of walking and no car, three guys pull over to ask if I need a lift. I recognized the driver faintly; he was a few years older and I had seen him before. I tell them no thanks after small talk, and as I turn to walk away, I hear the sound of a car door open and the words "get him." I looked back, saw them jump out and hit a lick. I ran so far it seemed, so fast on that cold as night that my lungs were about to explode. I still could see no lights or other cars, house or structures in site. As I felt I could run no longer, my legs started giving out and as I turned slightly for a look over my shoulder, a big guy with a black hood on, dove at me hard, knocking me hard to the ground, and my head smacked the asphault pretty hard. Once on the ground, he and another guy proceeded to beat the shit out of me. It was dark, the ground was so cold and I was scared. I didn't know what was happening or why, I was just balled up protecting my head as they continued soccer kicking the shit out of my ribs, back and mostly my head. As a car came, the guys finally jerked my shoes and shirt off and took off in their truck.