Turning Fear Into Power!

I was talking to a colleague of mine recently about his recent trip abroad. I was surprised by what he told me next.

He continued by saying that part of his journey entailed taking the train.

Feeling happy because it was the start of his holiday he found a seat and sat down. Across the aisle from him was a women and a man they were having a lively conversation.

Among the few people in the train carriage were two guys sitting about half way down the carriage from him. Hearing the women and man speaking English, one of the two, in his mid twenties, approached my friend and struck up a conversation with him.

He began insisting that they should get off the train and go for some drinks etc. My colleague was tired and had no interest in hanging out with these men and they made it known that they were a little drunk and kept insisting that they all hang out together.

No Nonsense Self Defence

The guy kept on and on insisting that he go out with them. At this point he said enough is enough and he bluntly, told the guy he did not want to hang out with them period.

One of the guys then turned around and with a venomous look said "who the ???? are you? To which my friend replied: "You don't want to know who I am I and I don't want to hang out with you, so leave me alone".

He felt annoyed and embarrassed at this point.

His stop was coming up so he stood up and got ready to get off. He turned towards the door. As the train was coming to a stop he saw one of the men set his feet for an attack. It was a very subtle move but from so many years of martial arts and kumite training (free sparring), it was obvious. My friend prepared and adjusted his balance ever so slightly. He said to himself " Uh Oh, here it comes.

The Rumble!

As the doors of the train opened and he started to move out of the train one of the men who had been annoying my friend rushed toward him growling and after his blood. Luckily my friend had seen his preparation so was in a good position to repel his attack. He turned toward him and delivered a full force front thrust kick right into his groin. Ouch!

He actually went up in the air and his arms splayed out like a bird's wing and then he fell flat on his face and stayed down.

My friend said he will never forget the look on the other passengers faces when he glanced towards them.

He jumped out of the train and the doors closed with one of the guys still on the ground. The incident had happened so fast that most people didn't see anything. Some even turned to him and asked him what all the commotion was. To which he answered "Nothing at all".

The moral of the story is this: Just one simple technique is all you need. My friend dealt with the situation quickly and walked away, he did not pummel the guy into paper pulp or drag him off the train. He did what he had to do and left which is the right thing to do.