Do you study martial arts for self-defense and the defense of loved ones, or does your martial arts training extend to those who appear to be in obvious need of some assistance. Answer the below numbered situations and find out how you stand in regards to other martial artists!
Treat the below situations as if it were happening within two feet of where you are standing indoors, in a mall, but nobody besides yourself sees what is going on.
What would you do in each of the following circumstances (Answer any one or all of them):
1) Between two kids, one who is larger than the other and has the obvious advantage. For the sake of numbers, we'll say one is 10 years old and the other is 14. They are swinging fists at eachother, but haven't made any serious contact yet, but the fight is about to escalate into something nasty if someone doesn't step in. One concern for yours is the legal liability if somehow they get hurt while you get into the mix in an attempt to stop them.
2) Two teenagers, 15-18, one who is larger than the other and has the obvious advantage. We'll say for statistics sake one is 6'0, 185lbs (not very musucal), and the other is 5'2 (120lbs).
3) A female teenager and a male teenager, they are about to start clobbering on eachother and the male is larger then the female by at least five inches. He looks like he could do some serious damage.
4) Two male teenagers, the smaller one takes something from the larger one (let's say his portable cd player). The larger one says give it back, and the smaller one says, 'come and get it'. The larger one is about to clobber the smaller one.
5) Two adult men, one accidently bumpt into the other mans lady while walking by her, his stats 130lbs, 5'6. The man with the woman(stats: 190lbs, 6'2) turns to him and says, 'What do you think your doing bumping into my woman like that you a-s-s-hole.' - The other man says, 'Oh excuse me, I am truly sorry'. The man with the woman says, 'You ain't getting off that easy punk' and approaches towards the man, his face red with anger and his fists clenched.
6) You see a woman slap a man accross the face and says, 'How dare you', and the man backhands her in the face making a cracking sound so loud it sounds like gunfire. You look over to see blood coming from a wound he made near her eye and he is beginning to raise his hand to backhand her a second time.
OK, lets hear it!
- Nexus