My defence story

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When I was about 16 (8 years of training under my belt) I found myself in a foreign country. I went to a party with some of my friends at some youth club place, and I decided to leave early. I didn’t have any money for a club and the only way I knew how to get home was via a path through a slightly wooded area. I felt pretty safe because the path was meant for people and bikers, and it was only in the woods for like an 8th of a mile.
Rightly about mid-way someone grabbed me from behind, in a bearing like grab. As I was being pulled into the woods I started screaming and tried frantically to wiggle free. As much training as I had, there really wasn’t much I could do when being lifted off the ground. He put me down and shoved me against a tree I stomped on his foot and tried to heat butt back into his face.
Then he leaned up against me with his body to hold me against the tree, he grabbed my hair and pulled my head back, and that’s when I felt the knife against my throat. He told me to shut up and I stopped yelling……..
So many scenarios played out in my head about all the different things I could do to try to get away, try to disarm him. I was able to stay somewhat calm, and unfortunately, that is the only way that my martial arts training helped me. I was able to run through all the possible situations and realize that the only way for me to have a good chance of surviving, would be to stop fighting.
And I did……..and I’m alive.
I’m pretty sure that if I fought him he would have killed me……… or at least tried……… for years I kept thinking that if only I had reacted before he lifted me off the ground….…. Maybe I could have gotten away….…. but rather than second guess myself, and my training, I’ve come to the conclusion that I did the right thing, and that maybe without my training I would have completely panicked, and very likely gotten myself killed.
That’s my story. I think I’m a survivor because I knew not to fight And that’s how my training helped me”………………..

Whenever you are in a situation similar to this and the only option you have is to defend yourself. You have to do it fast and sharp to prevent tragedy