Posted on 09/10/2004 6:29:20 AM PDT by lowbridge
Thugs pick wrong target - a karate instructor
07.09.2004 12.00 pm
A karate instructor's trip to Fiji was about to get ugly, but not for him.
Unfortunately for the six attackers, they had picked on the wrong guy -- a fourth dan blackbelt in karate.
Craig Nordstrand, 47, had just beaten off four of the attackers. The other two had unsuccessfully had a go at his mate Peter Roche.
After taking an initial beating, the six backed off and surrounded the pair.
Nordstrand tried to give his attackers a warning. "Do you want karate?" he asked.
One of the robbers did, but it was a bad mistake.
"I kicked him straight under the chin and into the throat," Nordstrand said. The gang of thugs scarpered into the Suva darkness.
The incident last week had followed what had been a pleasant evening of a meal and drinks.
Nordstrand had been in Suva with several Northland youngsters for the Oceania Karate Championships. He had been walking back to the team hotel with New Zealand manager Peter Roche when two men approached them asking for money and then another four emerged from the shadows.
Nordstrand's exploits made radio news in Fiji and proved a popular talking point around the karate traps.
"It was a bit of excitement," he said from his Whangarei home yesterday.
Aside from the attack drama, the trip was a success for Nordstrand who had watched two of his Northland charges win Oceania titles.
Several others won medals.
- NORTHERN ADVOCATE (WHANGAREI)
My black belt is in Glockfu, but I highly respect your dojo as well.
I agree that the first goal is to avoid conflict, however I think that 'warning' the agressor is a dangerous thing to do as it shows a very valuable card in your hand. I would have acted like a wimp and tried to get away from the situation as a method of avoidance. If that didn't work, as a last resort I would then unleash everything I had at the most opportune moment using 'the element of surprise'.
Bottom line: You do it your way, I'll do it mine, thank you.
Well, certainly. But what you may not have realized is that when you posted "This action by the 'martial artist' tells me alot about him," your post told us rather a lot about you.
That's OK, because this is an anonymous forum and you will never know who I am. In real life, I would have never revealed as much as I did. Silence is golden.
Bottom line: You do it your way, I'll do it mine, thank you.
The next time I am assaulted by six Fijian ruffians bent on mayhem, I shall try to remember your advice!
Very wise, Grasshopper. (sorry, couldn't resist a hanging curveball)
"I don't know karate, but I know ca-razy, and I will use it."
Name that movie. :)
And a hearty ROLL TIDE to you! Looking forward to the Ole Miss game Sat on ESPN2!
Worst B-movie line ever ping.
Heh..heh. That reminds me of the T-shirt I had once. Under a big 'ol silk screen of a Colt .45 ACP It said:
"DON'T CALL 911 - USE 1911"
Regards,
/jasper
Shanghai Noon
uno mas?
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