martial arts

"I say a single thing to every girl: Learn kalari," the martial arts master says.
"Violence was already a presence in my life, whether I wanted it there or not."
I've seen this before. It is really a simple trick when you understand the problem from a structural engineering perspective. The trick consists of a moderate amount of power and speed, and a lot of careful selection of the target material and geometry.
I walked out of class feeling empowered, thinking that I had the strength to kill someone. The only problem is that I also felt that somebody out there wanted to kill me.