This is one of the fictional stories I wrote for Think Like a Black Belt, Take Charge of Your Own Safety — my e-book on self defense for everyone.
Meg vs. the Giant
Meg’s cheerleading practice had been over for an hour, but her brother still hadn’t arrived to pick her up.
“Jerk” she said to herself, “probably sucking face with that girlfriend of his…”
Meg was the only one left on the school’s darkening football field. She quickly realized she couldn’t Avoid the Vulnerability Factor, so she remained in code yellow as her parents and that book by the female black belt taught her. She wanted to call her brother, but her battery was dead from too much texting.
Moving toward the parking lot, Meg witnessed a car approaching her slowly. Observing her exits strategies, she paused a moment to see if she recognized the driver. It was one of the football players, a huge linebacker named Vince.
The huge teenager drove up close, smiled, and offered her a ride.
Meg declined.
Not put off, Vince spread an even more charming smile. “Why don’t I stick around to keep you safe from the bad guys?”
Meg was torn between knowing the guy and understanding that most rapes are acquaintance rapes. In her moment of slight indecision, he hopped out of his vehicle, sidled up closer and joked about her jumpiness. He kept eyeing the road into the parking lot as if scouting for anyone who might see.
He started to get too close, and she Set a Boundary: “Vince, I don’t feel comfortable with you here,” she said. “Leave now.”
Vince laughed mockingly.
With strong body language, she said, “Vince, back off. Get in your car and go home.”
She saw the flicker of a controlling, wicked leer cross his face. Grabbing her wrist with a cruel grip, his leer turned into a wolfish smile. “Looks like I need to teach Pretty Girl here a few niceness lessons.”
Fear started to swallow Meg with the realization that he must weigh 280 pounds.
Meg then realized the Media and Movie Myths aren’t always true and Vince must surely have some vulnerable spots.
She Chose to Fight instead of Comply and faked a knee shot to the groin, knowing he would probably block with a thigh. As soon as he did, she brought an arcing elbow down on his nose, shattering cartilage against facial bone. Vince let go in agony, holding his nose.
Meg figured the pain wouldn’t last long on such a big football player and decided to Toss Out Niceness and Rules. Knowing a few pounds of pressure can break smaller bones, she raised her knee high and stomped downward with her heel into his left foot.
As his body arched forward from the pain in his foot, Meg brought her knee up into his face. With Vince’s body suddenly brought upright again, Meg finished him off with a final kick to the now fully vulnerable groin.
As Vince collapsed into a pile of dust and defeat, Meg’s jerk brother pulled into the parking lot with disbelief etched into his face…..
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Lori Hoeck
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