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In reply to the discussion: Salt Lake City jogger stabs man who groped her during morning run [View all]demmiblue
(39,730 posts)20. Reminds me a little of: Kelly "Not today, motherfucker" Herron:
Seattle jogger Kelly Herron was four miles into her run when she stopped in a public restroom for a break. As she told ABC News, As I was drying my hands I became aware that something was wrong, and turned around to see a man who had been hiding in one of the stalls. He immediately took me down to the ground, hit both my knees and legs, and then it was a fight on the bathroom floor and I just kept screaming, not today motherf****r, which she referred to as a sort of battle cry.
During the attack, it occurred to her this doesnt have to be a fair fight, which is when her self-defense training kicked into gear. All those little things that I learned in my life how to punch and everything came back to me, she told ABC. I started to feel like I was going to lose consciousness but I got another surge of adrenaline and I reached for the door and was able to get out. In the class she took just three weeks before, I learned, hit with hard bones to soft fleshy places so I just started hitting the side of his head.
https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/seattle-jogger-attacked-in-public-bathroom-fights-back.html
During the attack, it occurred to her this doesnt have to be a fair fight, which is when her self-defense training kicked into gear. All those little things that I learned in my life how to punch and everything came back to me, she told ABC. I started to feel like I was going to lose consciousness but I got another surge of adrenaline and I reached for the door and was able to get out. In the class she took just three weeks before, I learned, hit with hard bones to soft fleshy places so I just started hitting the side of his head.
https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/seattle-jogger-attacked-in-public-bathroom-fights-back.html


A very good battle-cry, imo!
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Those are awful for self defense, imho. Theyre even worse than having nothing.
Oneironaut
Nov 2017
#12
It sucks that there aren't a lot of weapons that *can't* end up being used against you.
moriah
Nov 2017
#18
Hopefully they tossed that useless gimmick into a drawer, or better yet the trash.
Marengo
Nov 2017
#16
Years ago a friend of mine beat the living caca out of her attacker. She was out jogging
Solly Mack
Nov 2017
#4
I've learned to accept the initial mistrust and sizing up I get from women, children....
marble falls
Nov 2017
#23