Right on, Bro!ELB wrote:
-- but to me being older is not an excuse to avoid studying combatives other than the handgun. All that things that make it hard -- creakiness, stiffness, less muscle, more fat, whatever -- also make it more likely that you will be targeted for an attack...
Approaching three score and ten on the birthday scale greatly minimizes my desire for any kind of hand to hand fightin'. Outrunnin' my attacker/s is no longer much of an option either. I reckon I'll just have to rely on my SA 1911 LW Compact for self protection should, heaven forbid, the need arise.