Focusing on the martial arts aspect, if you find yourself at a good gym with good instructors - what you learn, will work.
A friend of mine got into an altercation a few years back, when someone's dog wandered over to him, started growling and bit into his boot. He was minding his own business, just going straight from point A to his car. He tried to shoe the dog away - not really trying to hurt it, but just get it off so he could get into his car.
The owner of the dog came out and started accosting my friend, with the dog still attached to his boot. Something happened where the guy approached him and my friend axe elbowed the guy across the face - split him open from eye, across the nose and to his cheek.
Didn't knock the guy out, but it staggered him really, really good and wounded him pretty badly. Anything more, might have been outside what is considered justifiable self-defense.
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The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. Slow is fast; fast is slow.
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