Dale Seago
Black Belt
Don Roley said:But Dale can tell you how he got freaked out within the first few minutes of class when we did taihenjutsu drills.:erg: Of course, Dale is good enough to be pushed like that and the rest of us were known quantities.
No, actually, what freaked me out was trying to do several cross-stepping punches in succession. . .
Seriously though, I can relate to the guy who said he didn't come back because he was afraid he might get hurt and miss out on further training as a result. There was a period where, for a while, whenever I came over I just hoped to survive more-or-less intact.
Zaii said:I'm genuinely curious about there being numerous accounts of bujinkan students saving lives with their techniques (including their own), as I hear this constantly, but I've never actually seen someone tell of their own experiences.
I've done it, so have many others. Here's something that occurred just yesterday from one of my students, who handles security for a nonprofit foundation located in a seedy part of town:
So... I had to put a guy in the hospital today. It was about a minute to 5:00 pm; and the staff was about to depart en masse. I heard a loud argument right outside the window behind me (not unusual), then the distinct and painful sound of someone getting hit three times in rapid succession thudthud THUD. If you have heard that sound before, you knowhow ugly it is. Anyway, I went to the door, and observed an African-American male, about 6-2 / 200, beating on an Asian male about5-6 /140. The little guy appeared to be putting up a valiant effort, but his nose was bleeding pretty bad. Who started it? Who knows... but they were right in the doorway my staff people needed to use in a few seconds.
"Get the f@#k out of here!", I yelled at both of them. "I'vealready called the police!" Actually, I had not, but this didn't seem like a good time to mention it. I took one more step; the little guystarted to fade back, the big guy started coming in. I was in between."I haven't slept in three days, and I can kick BOTH of your asses!" I took one step back, and held my arm up in the universal gesture of "stop". That's when the guy threw the right at me.
Nice. I didn't let him hit me (cool), but his locked up arm kinda got stuck diagonally across my shoulder and opposite hip, and he made about 1/4 of a circle before his face smashed into the wall conveniently located at my right. He slid down the wall like a cartoon, and was pretty much out. Which was good, since when I cuffed him, I had to be a little extra careful of his right arm. It was extra-bendy. Just then the cops came around the corner with the little guy, and he jumps out to make a positive ID. The cops looked at me, then the big guy on the ground...then me...and called him an ambulance.
And...I even got my cuffs back this time
Please excuse me for the lame attempts at humor, but it this has been happening so much lately, it's either laugh or cry. I will NOT let them make me cry, so....
By the way, the student who went through this yesterday is a 48-year-old woman.