When+teaching+stepmom+self+defense+goes+wrong

Title:

The Reversal

Why it went wrong:

The training lacked a situational braking system . Emily was taught how to strike, but not when to suppress the response. In a high-stress family environment, a loved one’s touch can be misinterpreted as an attack. when+teaching+stepmom+self+defense+goes+wrong

The two of them froze, panting and laughing. Title: The Reversal Why it went wrong: The

Scenario: Stepmom is kneeling, practicing an upward palm strike. The teen is standing, wearing a pillow as a "chest protector." The two of them froze, panting and laughing

Consequences of not following self-defense advice - Facebook 31 July 2018 —

The living room was cleared of breakables, or so Leo thought. His stepmother, Sarah, was a bit of a klutz, but she had insisted on learning some "moves" after a string of local package thefts.

Comedy of errors

– She misunderstands every instruction (“When I say ‘strike the groin,’ I don’t mean with a frying pan from the kitchen”) and ends up accidentally setting off the house alarm, pepper-spraying herself, and locking the teacher out on the balcony.