LennytheWicked wrote:
. . . and I taught him how to wind someone (how to find and hit the solar plexus).
Sam can't talk, by the way, he has really bad motor dysfunction. . .
Marital arts are good. Maybe someone can also teach Sam grip-breaking moves. Or, a stomp on the foot / stomp on the instep combined with grip breaking (which is a quick pull where thumb tip and fingertips meet, sometimes done in the style of quick power twist and pull almost like a hook punch, and sometimes a quick push in another direction and then an immediate quick twist/pull, I am by no means an expert)
One problem is that this is serious stuff. Yes, he might well break a bone on the top of the other person's foot. If someone is attacking him for real, this is entirely appropriate. If it's a low-grade schoolyard fight, maybe not so much.
Teaching him to hit someone's solar plexus is in my opinion very good. It is a good, middle-of-the-road action appropriate for both schoolyard and for real. In schoolyard, people can learn to leave Sam alone.
I have a theory if a person is taught basic boxing, hit at solar plexus and other less injurious self-defense and also the more serious stuff, the person will kind of know which to use. And some of this is based on how afraid the person is. If the person is really afraid, that is a good indicator that this is a time when the serious stuff is appropriate---and then running to an area which has more people. (and somehow I think running to an area with more people does not come naturally, it needs to be planned for and maybe even practiced)
And good marital arts instructors are also gentle, positive, uplifting people (okay, this might be kind of idealized, but they do tend to be realistic, positive people even with the stress of trying to run a business). If money is an issue, and isn't it always, my guess would be that if you respectfully ask three instructors, there's a 50% chance one will say yes and agree to some free lessons.
17 Mar 2013, 4:15 pm
