Nungali

Police training nowadays seems ... well, ridiculous ! In the courts here atm , big time , is a case against police who where called to a an old peoples nursing home as a 90 year old lady was being aggressive and walking around , with her walking frame and had a knife . One of the tasered her , she fell back, hit her head and later ... dead . The police say they felt threatened . The prosecutor asked if that threat could have been annulled by them merely stepping back from the old lady . OMG what a stupid mess . Didnt the nursing home have a protocol ? Didnt the police have different protocols ( for a crazed younger person with a kife and and an old lady with walking frame with a kife ? The could merely have done what we used to do when I worked in a hospital ; approach them with a couple people holding up a blanket and wrap them or the offending limb in it . My Israeli mate I mentioned above works as a carer in such a facility and months back he had the same issue . he walked up to the woman , waved his hand in her face off to the side to distract her and grabbed the knife wrist with other hand and then took the knife out her grip with his first distracting hand . There was no 'lock' , twist, manipulation or 'take down ' .. let alone tasering ! of course that was all against 'protocol ' , he said the reason he did that was the protocol was not suitable for the occasion and besides he didnt want to do all the associated paperwork . He was 'officially reprimanded ' but had appreciative feedback given unofficially .

Well, that was pretty evident , BEFORE he went in the comp . But I thought it made a valid point about ' what works in a tournament might not work otherwise' , tournaments depend on rule adherence . My experience with 'ju-jitsu' was VERY different . I was young had been doing modern Jap karate a few years, was mucking around with a mate ( who didnt know any ) and his father offered "I will give you a go ." he was about average height and VERY slight and skinny , he was an ambulance driver and I think he trained in this for that purpose , sometimes things can get a little 'heated' out there . He didnt even bother starting with a grapple , it was all strikes and kicks, strange ones I had not seen before . He confidently dealt with what I had to offer . He got me with a sideways 'chop' between my nose and top lip and a few other nerve points (lightly ) , then got me off balance , in a tied up position, pressed an elbow into the side of my neck and then let go , he said his next move would have been to let me fall , with him on top , and the combined force, through his elbow into the side of my throat . Old school 'ju - jitsu ' . I also saw an old 'ju-jitsu' manual that seemed similar to what he did , it was a very old police self defense thing .

Oh sure , thats why one art alone is not good enough . Old school karate had a lot more wrestling type stuff in it before all that got banned for use in modern sports Jap style karate . I remember one such guy , an instructor with a big club interstate ; he was part of 'our style ' . he tried to use me to 'show off' when visiting us ; invited me to come forward and strike him so I moved in and he " Stop stop ! Look everyone, he has moved in wrong , now he is too close to do a technique and ...... (WTF .... 'too close to do a technique ??? ... this from a guy whose supposed style teaches a whole range of close in fighting grappling , stranding take downs with follow ups etc . So I threw a volley of different close strikes , elbows etc . he did manage to stop them all, but I soon stopped , as he was too busy stopping and evading everything to be able to counter ... he could have if he had ;earnt the 'infighting' 'stand up wrestling' stuff . ) So, it was rather funny as his 'lesson ' ended up being ; " See , he is too close to do anything ... except use his elbows ! " (as he retreated in vary vigorous blocks and deflections But maybe you meant , it would be good for a karate guy to know what top do if he gets taken and what to do down on the ground ? Well, simple ! Just do the same as you would standing up ( thats an old karate joke, from some who didnt seem to have 'outside experience ' - I shall let 'The Master ' explain ;

Okay then .... 'No , I dont believe you did tell me that , and what did you find there ? "

Ju - jitsu ) modern forms ) get a bad rap . First there is the 'Gracie fiasco' . Next, as far as a 'street fight' goes , many won;t have a bar of it ( eg, Israeli mate , he was in military and did some Krav magra and was in my club for a while ; " Dont take it to the ground , as soon as you do, their mates that might be hiding and watching , will come in while you are distracted and give you a kicking . " Apperently it was a common tactic where he used to live . And then in competition ... there are the dreaded 'rules' .

Boxing is good for developing punching and evasion skills . And good for 'unarmed combat ' for people that are used to competition that works under similar conventions . But any good boxer that is also a good 'street fighter' or good at actual 'unarmed combat ' (as opposed to a martial arts or martial sport ) is going to have other skills as well . Eg , what is the boxing technique to defend against lower kicks to the leg .... ask Muhammad Ali about that one !

Namaste , silent thunder ;

Why would they be 'getting wet ' anyway ?

Oh oh ! Someone tell a joke , quick !

I remember our small nuclear family one year having the woman next join us , for some unusual reason . I must have been about 14 . For some other unusual reason she started talking about the bright future with nuclear power , my parents nodded and agreed . I asked " But what about all the radio-active waste ? " Only to get a 'shuuut - uuuuup ! ' glare from my parents . The woman then offered ; "Well, they will store it and in the future scientists will figure out how to dispose of it . " parents nod . But not little Nungers - you all know what I am like ! " So, the plan is to dump it into our future and make it our problem ? " She was flustered , I was told to not talk at the table any more and woman continued in silence looking indignant at my rudeness . Later my parents told me I had been very rude " Me ? Rude ? She was the one suggesting dumping nuclear waste on my generation ! " I was told it was not appropriate to talk to my elders like that . . . especially on ' Christmas day ' .

Is thanksgiving dinner like Christmas dinner ? I used to work at the hospital over Christmas (as I didnt like Christmas , and penalty rates for working then skyrocket ) . people all getting together that do not normally, or even may not want to ... but ; 'family' ! .... 'Christmas' . I won't detail what a Christmas dinner can lead to ( as it didnt make me laugh ) , let's just say I would be busy in emergency and mortuary . ( aside from other reasons , like sport, motor vehicle / recreational accidents. ) Stay safe folks - dont let your drunk turkey drive at Christmas !

Well, I have seen computer graphics' in art galleries but it was not AI art . I have seen video art in galleries but that is not AI art . What I am saying is , AI art like the below example , is never gonna make it into a gallery . Now THAT ^ is the height of idiocy ! I will also tell you what is a higher form of idiocy ; claiming 99 % of artists are unaware of AI art because they choose to keep humanly painting and not switch to the 'dumb downed computer assisted version ' and continue with their chosen media ... AND find success in a gallery and you cant ... and you find them clueless frightening and amusing . Thats what you think : " But 99 percent of artists are unaware of such things. They continue with endless exhibitions in traditional galleries, clueless about what's really happening. It’s both frightening and amusing!" tell you what Lois, why dont YOU give up your preferred medium of art and start painting ? are you unaware of real art ? 99% of AI artists must be unaware of real art . You and them are clueless ... amusing ... but not frightening .

No thanks . But you can give AI art a message from me ; Go back to art school and concentrate on getting the hands right !

Still can't get the hands right , I see

Dont like Lois' work ! You will make him sad (see above )