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Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

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mean dad said:
Yes.

Someone even got off with the exact opposite of that defense, stating that their life was so privileged and full of events where they faced no repercussions that they didn't know right from wrong.
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Affluenza is the silent killer :|
 
ScorpioVI said:
I put 7 pretty serious years in FMA and it took one Shivworks class to teach me that I wasted 7 years of my life. Well maybe that’s too strong a statement. I wish I had spent that time learning more functional fundamentals that actually have real world applications, mainly Greco-Roman wrestling, boxing, and BJJ in no particular order.

Modern FMA has too much fluff, especially “a stick is a stick” systems like Doce Pares.
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I was thinking more about some simple basic moves with a standard cane that an older person could use, but for that matter anyone could. The thing is that it can't appear to be a weapon until it's used as one, so the flash and fluff wouldn't be desirable.

You were talking about employing things like guns and knifes if you had to intervene in an incident and I'm suggesting a standard wood cane and some basic strikes would give you a method of defense/intervention that wouldn't put bystanders in danger and be less legal risk for you. I thought with your FMA training you could come up with something.
Have you seen Maija Soderholm's book?
 
I'd think that in close, escrima sticks would be devastating weapons, especially in the hands of an accomplished user.

I know that I can shatter wrists with the velocity I can generate with just flipping a stick with my wrist. I'm sure that a true practitioner could do a lot of damage in a very short period of time.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
I feel everyone deserves a defense but what is their lawyer gonna say? He was having a bad day? Like when he stabbed his mom to death?
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tuxumino said:
You were talking about employing things like guns and knifes if you had to intervene in an incident and I'm suggesting a standard wood cane and some basic strikes would give you a method of defense/intervention that wouldn't put bystanders in danger and be less legal risk for you. I thought with your FMA training you could come up with something.
Have you seen Maija Soderholm's book?
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Gotcha.

With my back and knees I’m probably a good 10 years from needing a cane to get around, if I’m unlucky enough to live that long. :laughing

Until then, I don’t see myself carrying one for a just-in-case. Can’t stand having a hand occupied and I’m the kind of guy that would leave change on the counter just so I don’t have coins jangling in my pocket.

Didn’t know she had a book out and don’t know much about her frankly. I know she did some training with Sonny Umpad but that’s the extent of my knowledge. Any good?
 
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