The point
It seems that the main issue of this post has gotten lost IMO. This person got jumped and now he needs time to recover. From what I can remember from his original, he felt that his martial arts training had failed him in his time of need. That is a hard thing to say for someone who has trained for the amount of time he did (five years). Since this is a martial arts forum, maybe we should focus on what he could have done or what he can do if he runs into a similar situation. This may be an opportunity to learn something or to evaluate our own self defense tactics. Just a few suggestions.
Let's please not cloud it with another issue altogether. He pointed out who his attackers were and that is natural. He came to this forum because he probably felt he could talk to us about it. Let's show some compassion and hope that nothing like this happens to any of our loved ones.
**You shouldn't respond to any more comments regarding this controversial topic. If you didn't mention anything about the attackers, I'm sure someone here would probably have asked you sooner or later.**
Don't be too hard on yourself. The street is relentless and maybe its time to step your training or branch out into different styles to better improve your self defense. I'm sorry that you were attacked but at least your girlfriend was away from the danger.
Cordially yours,
冠木侍 (KS)
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