This is why self defense is important

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I began to study Karate when I was about 5-I only took steady lessons for a year (as I said, I was 5), but after about age 9 I began taking lessons at the same place for about 6 weeks every year after that...and after that, I kept it up until the present time. Over the years I had let's say, a strong interest in it...but I never really understood a practical use for it. Aside from schoolyard bullies and stuff like that, in my adult life I was only ever attacked once...so the words "cool but useless" kinda came to mind. A few days ago not far from where I live, there was a home invasion/robbery-and then it kinda clicked in my head "oh...yeh, that could be useful?" Where we are, if one was to call 911...it would take a while for the police to come...as well as an ambulance. When people tend to think of self defense they usually think of crazy high kicks, or punches, or otherwise wounding a person...but in reality sometimes it can just mean knowing how to trip someone so that they stumble for a moment and then running and getting out of a situation and getting help. It seems like a useless skill but in reality...you never really know.