tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post1992109979053428107..comments2023-12-27T22:27:56.989-08:00Comments on A Girl and Her Gun: Violenceagirlandhergunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-9520308944044976222012-06-13T03:14:20.902-07:002012-06-13T03:14:20.902-07:00Thank you very much. Your comments mean a lot to ...Thank you very much. Your comments mean a lot to me. I really did learn some very valuable lessons.<br /><br />Lol, thanks for the compliment:)agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-18503497163394528192012-06-12T20:06:00.964-07:002012-06-12T20:06:00.964-07:00I'm proud of you. I said it over on Jennifer&...I'm proud of you. I said it over on Jennifer's blog, too, but I'll repeat it here: It may have been ideal for you not to have gotten hurt, but at least you had the chutzpah to get out there and dare to do something to prepare yourself. Now you'll never need to lose a wink of sleep worrying about what if you got hurt. You've experienced that and you're still alive and thriving. <br /><br />Oh and you looked damned good in that photo, too. We should all look so good when we're not banged up! :)phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-78799289926224926912012-06-09T13:16:10.907-07:002012-06-09T13:16:10.907-07:00Thank you TerriLiGunn,! I am sorry you have had so...Thank you TerriLiGunn,! I am sorry you have had some nerve damage. Sounds like you believe the gain was worth the risk! <br /><br />I appreciate your support!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-89344090693649142302012-06-09T13:03:17.147-07:002012-06-09T13:03:17.147-07:00You are training survive, not win competitions. Ke...You are training survive, not win competitions. Keep it up, and good luck. <br /><br />Personally part of my training has caused permanent nerve damage and loss of feeling in my hands. It's the outer limit of hardening training, but you adapt and have an ability above that of the average person. <br />I personally can punch hard enough to dent steel up to nearly a 1/4 inch thick, and not break my hand. It's a ability, but it came with a cost.Charles Lee Scudderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676996971004586652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-65248633574164613052012-06-08T03:12:31.712-07:002012-06-08T03:12:31.712-07:00Thank you Greg. I have great respect for your wri...Thank you Greg. I have great respect for your writings and experience. I appreciate the comment.agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-82491952218761547882012-06-08T03:11:47.276-07:002012-06-08T03:11:47.276-07:00Thank you so very much Sandy!Thank you so very much Sandy!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-79856145240301614242012-06-07T14:06:20.165-07:002012-06-07T14:06:20.165-07:00Thanks for the link to my site! I certainly didn&...Thanks for the link to my site! I certainly didn't intend that post to be for men only. I have dozens of female friends and students who would have handled the situation in California just as well as any of my male friends! <br /><br />As both a cop and a trainer, I'm glad you have sought out the training and mustered the courage to make a difference! Your efforts will pay off exponentially!Greg Ellifritzhttp://www.activeresponsetraining.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-48482149984404603082012-06-07T13:31:57.658-07:002012-06-07T13:31:57.658-07:00AGAHG,
Leaning how to protect yourself and daughte...AGAHG,<br />Leaning how to protect yourself and daughter is the best thing you can do. Woman are targeted to many times by usually men (strangers or not). Being properly trained and totally confident is being proactive. I support any woman that wants to be proactive. Right on girlfriend! You kick butt and take names :-)Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-31478571451567861082012-06-07T11:37:55.356-07:002012-06-07T11:37:55.356-07:00Excellent points!! Thank you for taking the time t...Excellent points!! Thank you for taking the time to share and offering very good perspectives!!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-19845358690683955412012-06-07T11:08:43.246-07:002012-06-07T11:08:43.246-07:00As a matter of fact, I was hit be a car when I was...As a matter of fact, I was hit be a car when I was 9. Young kid learning to drive hit me, almost killed me, broke both my legs which are covered in scars to this day. I still drive a car, ride in a car, cross the street and walk on the sidewalk. <br /><br />Thanks so much!!!!!!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-82147807598857203852012-06-07T11:06:59.461-07:002012-06-07T11:06:59.461-07:00Lol, taking that into consideration:)Lol, taking that into consideration:)agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-1401498358393184032012-06-07T11:06:33.240-07:002012-06-07T11:06:33.240-07:00I could not be more happy and relieved that you we...I could not be more happy and relieved that you were able to make that choice and find that strength.agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-80053985000984423382012-06-07T11:05:20.266-07:002012-06-07T11:05:20.266-07:00Thank you both, a lot!Thank you both, a lot!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-568122175847379252012-06-07T11:05:01.014-07:002012-06-07T11:05:01.014-07:00Thank you for sharing that. Very informative.Thank you for sharing that. Very informative.agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-14174258061883482102012-06-07T11:04:17.768-07:002012-06-07T11:04:17.768-07:00Thank you very, very much!Thank you very, very much!agirlandhergunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369419666474343639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-38892831963876868452012-06-07T10:56:07.334-07:002012-06-07T10:56:07.334-07:00Couple of thoughts you probably already thought......Couple of thoughts you probably already thought...<br /><br />- I think growing up in the country, around the farm, and during the time period when problems were settled with punches after school... playing football, wrestling, soccer (when penalties were rarely called) many I knew were not afraid of the pain of a physical encounter like many are today.<br /><br />- On the other hand, train like you fight is great, but I have a black-belt friend who, after numerous surgeries over many years, is basically walker-bound at age 54 due to martial arts injuries from PRACTICE!<br /><br />- Most folks today never had a good punch face or a bloody nose, a belt across the backside, the wind knocked out of them from a sucker punch, wrestling with siblings until something bleed or broke... growing up... it's unfortunate for today's generation in some ways.<br /><br />- I watched my daughter cart-wheel her dirtbike two or three times after a crash landing from an almost 25 foot long jump at nine years old. Yeah, she had on protective gear, yeah she was scraped and bruised anyway, yeah she was hesitant to get back on the jumps... but she did it anyway and moved on.<br /><br />- I think a lot of folks are just scared of the pain.<br /><br />- Getting involved on behalf of another is my first instinct... but as an Ohio CCW instructor, I'd caution that EVERY situation is different, especially if you carry a gun. If fact is you see a small women being beat by a huge man with a bat, if you intervene in Ohio and later find out the woman started the fight... you can't claim self-defense, but I'd still probably step in, but then I'm no longer law enforcement, so do I want to spend jail time for someone else putting my family at risk. <br /><br />- Curiosity, what if you stepped in to help a lady in trouble, hit a man in the face causing injury to his eye, then later found out that the man hitting the woman did so because she initially stabbed him with a table fork three times for cheating on her (table fork was in her hand unseen to you when you intervened)... and then spent six months away from your family in jail for a M1 assault charge and lost your job because you're one little hit to break it up cause permanent, serious eye damage... true story from my law enforcement days.<br /><br />As always AGirl... good thoughts, good job, keep pressing forward.<br /><br />Dann in OhioGod, Gals, Guns, Grubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289354729286002247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-10097846890262938392012-06-07T10:39:31.852-07:002012-06-07T10:39:31.852-07:00Well said master.Well said master.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856789606867627357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-17056362018965809212012-06-07T08:49:00.175-07:002012-06-07T08:49:00.175-07:00"I know a kid, 19, who trains with a martial ..."I know a kid, 19, who trains with a martial arts guy that hits him with boards in the arms and stomach again and again...no pads. It's a "hardening" process that helps condition the body to both get used to the pain and increase tolerance for it. You should see his bruises. "<br /><br /><br />The Marine Corps Marial Arts Program (MCMAP) does exactly that too, and it works. It can leave scars though. I believe I have nerve damage in my arms from all the forearm strikes we did to deaden the nerves enough to fight. No pain, no gain is the idiom that comes to mind. While that may be on the extreme end of things, and might not be for everybody, there's a reason things are taught the way they are. It's up to the individual to decide what level of wear they're willing to put there body through.<br /><br />Kudos to you, AGirl, for being hardcore!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-73430983105380743702012-06-07T08:35:39.131-07:002012-06-07T08:35:39.131-07:00It's wonderful for your family and friends to ...It's wonderful for your family and friends to care enough to want you to 'stop hurting yourself' but then you explain that hurting is helping, they may or may not "get" it.<br /><br />My mother would get so angry with me after "hurting myself" in the dojo. The first time she saw someone punch me in the face in the dojo, I thought she was going to take the dude's head off. It took many years, but I finally drove the point home after my black belt test when she saw me fight off 8 attackers at once for my "spotlight". I told her she will always think of me as her little girl, but her little girl was never going to be someone's victim again. She teared up, but nodded furiously.Amy Blackthornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561431299027339448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-1005491956396671772012-06-07T08:34:01.948-07:002012-06-07T08:34:01.948-07:00Ahh, grasshopper, you do understand...uber cool an...Ahh, grasshopper, you do understand...uber cool and good for you. Groundfighting is full out aggression at it's worst and injuries will happen, even with padding,learn your limitations and work around them. If the worst happen's you'll fall back to your training and how you trained so split thing's up a bit and have extra tactical suprise's for a rainy day. I've been that guy on the ground fighting for my life before so it very well can happen.Sport Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862280966739841769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-36421243393990917232012-06-07T07:17:58.680-07:002012-06-07T07:17:58.680-07:00I worry about you, but I know you are doing what i...I worry about you, but I know you are doing what if right for you. I think I'm too much of a wimp to do force on force, I like slow motion, pads, etc. But again, you need to do what feels right for you. Doesn't stop others from wanting you to remain injury free, but only because we like you, so I guess I'm kind of in the middle but more to the do what you need to do.<br /><br />BTW, you can be my body guard anytime. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-69294734385393070012012-06-07T07:09:20.904-07:002012-06-07T07:09:20.904-07:00Training is preparing the personal battlespace. Le...Training is preparing the personal battlespace. Learning that there is certain pain you can learn to tolerate is something few people can comprehend even after being told.Broken Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562569871940946226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-62779796927999435572012-06-07T07:05:37.856-07:002012-06-07T07:05:37.856-07:00Good for you A Girl!Good for you A Girl!Evyl Robot Michaelhttp://evylrobot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-80733692333527413552012-06-07T06:59:41.701-07:002012-06-07T06:59:41.701-07:00If you would read my present post on violence, the...If you would read my present post on violence, there came a moment - one moment - that changed the course of my life at the hands of an abuser. That was the moment I realized with clarity that if one of us had to die, it was going to be him.<br /><br />Just gaining that attitude was enough to stop my attacker, but practice makes perfect.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577008135895208329.post-88596628031010480812012-06-07T06:41:39.093-07:002012-06-07T06:41:39.093-07:00Now you just need to get a small notebook to carry...Now you just need to get a small notebook to carry with you. That way, after you finish kicking arse, you can take names. You go, Girl!RabidAlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035887632706442114noreply@blogger.com