Self defense = fun.
Well, I ought to update sometime.
I've been going to self defense classes recently. Beyond the basic kicks, elbow aiming and punches, we've learnt the following things in three hours' worth of classes:
- to break someone's grip when in a wrist lock, then to gouge their eyes and scratch their face (for the DNA evidence, you see)
- to stamp on a guy's instep, yank their balls and drive your head into their nose, all at the same time
- to stamp, yank the balls and drive your head into their nose, all at the same time, then to turn round, knee their groin and do the eye gouging and DNA collecting
- to block a punch with one arm, then with the other to spear their eye and collect DNA again
- that a metal biro is an effective weapon
It's really rather scary, but it comforts me slightly to know that the odds would be stacked so far against us in a self defence situation that we'd probably do hardly any damage to the person even if we did all that perfectly. Soon, we move on to weapon improvisation and fighting from the ground.
I got my report Wednesday- I'm doing better than I thought, but I can't help wondering if certain subjects are being overly optimistic. Separately, the subjects are doable, but put the expected grades of the whole lot together...I have to say I'm not too confident on that. I haven't shown my parents it yet, but I'm not entirely sure why.
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I've been going to self defense classes recently. Beyond the basic kicks, elbow aiming and punches, we've learnt the following things in three hours' worth of classes:
- to break someone's grip when in a wrist lock, then to gouge their eyes and scratch their face (for the DNA evidence, you see)
- to stamp on a guy's instep, yank their balls and drive your head into their nose, all at the same time
- to stamp, yank the balls and drive your head into their nose, all at the same time, then to turn round, knee their groin and do the eye gouging and DNA collecting
- to block a punch with one arm, then with the other to spear their eye and collect DNA again
- that a metal biro is an effective weapon
It's really rather scary, but it comforts me slightly to know that the odds would be stacked so far against us in a self defence situation that we'd probably do hardly any damage to the person even if we did all that perfectly. Soon, we move on to weapon improvisation and fighting from the ground.
I got my report Wednesday- I'm doing better than I thought, but I can't help wondering if certain subjects are being overly optimistic. Separately, the subjects are doable, but put the expected grades of the whole lot together...I have to say I'm not too confident on that. I haven't shown my parents it yet, but I'm not entirely sure why.
Yep, I'm going nowhere with this post, so here's a random link for you- Couple sells Jesus-scented candles (well, it makes a change from vanilla, I suppose).