Posted by: copyright
A Cautionary Tale - 01/26/07 12:57 AM
Hi. I've been lurking around these boards for a long time and have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts. I haven't felt the need to really post anything but this is a story I feel needs to be shared as people can learn from my mistake.
So a friend of mine and I are in a colonia, besically a small town outside a city for a college course. We are walking outside at night because we've done this before and we feel safe. There's a guy ahead of us and he's definately checking us out. We try to walk past him but he gets in our way and starts asking for money in Spanish and saying other things that we don't understand. We don't give him any and this goes on for a little bit, I feel like I don't want to be pushed around by a punk kdi. He then pulls out a sheathed machete. I don't know that it's sheathed and I toss my wallet and run like I never had before with my friend. He starts chasing us and I realize later that he never saw the wallet as we found it in the morning. The guy catches up to my friend and starts hitting him with it. I think my friend is going to die or be seriously injured. It turns out he didn't really want to hurt my friend and kept hitting him with the sheathed blade. He keeps demanding money which my friend does not have. I tell the guy to wait a second and try to find my wallet which I can't find now. My friend starts taking out stuff like his cell phone to give to the guy and he finally runs off after taking a jacket, a cell phone, and a knife. We both run home.
So what's the moral of the story?
I was an idiot and should have given the guy the money in the first place and ran. I was in an unfamiliar place when someone who really had nothing to lose deicded to mess with us. He was not a big guy and I could have easily taken him alone as could have my friend. I have been training very seriously for about 2 1/2 years now and don't really doubt my ability to handle myself in an actual fight, however if I had simply handed over my thirty, yes only thirty dollars I probably could have avoided the entire incident and my friend could have avoided some bruises. We were in an unfamiliar place with someone who had very little to lose and thirty dollars is not really a lot of money for ones limbs, vital organs or blood.
So in comclusion, for whatever good it does don't be stupid. If someone just wants money it's not worth it. Protect yourself and your friends.
So a friend of mine and I are in a colonia, besically a small town outside a city for a college course. We are walking outside at night because we've done this before and we feel safe. There's a guy ahead of us and he's definately checking us out. We try to walk past him but he gets in our way and starts asking for money in Spanish and saying other things that we don't understand. We don't give him any and this goes on for a little bit, I feel like I don't want to be pushed around by a punk kdi. He then pulls out a sheathed machete. I don't know that it's sheathed and I toss my wallet and run like I never had before with my friend. He starts chasing us and I realize later that he never saw the wallet as we found it in the morning. The guy catches up to my friend and starts hitting him with it. I think my friend is going to die or be seriously injured. It turns out he didn't really want to hurt my friend and kept hitting him with the sheathed blade. He keeps demanding money which my friend does not have. I tell the guy to wait a second and try to find my wallet which I can't find now. My friend starts taking out stuff like his cell phone to give to the guy and he finally runs off after taking a jacket, a cell phone, and a knife. We both run home.
So what's the moral of the story?
I was an idiot and should have given the guy the money in the first place and ran. I was in an unfamiliar place when someone who really had nothing to lose deicded to mess with us. He was not a big guy and I could have easily taken him alone as could have my friend. I have been training very seriously for about 2 1/2 years now and don't really doubt my ability to handle myself in an actual fight, however if I had simply handed over my thirty, yes only thirty dollars I probably could have avoided the entire incident and my friend could have avoided some bruises. We were in an unfamiliar place with someone who had very little to lose and thirty dollars is not really a lot of money for ones limbs, vital organs or blood.
So in comclusion, for whatever good it does don't be stupid. If someone just wants money it's not worth it. Protect yourself and your friends.