Post by kensei on Oct 19, 2011 12:43:14 GMT
Okay, so we have a kime thread and I said I would tell my story of Kiai on a separate thread so as to not off track the other thread...so here goes.
I used to work not just as a Club bouncer/door man, but also as a armed and often unarmed security guard when I was in Uni. I once was in a large factory wearhouse and came upon two larger guys that were running through some TVs that we stored in the compound. They kind of looked like they might want one and when I confronted them, after having radio'd for back up, they did not like that I was interupting their free shopping spree.
The first guy ran off pretty fast and I think I scared the living crap out of him when I yelled at them to stop and get on the ground...he ran like a jack rabbit and over a short wall and made for the exit. The other guy however I guess felt he would take his chances with the mouthy, but shorter and smaller guard.
Just as he was about to swing a pry bar at my head I Kiai'd at him with all my might...he actually dropped the pry bar and looked at me for a split second like "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT KID" (he was probably a foot and a half taller, 70 pounds heavier and 15 years my senior). Wearing safty boots I made sure my next move was to burry the metal toe cap as far into his temple as I could and then jump on him (I was standing above him as the room I was in was a good two feet higher up than he was). Threw some hand cuffs on him and waited for the other two guards to get to me.
Kiai is a very powerful tool that can be used to shock someone, confuse them or simply to make them wonder if you are crazy as a mad hatter...which at that moment...I think all three happened at once.
it has other uses, but that one saved me from a life of limping if he had connected that pry bar with my leg like he looked like he wanted to.
by the way...I did not yell "KIAI"! It Probably came out more like "ARRRRAAAAHHSH" or something...simply put it all into the yell and went with the results.
I used to work not just as a Club bouncer/door man, but also as a armed and often unarmed security guard when I was in Uni. I once was in a large factory wearhouse and came upon two larger guys that were running through some TVs that we stored in the compound. They kind of looked like they might want one and when I confronted them, after having radio'd for back up, they did not like that I was interupting their free shopping spree.
The first guy ran off pretty fast and I think I scared the living crap out of him when I yelled at them to stop and get on the ground...he ran like a jack rabbit and over a short wall and made for the exit. The other guy however I guess felt he would take his chances with the mouthy, but shorter and smaller guard.
Just as he was about to swing a pry bar at my head I Kiai'd at him with all my might...he actually dropped the pry bar and looked at me for a split second like "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT KID" (he was probably a foot and a half taller, 70 pounds heavier and 15 years my senior). Wearing safty boots I made sure my next move was to burry the metal toe cap as far into his temple as I could and then jump on him (I was standing above him as the room I was in was a good two feet higher up than he was). Threw some hand cuffs on him and waited for the other two guards to get to me.
Kiai is a very powerful tool that can be used to shock someone, confuse them or simply to make them wonder if you are crazy as a mad hatter...which at that moment...I think all three happened at once.
it has other uses, but that one saved me from a life of limping if he had connected that pry bar with my leg like he looked like he wanted to.
by the way...I did not yell "KIAI"! It Probably came out more like "ARRRRAAAAHHSH" or something...simply put it all into the yell and went with the results.