I recall one story in the news in the last few years about a guy who broke in to the home of a 75 year old man - who had been a professional boxer when he was younger. The burglar was knocked out cold which made it especially easy to arrest him when the police arrived. On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 7:06 PM smplx wrote: > > > Consider this: many people that are disciplined in martial arts are > disciplined (they practice long and hard). Many yobs that throw their > weight around are NOT disciplined and could never achieve any kind of ran= k > in any martial art. It follows that a yob encountering someone that > practices martial arts will be at a great disadvantage and will ALWAYS > lose a confrontation. Also consider that such yobs are VERY UNLIKELY to > advertise the fact that they lost a fight - especially to an old geezer. > So hearing about such events is rare even though they do happen more ofte= n > than you might think. > > So put a smile on your face and consider that sooner or later your > "younguns" will wish (most profoundly) that they had never got out of bed > that week :-) > > Regards > Sergio Masci > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .