Posted by: Anonymous
Almost Mugged - 12/17/04 10:53 AM
This event happened on the night of July 4th 2001.
My personal background: 23 yrs old - 12 years of studying tae kwon do. Did not seriously study for power and application until 2001.
I had jsut gotten off the subway train - my girlfriend called so i was speakign to her as i stepped down the exit stairs. Its in a big parkinglot - it was about 12:40 am after the fireworks.
Before i hit the 3rd stair form the bottom i see a rushing flurry out of the corner of my eye - sum1 runnign towards me - and for a moment i think hey this looks like it oculd be trouble - and then - jsut liek that
thereinfront of my face - a black male about 6 feet with a short bladed knife about 1.5 inches - lookedl iek a throwing knife - is tellign me to give him my money.
HEre i pause - and i look at him - and calmy put my phone away - i am surprised more than scared. this isn't suppsoed ot happen to me - this happens in the movies.
"hey why me" i tell him
he yells at me to give him my money
"why don't u just get someone else" i tell him
he yell for my money
and you know
i do not want ot giveh im my money - its 15$
i place my butt against the railing so he cannot see my walletr- at this point a 14-15 year old kid runs up besides - him - it looks liek they are together - the kid is tense and lookign around
I really do not want to give him my money - why don't they jsut go away i think
so i lie and say it is in my backpack
and he yells t hurry up to give him my money
yet by this point other passengers are coming down the stairs
now i am slightly paralyzed
i could run i think
yet my hands are still lookign throug hthe bag
the man with the knife sits down - he looks to be about 20
he sits down 3 stairs above where i am - and crosses his arms to hide the knife form the passerbys
and u know
i guess at this point i was still paralyzed
and moments pass so slowly
one step one step - if i wait any lolgner the passengers will be gone and he will have the knife at me again
but i can't ran - i'm paralyzed
my hand is still moving through the bag
i wonder if this kid has a gun
he might
what if my tecniques aren't good enouhg - i don't wantto get stabbed
but i am sick of this - i grew up in the ghetto my entire life - i am sick of holding back - sick of having people with knives and guns tell me what to do
he looked to the side then
for me - i jsut didn't care at this point - if i get hurt so be it - let it be as it will
i wore sandals
and slammed a front kick into his chin
so un-natural
ith appened so fast
he's on the left dazed
the passengers are startled
i notice i am yelling
he is tryign to mug me
he has a knife
and the passengers back away - there is a man - who steps back - then yells loudly - POLICE
POLICE!!!!
the 14 yr old kid runs away
the guy i kicked still has his knife - i back away - i see him get up cursing - but more scared than anythign else - he's looking around and runs away
and he runs away - and as i see them running my heart is beating so fast
i thought i was calm
but when the man asked me if i am ok - i jsut say
can you believe this? i cna't believe this happened
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looking back - i knw some peopel wil say you should have run - but i was paralyzed....if i had run i would have felt liek a coward...i've run and given in to many people as a kid living in the ghetto...i was sick of feeling lie ka coward
i think it came to the point - and evne now i feel this way ... i would rather get hurt- than to feel liek a coward again
you may call this feleign stupidity
but it is a feeling that i did not request to have
My personal background: 23 yrs old - 12 years of studying tae kwon do. Did not seriously study for power and application until 2001.
I had jsut gotten off the subway train - my girlfriend called so i was speakign to her as i stepped down the exit stairs. Its in a big parkinglot - it was about 12:40 am after the fireworks.
Before i hit the 3rd stair form the bottom i see a rushing flurry out of the corner of my eye - sum1 runnign towards me - and for a moment i think hey this looks like it oculd be trouble - and then - jsut liek that
thereinfront of my face - a black male about 6 feet with a short bladed knife about 1.5 inches - lookedl iek a throwing knife - is tellign me to give him my money.
HEre i pause - and i look at him - and calmy put my phone away - i am surprised more than scared. this isn't suppsoed ot happen to me - this happens in the movies.
"hey why me" i tell him
he yells at me to give him my money
"why don't u just get someone else" i tell him
he yell for my money
and you know
i do not want ot giveh im my money - its 15$
i place my butt against the railing so he cannot see my walletr- at this point a 14-15 year old kid runs up besides - him - it looks liek they are together - the kid is tense and lookign around
I really do not want to give him my money - why don't they jsut go away i think
so i lie and say it is in my backpack
and he yells t hurry up to give him my money
yet by this point other passengers are coming down the stairs
now i am slightly paralyzed
i could run i think
yet my hands are still lookign throug hthe bag
the man with the knife sits down - he looks to be about 20
he sits down 3 stairs above where i am - and crosses his arms to hide the knife form the passerbys
and u know
i guess at this point i was still paralyzed
and moments pass so slowly
one step one step - if i wait any lolgner the passengers will be gone and he will have the knife at me again
but i can't ran - i'm paralyzed
my hand is still moving through the bag
i wonder if this kid has a gun
he might
what if my tecniques aren't good enouhg - i don't wantto get stabbed
but i am sick of this - i grew up in the ghetto my entire life - i am sick of holding back - sick of having people with knives and guns tell me what to do
he looked to the side then
for me - i jsut didn't care at this point - if i get hurt so be it - let it be as it will
i wore sandals
and slammed a front kick into his chin
so un-natural
ith appened so fast
he's on the left dazed
the passengers are startled
i notice i am yelling
he is tryign to mug me
he has a knife
and the passengers back away - there is a man - who steps back - then yells loudly - POLICE
POLICE!!!!
the 14 yr old kid runs away
the guy i kicked still has his knife - i back away - i see him get up cursing - but more scared than anythign else - he's looking around and runs away
and he runs away - and as i see them running my heart is beating so fast
i thought i was calm
but when the man asked me if i am ok - i jsut say
can you believe this? i cna't believe this happened
--------------------------
looking back - i knw some peopel wil say you should have run - but i was paralyzed....if i had run i would have felt liek a coward...i've run and given in to many people as a kid living in the ghetto...i was sick of feeling lie ka coward
i think it came to the point - and evne now i feel this way ... i would rather get hurt- than to feel liek a coward again
you may call this feleign stupidity
but it is a feeling that i did not request to have