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Woman defeats knife wielding robber with beer can

Geez, what is with these people and their improvised weapons? I bet none of them have martial arts training.
However, he escaped after a female customer who was in the Beasley Place shop threw a full can of beer at him, hitting him on the head.
From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7261513.stm
Hat tip: Crime Scene KC is a fascinating blog I found [...]

Training for what? Jason Bourne, FMA, and improvised weapons

As an average person, I’m not particularly interested in training for random violence or in being too paranoid about this kind of thing. Still, I think everybody should probably have some very basic self-defense training in the same way that everyone should learn how to swim, how to perform CPR, and how to, say, put [...]

Lousy robber meets tough clerk

Apparently this clerk was tough and the would-be robber didn’t want to actually resort to violence, thank goodness, probably for him. I think he would’ve lost the fight.
The robber started to leave, police said, but then he paused and said, “I’m not going to hurt you, you know. Just give me some money.”
Weber still refused.
The [...]

Mugger attacks blind man who turns out to be world judo champion

This one was another good one:
When a German mugger spotted a blind beggar at a train station in Germany, he must have thought it would be the easiest mugging of his career.
The teenage mugger spotted the 33-year-old beggar sitting outside a train station in the south-western town of Giessen and thought he would be easy [...]

Trio tries to rob martial arts expert

Taekwondo expert foils attackers:
Three people who tried to rob a 42-year-old man in Bradenton early this morning may wish they had chosen a different target.
Two men and a woman approached a man in the parking lot of Health Care America, 3600 Cortez Road W., just after midnight, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman [...]

Improvised weapons: the frozen ham vs. the Italian meat log

You could probably never “train” for this exact situation: Ham vs. Italian Meat Log. I suppose there is some lesson here about improvised weapons, but I don’t know what it is. The story just cracks me up. I guess quick thinking and good punching and a real motivation to not let the thief steal the [...]