for a while there i thought i was gonna chime in with something new to the conversation but the ashtray and the jason bourne stuff kinda covered my opinion.
basically ive never been formally trained in any weapons but when i was in kung fu the sifu made it a real point to challenge our thought processes. he said he wanted us to be able to defend ourselves with anything available. kind of a 'your mind is your only weapon but the environment can be your tool' type of logic. with that firmly in mind im constantly spinning around brooms, sticks, pipes, wrenches, even twirling shirts into taught rope or whipping around my belt.
dont get me wrong, if im in a fight anytime soon i dont think im going to be pulling any Jackie Chan stuff on the guy but id like to think that if the opportunity presents itself i can take advantage of the environment to come out on top.
thinking about this now reminds me of a friend in high school. i made an offhand comment about a Judo move i could have done and my friend had me figured out right there and starkly states "you just go around looking at people and think 'i can hurt them this much if i do this' dont you?".... ah.... the days of being a young martial artist.
