1.)Judge to Punching Man (PM) (you have to read it in Judge Judy's voice): Sir, why didn't you just walk away when the other man was spouting racial obscenities?
PM: I dunno, just didn't feel like it, the dude was funny I guess.
Judge: And why did you involved yourself in this verbal altercation?
PM: The dude was a twat.
Judge: And when he approached you and pushed you why didn't you walk away then?
PM: Walk away? That's a coward thing to do. 'Sides, I was defending myself.
Judge: Defending yourself? Do you have any pictures of injuries?
PM: Injuries? He just pushed me.
Judge: Right. Baliff, whack both these men in the pee-pees.
2.)Being serious, though, one thing that is stressed very clearly in every martial arts discipline I've ever taken, especially Kenpo which has the potential to do some serious damage, is that when the opportunity to walk away presents itself, you walk the **** away.
3.) And this isn't for some schmaltzy Buddhist reasoning...it's to legally protect yourself.
4.) So a guy comes up to you and pushes you and you remember all those Kenpo Karate moves you spent thousands of dollars and countless hours exhaustively learning, and you break his right arm, crush one of his testicles, take out an eye and break both kneecaps. Guess which one the cops arrest?
1.)well if we are going to invent stuff i can too
and yes i know you did that just to try and get me to see your point
Judge to Punching Man (PM) (you have to read it in Judge Judy's voice): Sir, why didn't you just walk away when the other man was spouting racial obscenities?
PM: it was in front of my building and i wanted to make sure my girlfriend and family was safe
Judge: And why did you involved yourself in this verbal altercation?
PM: I didnt he approcahed us
Judge: And when he approached you and pushed you why didn't you walk away then?
PM: you want me to turn my back on somebody that just assaulted and attack me that doesnt seem safe or smart
Judge: Defending yourself? Do you have any pictures of injuries?
PM: visual injuries arent needed for an assault to take place, countless cases tell you that, judge Judy should know better
Judge: Right. Baliff, whack both these men in the pee-pees.
PM: judy thats a poor choice of words (whack) and that too would be assault
2.) that would be a subject moral and ethical decision that i may or may not agree with and would be circumstantial
3.) legally this is sound
4.) they would arrest me for become the aggressor and going past the point of defending myself completely different than one push then one punch
now if the guy would of proceeded to kick the guy when he was down THEN that analogy would hold up but right now its not even close.