yeah... these are the stuffs in the developed countries that basically gives the criminal an edge to commit more crimes... ie., now it is illegal to carry self-defense weapons? or as it in the united states, wherein your used more force than needed (why do you gauge what is "more force"?), then you could as well be jailed while the assailant goes free...
it's a crazy world out there...
just come and leave in japan where it is basically safe to roam the streets at night...
(^^)
that instructor must have had some over-confidence... feeling that he himself being an instructor and all - knowing all the techniques, etc., felt that he was capable of taking down a mugger...
imo, he is one of those "mall" instructors knowing all out there, but never actually been through hell...
i have martial arts training for about a decade, and usually work out along with my dad and his colleagues (subordinates, etc) in the military... also been to the worst parts of the jungle (when i was a kid, i usually spend my summer with my dad "in-training")...
also, ive been through a couple of muggers myself - and except for some knife wounds (if someone has a knife, the possibility you get wounded is about 99% - what you see in the movies are just that = movies), i manage to survive them... and to get those muggers to jail in the process...
also, my sister works for the police force specializing in the underground - and she has been in a lot worst that i have...
it is just that most of us right now havent been through hell that in the first sign of trouble, the go into shock and wouldnt know what to do...
ADSL here in japan can go as high as 40MBps
and at what price?
YahooBB (Yahoo Broadband) charges about US$20 a month for unlimited use - which of course includes an IP phone, and unlimited use of YahooBB's WiFi access points (like in McDonalds)
Palm is listening to its users when they say what they want in a handheld.
i only wish that palm would once again release japanese-version models
i know that they did lose the palm wars to sony a couple years back, which is why the last japanese palm model was the m515... but with the new tungstens - im quite sure they'd have sony run for their money
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yeah... these are the stuffs in the developed countries that basically gives the criminal an edge to commit more crimes... ie., now it is illegal to carry self-defense weapons? or as it in the united states, wherein your used more force than needed (why do you gauge what is "more force"?), then you could as well be jailed while the assailant goes free... it's a crazy world out there... just come and leave in japan where it is basically safe to roam the streets at night... (^^)
that instructor must have had some over-confidence... feeling that he himself being an instructor and all - knowing all the techniques, etc., felt that he was capable of taking down a mugger... imo, he is one of those "mall" instructors knowing all out there, but never actually been through hell...
at least for now...
i have martial arts training for about a decade, and usually work out along with my dad and his colleagues (subordinates, etc) in the military... also been to the worst parts of the jungle (when i was a kid, i usually spend my summer with my dad "in-training")...
also, ive been through a couple of muggers myself - and except for some knife wounds (if someone has a knife, the possibility you get wounded is about 99% - what you see in the movies are just that = movies), i manage to survive them... and to get those muggers to jail in the process...
also, my sister works for the police force specializing in the underground - and she has been in a lot worst that i have...
it is just that most of us right now havent been through hell that in the first sign of trouble, the go into shock and wouldnt know what to do...
ADSL here in japan can go as high as 40MBps and at what price? YahooBB (Yahoo Broadband) charges about US$20 a month for unlimited use - which of course includes an IP phone, and unlimited use of YahooBB's WiFi access points (like in McDonalds)
i only wish that palm would once again release japanese-version models
i know that they did lose the palm wars to sony a couple years back, which is why the last japanese palm model was the m515... but with the new tungstens - im quite sure they'd have sony run for their money