Way back while living in the village, I had my schoolmates around, and one of them, Kanu by name, a son of one of the top politicians in the community, narrated how their house at the end of our street was raided by armed robbers. He said they were all dragged to the parlour while the robbers took his dad and mom into the rooms to search for money. He said they weren't beaten; guns were just pointed at them. He added that he would have lost control at that instant if any of the armed robbers had attempted to rape any of his sisters, and he wouldn't have cared if he were shot or not.
After that narration, I thought about it and realized that I actually had never thought of devising a self-defence plan simply because I had never seen myself in a critical situation that required one. Very truthfully, I would react very badly in a critical situation that required self-defence because my emotions would take control, and I probably wouldn't care about the outcome.
Funnily, I have never imagined myself adopting the skills used in movies because, most times, real life is not a movie scene; things can be completely different.
Even as a man who is about to own an immediate family with kids under my care, I have never imagined a situation where I would be forced to start fighting karate as we see in movies in order to defend my family when attacked. I do not even wish for a situation like that to happen because I am someone who fights with emotions. Yes, the few times I have had to fight were odd scenes because they were surprising to people and completely out of control.
But then, even though I do not wish to see myself in a situation where I will need to adopt some self-defence skills, I believe I would always find my way out of such trouble or situations. Yes, I value peace a lot, and I do not want anything to tamper with my anger because it could go off, both for me and for others as well.
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