Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP (mcewan ) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Self-defense - (nf) Message-ID: <5886@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Feb-84 22:31:48 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5886 Posted: Sun Feb 26 22:31:48 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Feb-84 00:18:41 EST Lines: 23 #R:bolton:-16200:uiucdcs:31600045:000:907 uiucdcs!mcewan Feb 26 12:26:00 1984 A well-placed kick can be very effective. In the 1840's, a famous ballet dancer, Fanny Ellsler, was touring the U.S. She was performing in Washington, DC (where Congress adjourned its sessions so members could see her dance). An attacker confronted her; she responded with a grand battement, the high ballet kick that normally reaches up to the dancer's shoulder level at a minimum. In this case, it ended in the attacker's rib cage, and he died a few days later. /* ---------- */ I imagine that a ballet dancer can kick a lot harder than the average person. I don't think I could even kick as high as an attacker's rib cage, and even if I did it would be so slow that he/she could easily avoid it. Aiming for the knees might work, though. The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of any sane person. Scott McEwan pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan