Thanks Jan. I read the article. It pretty much sums up my views on the matter. I know enough now, to know that I know very little about defending myself... but even less about what women should do to defend themselves. I agree that the positives of learning a martial art have remarkably little to do with the initial interest or the expected outcomes of taking up an art.
David Noble
Shorinji Kempo (1983 - 1988)
I'll think of a proper sig when I get a minute...
For now, I'm just waiting for the smack of the Bo against a hard wooden floor....