Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
If you can't fight in the ring, under controlled conditions, with as close to a level playing field as possible, what hope do you have on "the street" ??
There are plenty of examples of untrained people putting up fights and successfully defending themselves. When interviewing women that successfully fought back against armed rapists... all of them displayed the same characteristic. That was a survivor's mentality and that's the basis of Strong's book. Those women feared what the rapist was going to do more than the weapon. Sure they were cut, sure they were hurt, but they were not raped, they were not kidnapped, and they were not murdered. They understood the consequences of compliance and not putting up a fight. Nasty things like gang rape and torture... genital mutilation... being butchered. Ah yes - criminals are such good people.