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Why martial arts for seniors?
Why martial arts for seniors? Or, to pay lip service to being pc, why should boomers and old folks be interested in a martial art? Simple answer: reversing or slowing the effects of age. Sorry, I can’t help with the grumpiness! Actually, exercise is a great stress reliever and mood elevator so, maybe I can…<grin>.
Naked senior foils B.C. home invasion
Naked senior foils B.C. home invasion
Canwest News Service
Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/5flh8k
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. :
A Port Alberni, B.C., senior aborted a home invasion on Sunday by wrestling a 12-gauge shotgun away from a female suspect and fending off her male accomplice, police say.
Fit, Not Frail: Exercise as a Tonic for Aging
A friend, Dianna Gordon of No Nonsense Self Defense, culled this article from the New York Times.
I don’t know how long the link will be active but hey, so far so good.
New York Times
http://tinyurl.com/449qnq
Personal Health
Fit, Not Frail: Exercise as a Tonic for Aging
by Jane E. Brody, published: June 24, 2008
Fact: Every hour of every day, 330 Americans turn
60.
Fact: By 2030, one in five Americans will be older
than 65.
Fact: The number of people over 100 doubles every
decade.
Fact: As they age, people lose muscle mass and
strength, flexibility and bone.
Fact: The resulting frailty leads to a loss of
mobility and independence.
Six-and-a-half minutes:
"I know how they were feeling," he said. "It’s like you wish you could have done more."
Six Minutes of horror as Turlock father beats, kills his son; by Julia Prodis Sulek and Ken McLaughlin Mercury News
Canadians, Firearms and Self Defence
Why are we being treated as irresponsible children who can’t be trusted not to burn the house down if the parents leave for a minute?
I just found the CanadaCarry Forum.
Rex Murphy on the gun registry...
I liked this commentary.
It speaks for itself.
See also:
More Misconceptions about Canadian Law and Self Defence: Are U.S. self defence laws more lenient than our Canadian laws?
Great-Grandma, 83, Fights off Purse Snatcher
March 15, 2008 4:12 AM EDT
Santa Fe N.M. (AP)
(Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican,
http://www.sfnewmexican.com)
Great-grandmother 1, would-be robber 0.
Bernie Garcia at first thought the young man who approached her asking for money while she gassed up her car seemed like a sweet guy.
One of the Seven Survival Signals that can predict violent behaviour as discussed by Gavin De Becker in The Gift of Fear, is charm or niceness
Woman fights off knife attack
This is a violence success story. I have posted most of the story in italics and interspersed it with my comments. I chose this story to highlight the fact that you need not just give up and die when faced with overwhelming violence and your favourite talisman of self protection is suddenly not available.
Woman fights off knife attack in Deer Park
http://tinyurl.com/3lxfp8
BY EMERSON CLARRIDGE
Awareness and Avoidance
This is a guest article by my good buddy Alain Burrese. You will find a link to his site over to the right but this link will go to his blog, which is informative and interesting.
More Misconceptions about Canadian Law and Self Defence
Recently I came across an article by Gary Mauser of SFU, called Armed Self Defense: The Canadian Case. I perused the article and browsed his web site exposing the fallacies of (Canadian) gun control rhetoric and supposed success. I even got 8 out of 10 correct on his Gun Quiz - missing a date and a total number.
