As a former law enforcement officer and now a bodyguard I can say with experience that “Verbal Judo” the book or a class that is held by the author George Thompson is probably one of the best classes I have ever taken. Verbal Judo is the art of “Gentle Persuasion”. It makes you like a brick wall when someone is cursing rapid fire into your face and it enables you to redirect his strong language and use it against him in a way that is nice and get the person to comply with you. To see it done first hand is amazing and to learn how to do it is even better.

Losing control of your anger is human we all do it. 90% of the time we regret it. But sometimes force is called for. Almost half the time you lose control of yourself and become violent, later you will regret it. But there is the exception of self-defense. If you’re confronted with an individual that is violent and wants to fight, and actually does attempt to strike you, you have to roll the dice and fight. Laws from state to state vary, but in Nevada where I live if someone is within range of striking. You or if the person is even fifteen feet away from you and making a case that he wants to do harm to you. That right there is battery and if you engage the person 9 out of 10 times if the police come and no serious harm was inflected and EMS doesn’t need to be called out you will be on your way.