From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Fri Sep 22 2000 - 11:19:01 MDT
From: Dehede011@aol.com
>It seems to me that about
>half the physically fit adult men in the country are capable of doing that
>under the right circumstances. Bare handed adult males are dangerous - when
^^^^^^^
>they want to be or when they lose their heads.
Don't forget the other gender. Women may be generally smaller and less
massive, but they can succeed at an effective self-defense or offense
too (bare handed). Their effectiveness would be due to education,
skill and training.
For example, one piece of information that would be valuable for every
human for their own self-defense is knowledge of the vulnerable places on
the human body. And then learn how to use that information. It's not
hard physically to hurt someone else (esp. in their vulnerable places).
In my opinion, the hard part of that action is actually in one's mind-
that is, giving oneself permission to badly hurt someone else. You
must work through the mental exercise that if someone takes physical
action against you, then that person has lost all rights, and it's
morally OK to take action against them. That exercise must be worked
through far in advance of any real-life threatening situation, so that
if, or when, it happens in one's life, then you can act
*instinctively*, without thinking (the mind would then just get in the
way).
Amara
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