I've been lucky and have never been attacked with a weapon, as a matter of fact I've never been in a fight except with my brothers. I hope it stays that way. Master Jules Our Hanshi and you seem to have some things in common. He used to do some body guarding and bouncing back in his day. He says that he has had all kinds of things to contend with. He tells us a story of the time that he was stab in the arm. He tells the story to get some points across to us. He was bouncing in a Miami club and had escorted a guy out. The guy didn't resist and went out the door with little problem, but once outside the door the man turned toward him with his hand in his jacket pocket (first sign of trouble) he then started to come in closer which our Hanshi says was a mistake on his part. Never let someone get into your personnel space unless you want them too. In a flash the man who seemed to be no problem pulled a knife from his pocket and stabbed him in the right bicep area, to the bone. Hanshi immediately distanced himself from the man to regain his senses. He says there is no worse feeling than a 6'5" man standing in front of with a knife and a big smile on his face. Our Hanshi's arm was useless so when the man started in on him again he used a cresent kick to disarm the man and then a back kick to the man's breast bone. He was wearing hard heeled shoes so the kick split the mans breast bone and sent him flying into a metal door which cracked the back of his head and then the asphalt did a number on the front of his face. To the hospital he went along with our Hanshi. A couple lessons learned from this is to always be alert, the one who is cooperative one second may not be the next. And never let someone get into your space. Someone can have a sword and swing it all he wants as long as he is ten feet away from you. Can't hurt you there. He also said that the police told him that he could be charged since he had disarmed the man and then continued the attack which caused all the damage. He wasn't however! All good lessons that he learned the hard way. He never made those kind of mistakes again. We're glad he is passing his knowledge on to us.
