in your face

[unknownstyle]

i just heard that a friend of mine had someone getting in his face and he is a highly skilled martial artist and instead of taking him out which he is more than capable of doing he reached down and tapped the guy on the groin and didnt hurt him at all, this of course destroyed the guy macho ego and went off and cried about it, then later the leadership at his church asked him to not be involved with the leading of things anymore because he touched this guy "inappropriate". what are your views on this, was it the wrong thing to do or a very smart move?

[viskous]

what someone was getting in his face so he touched his crotch, thats thinking outside the hetrosexu...err i mean box

[usc96]

What kind of church is this that turns a blind eye to "getting in your face" intemidation?

[Half Full]

I would say that it was the right idea coupled with an incorrect application. Obviously your friend meant to show the bully that he could readily disable him. I think however, that hand to groin in that environment may have been a poor choice. If your friend is as skilled as you alluded then he would have several options to choose from. In his defense though, sometimes it is hard to determine the outcome or view others make take. The knee gently tapping the groin would get the point accross without the sexual overtones of using the hand to groin. In closing though, I do agree that a church that overlooked the original threatening gestures of the aggressor, needs to be more aware of the whole story before they pass judgement on anyone. It is dangerous to label your friend as commiting some sort of sexually inappropriate behavior, as this could damage him/her long term.

[Jay]

He should have just walked away to avoid confentation hiowever its easy to say that hard to think of all the options in the heat of the moment

[Why_Worry]

Wow, thats kinda a wierd way to deal with a situation but at least it was non violent i think. But there were deffinately better options though to be honest. But i dont think the church should punish him that much since it was just because a person was trying to beat him up.

[Go To Sleep]

I dont get it...

[unknownstyle]

yeah some of the masters and grandmaster our instructor knows thought it was a brilliant thing to do to defuse the situation

[Shorin Ryuu]

It sounds like the leadership at the church probably has some incorrect information regarding the situation.

[KempoTiger]

You are so tempting me to post something that will be deleted in a matter of moments

I'll just reserve my detailed opinion and just say that I agree with your friend, and think that the church was "wrong."