macerated_baby_presidents [he/him]

i like greyskull LP and got further than you on it. are you eating enough?

I don’t understand how you think it is helpful in any way. It follows the section where you say that no sparring will allow you to practice maiming attacks. But Get Tough won’t do that either. Then you recommend judo or aikido to minimize harm, which is not the point of Get Tough. (And with any style, you can absolutely knock someone over and they conk their head on the curb and you’re in for a legal battle. Happens to untrained people!) So what were you actually suggesting with the book? Do you think that readers will learn about ambushes and then be able to do them irl, or effectively defend against Get Tough techniques without sparring? Why read this Hardy Boys tier book?

you are only supposed to draw your weapon when you feel your life is in danger

generally yes

the fact that you did not immediately mag-dump your assailant will be used as legally incontrovertible proof that you did not genuinely fear for your life

standards vary by state, you must check your local laws. In my CCL class the instructor literally had us practice shouting “stop stop I have a gun” while drawing, and if they have stopped by the time they’re in your sights you do not shoot. It is so so much trouble and money to shoot in self-defense, even if you have no heart you should do everything possible to avoid it for selfish reasons. (And if you expect these worst-case scenarios and carry to prevent getting killed, you should also buy CCL insurance to deal with inevitable legal aftermath of a shooting.) If you do shoot somebody several times in the chest they’re probably going to die - every shot is to kill and you should practice if you carry.

I don’t think reading Get Tough without sparring is very helpful.

boxing? lots of cardio so you can run away, looks like a “fair fight” if you can’t. It’s good to have a ground game from BJJ, but if you take someone to ground their friends are probably gonna jump you, and if they were alone you probably could have run away.

I’ve never been in a situation where I needed to fight my way out. If I were to encounter one I’d probably be carrying a gun anyway. IMO, you could also train for fun, fitness, street fighting, etc; be realistic about your self-defense needs.

No. Nobody seriously decides not to get a car, shaving time off their commute, because it might get damaged. The cost of a new cat, even if it was guaranteed to be stolen eventually, is marginal compared to the guaranteed up-front cost of a car and continuous maintenance costs which they’re already willing to pay. What is necessary is better transit so that spending money on a car doesn’t get you anything worth buying.