Don't be a Hero

Don't be a hero unless you know all the repercussions. Believe me I have come to know and understand a lot of it and it makes me pause and say, "Am I willing to endure it all in the name of a good Samaritan?"

It might have been, at one time, a good thing to be a good Samaritan. It may, at one time, meant that as long as you didn't do something really bad or so far outside the laws you could avoid problems but today, in today's litigious society, it ain't that simple. As Marc MacYoung and Rory Miller have written violent behavior/violence is complex.

If you teach self-defense it is best you know all this stuff so you can make sure that what you teach is best for the student ... and you!