Family of taekwondo instructors saves Texas woman from sexual assault
Family of taekwondo instructors saves Texas woman from sexual assault
The An family, who own and operate a dojo in Harris County, used their years of training and discipline to pin down an attacker until law enforcement arrived.
The piercing scream, like a sound from a horror film, triggered taekwondo instructor Simon An to draw on his years of martial arts training.
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, shortly after the doors of his family-owned and -operated studio in Texas opened for evening classes, An and his father, his mother, his older sister and his younger brother heard shrieks coming from a neighboring business.
The family of five, each with a fourth-degree black belt, run the Yong-in Taekwondo studio in Katy, outside Houston. They initially ignored the sounds, assuming they came from employees playing around in their break room. But then a piercing “final scream” prompted the family into action, A said.
His family ran to the store and opened a door. There they found a man on top of a young woman with his hands “in [in]appropriate places” as she attempted to fend him off, A said.
An’s father, Hong, yanked the attacker away by his shirt and pinned him to the ground. An’s sister, Hannah, grabbed the girl and rushed her out of the room while An and his brother helped subdue the attacker.
The guy assaulting the women was lucky he wasn't turned into ground beef by that family, Taekwondo is no joke.
Great to hear they were able to help!
I'm sure that would have happened if it was necessary. But what's amazing about highly skilled martial arts practitioners is that they have incredible self control and extensive training on how to de-escalate a situation with the minimal force. They understand anatomy and reaction speed and pain and even the legal consequences of using their abilities for harm.
It still boggles my mind that it's not a requisite for western police.
It's not required for US police because in the US the police are essentially militarized and have an accompanying attitude. They are not interested in de-escalating the situation they're only interested in seeing if they can hurt someone. That's what happens when they draw their guns in every single interaction including traffic stops.
Fucking hell.
No they don't.
These are things they try to sell you when you walk in the door. I've been a martial arts instructor. It was my first job. The only qualifications for martial arts instructor are a: kinda knows the dance moves good. End of list.
Some of these guys may embody what you're talking about.
The vast majority are dude bros who think punching is fun, and their particular variety of punching is the best. They're not mystic monks, gracefully handing down wisdom of the ancients. They're wannabe tough guys who either bought the lie, or know full well and are willing to sell it to you. It's no different than any sport, and they won't actually teach you how to defend yourself. They'll teach you dance moves and maybe a few of the people that learn them will be good at self defense too.
It's a joke. It's all a joke.
Yeah, especially with five of them. You're not escaping or fighting back. Any of them could have probably put him down with a single kick.
Yeah, my higher belt tests had us fighting two or three people at a time. It’s only for two minutes at a time, but holy fuck you feel like you ran a marathon afterwards because it’s exponentially harder than fighting just one; You can’t let yourself get pinned down or cornered, and have to constantly stay moving. You only throw the occasional punch or kick when you can find time to fit them in between all the dodging and running. The goal isn’t even to win the fight; It’s simply to avoid losing too badly. I can’t even imagine fighting five at once and coming out anywhere near the top.
Real fights aren’t like a video game where enemies circle around and attack one or two at a time. They all rush you at the same time, and if you get grabbed you’re done.
I know it didn't happen this way, but it should have.
Imagine stopping a sexual assault as a family, what a bonding activity!
In all seriousness, what great story. I hope they're business improves enough to open a second location from this!
Imagine assaulting someone and whole family comes in and beats your ass.
Imagine sexually assaulting someone? Ew no thanks
No you're reading it wrong. Op wasn't saying imagine like you are imagining yourself sexually assaulting someone and getting your ass beat. They're just saying it like to imagine the comical situation where some idiot is sexually assaulting someone and then a whole ass family shows up and kicks their ass.
Here's a better more generic example.
Imagine talking shit in a video game and then losing.
Hope this clears it up
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact, it was a little bit frightening
Do do do do do do, do do do.
Given their training history, they are most likely immigrants. The complex they are in is already diverse, and while this situation is terrible, I hope this is a story that spreads into the classic Texas population in a good way.
People, this is what bravery looks like... Not walking around Walmart with an AK 15 and a Sons of Anarchy shirt
Of course this didn't actually happen. Gov. Piss Baby Abbott said that abortions didn't need to be legal because they were going to stop rape in the state of Texas.../s. Ew, I threw up in my mouth a little typing that...
The guy assaulting was lucky it was a Tae Kwon Do family and not Krav Maga. Krav Maga dont take hostages.
For those who don’t know
Krav Maga is the martial art of eye pokes and groin kicks and it’s what the IDF train with
Small pipi vibes
Even if Krav Maga teaches more attacks and more "leathal" attacks. i would hope 5 of them at the same stage as these individuals, 4th degree black belts and instructors, would be able to restrain 1 individual without permanent damage.
When i think of someone that is that well trained i think they are trained in more than just the moves. Going through my martial arts training we were taught the fighting mentality and spirit as well as just the moves.
Edit: I've never been through either of these training styles so I'm making assumptions and may be wrong.
My first martial arts lesson the instructor told us that as white belts, if we manage a good hit against a black belt, that's a good white belt. If a black belt fully hits or kicks the white belt, that's a bad black belt.
My thought is that caught in the act of attempted race? Some permanent damage would not be the worst outcome.
Imagine getting your ass kicked by this family and the grandma just jumps in with a sandal.
Great to see from these instructors.
This reminds me of this: