> Was the jacket ripped too badly? Or did you have to get a new one?
New jacket.
There’s an add-on story to my daughter’s ability to defend herself.
It’s now about 25 years later and she still takes lessons.
Three years ago, my daughter and her boyfriend were Christmas shopping with her sensei and his wife. Some poor fool decided to mug them. It wasn’t pretty. Afterwards they turned the mugger’s knife and wallet (with driver’s license) in at the local police station.
I don’t know if you have heard of “The Big Show” Staring Johnboy and Billy http://thebigshow.com/ Anyway they have a skit called “Stupid Criminals” when they report cases of just that from across the United States. Johnboy and Billy would have loved that one!