Location, location, location.

[arnisador]

Seen on MT:
Karate students come to aid of woman being beaten in Alexandria (http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20090422/NEWS01/90422035)


A group of karate students had just completed a judo test at the studio on Jackson Street in Alexandria when they saw a sport utility vehicle quickly pull into the parking lot, running over the curb. Those inside the studio thought the vehicle was going to keep going through the window of the studio building, so they rushed outside, but the SUV bounced back.

Two of the black belt karate students – Brandon Wiley and Brian Neal – saw that inside the car a man was beating a woman so they jumped into action, said Clint DuPlechian, chief instructor and seventh-degree black belt.

They pulled the man out of the car and pinned him down until Alexandria Police could arrive.
[...]

“He was saying, ‘F you guys. I’ll kick your butts,’” DuPlechian said. “And the black belts were saying, ‘Hey, buddy, we’re not the ones who decided to beat our girlfriend in front of a karate school.’”

[arnisador]

Robber Picks Wrong 'Pissed Off' Victim (http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Wrong-Move-Robber-Picks-Pissed-Off-Victim.html)


Sometimes it just isn't your day, even if you're a criminal. Eddys Marte, 25, of Waterbury found that out the hard way when he tried to rob a man Tuesday night, police said.

The troubles began, police said, when Marte followed Robert Dwyer, 53, home after Dwyer took money out of an ATM and pulled a gun.

"He says, 'This is a robbery,' and he pulls out the 9 mm," Dwyer told the Waterbury Republican-American.

The problem for Marte is that Dwyer is a Department of Correction counselor for the state and a firearms instructor for the Department of Justice. He was also an Army K-9 handler. In all, he has 28 years in the justice profession and knows guns.

Oh, by the way, Dwyer has also been trained in disarming people with firearms. That's just what he did.

[sjansen]

I saw a clip were a pimp was beating a prostitute in front of the karate studio. The pimp came up spouting profanities and the instructor laid him out with a forearm to the head. The pimp tried to stagger to his feet, but was unsucsessfull. It was on REAL TV. The instructor did not wait for the pimop to punch, but acted first. I wonder to this day what the legal implications were of his actions, but know that you can't wait to be attacked.