my congresswoman was shot today

[Trek420]

I would still love to learn some real self defense and training on how to deal with the intense situation should I have to do that.

No predicting what happens in the heat of a moment but I'd hope that today in a situation like your football dude that I'd step aside. He'd miss me, go sprawling and/or hit a wall or sumthin'

That's Aikido.

You may find that martial arts are not about the situation "If he does this you do that and if it's ...". You can't prepare for it, so many variables. Life isn't long enough to learn it all. But with the right teacher/school you may find a certain calm within should you need it.

And it's great for core, aerobic strength, good cross training.

Good teachers in martial arts will have the attitude that they hope you never "use it in real life", that's not what the arts are for. Finding the right school is the key.

INow THAT I'd pay to see!!!!

I've posted this before. The blond chickie is my teacher I've trained with all the others in this too. You'll see Kayla Fedor start, the 2nd technique she does at about 40 seconds with uke's neck stretched backwards? That is what came to me on the train. I still have no clue how I got to that technique because I really should not have been able to get there from where he was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnHEu...eature=related

[Jolt]

No predicting what happens in the heat of a moment but I'd hope that today in a situation like your football dude that I'd step aside. He'd miss me, go sprawling and/or hit a wall or sumthin'

That's exactly what I was thinking as I read about that situation...I'd just step to the side and then laugh at him when he took a header .

[Trek420]

That's exactly what I was thinking as I read about that situation...I'd just step to the side and then laugh at him when he took a header .

Falling on cement is no fun, sometimes called a "crash burn landing".