Comments on: No one wants this kind of relationship!

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:51:31 +0000

Hi Catherine,
Good to hear from you on this site! Thank you for your official stamp of ka-pow! approval.

I’d love for any and all to put the link to here around the web; to tweet, digg, stumble, or bookmark it if they see fit; or even to send a telegraph if they think someone else can benefit or enjoy the information here on self defense. Thanks for asking!

By: Catherine Thomas

Catherine Thomas — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:17:09 +0000

Hi Lori! I love love love the site! Everyone needs to see it. EVERYONE! I can display a link here and there if you like? Let me know. Greg was right, you’re still kicking major butt. Love ya!

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By: My self defense blog is up and running! - Lori Hoeck

My self defense blog is up and running! - Lori Hoeck — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:03:29 +0000

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By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:06:42 +0000

Hi Sara,
Thank you for visiting and commenting. I used to overact when I was in my early adult years, but I rarely liked the results!
Your friend is so right, black belts do have an obligation to be one of the good guys or gals, and yet, don’t we all?

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:23:29 +0000

Lori,

This is my first visit to your site and I liked this post very much!

For some reason the words, “Think like a black belt” jumped out at me. It made me think of a friend who is a black belt. He almost never gets angry at situations, like road rage. He’ll even apologize or do whatever he can to calm the situation.

I asked him why he did this and he said that when you know you can kill someone instantly, you have an obligation to be careful with your anger.

I’m not always like him. I tend to overreact and cause more problems…but it does me think about this…what if I did “think like a black belt?”

I enjoyed your post and your site:~)

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:53:48 +0000

Hi Laurie,
No doubt about it, some folks let their anger get the best of them. Thankfully not all of them know how to break a car window easily and settle for banging instead. Scary being inside, but safer than jumping out and starting an argument!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:34:13 +0000

That actually happened to my hub. He was stuck at a red light in 5 o’clock traffic that wasn’t moving. He had ticked off another driver without meaning to and the guy got out of his car and was banging on my hubs window demanding he get out of his car. The guy went and got back in his car, waited a moment the returned to banging on my hubs window. It was freaky. FINALLY the traffic moved a bit and the hub made an exit. Some folks are plain crazy!

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:25:34 +0000

Hi Becky,
I like your quick thinking with the line about being on the phone with the cops. Guns can certainly be effective, but not everyone has one or is trained with them. Your tough-mindedness won the day and that’s what I want people to learn here.

By: Becky Blanton

Becky Blanton — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:21:52 +0000

wow. This happened to me at a red light in Denver years ago. The guy ahead of me pulled out in the intersection to “beat” the yellow light, got trapped and then tried to back up into the turn lane that was occupied by ME!! I literally couldn’t move – there was a guy behind me. So Mr. Road Rage starts ramming his SUV into my truck like THAT will make me move! Then he gets out, walks back and starts pounding on the window and cursing. I check to make sure he has no weapon in his hand and then I just stare straight ahead and ignored him until he tired of pounding. I then turned left, pulled into a parking lot and called 911 (this was before cellphones) who never responded because they couldn’t figure out whose jurisdiction it was in!!! City or county!!! What jerks! Mr. Road Rage pulled into the parking lot behind me, I screamed, “I’m on the phone with the cops, you’d better wait. They want to talk to you.” At that point he sped off.

Yeah – null works. A 9mm or Glock or Rottweiler works better, but null works.