On 7/31/2022 2:29 PM, Kurt Feltenberger - kurt at thepaw.org (via tml
list) wrote:
> On 7/31/2022 2:02 PM, Jeff Zeitlin - editor at freelancetraveller.com
> (via tml list) wrote:
>> (Side question: Is anyone aware of any formally-trained martial art -
>> not
>> necessarily an East Asian style - that does_not_  incorporate a
>> significant
>> amount of training in 'de-escalation', self-discipline, and the use of
>> minimal force to accomplish a goal?)
> Krav Maga...it was designed to render the attacker incapable of
> continuing aggression and as far as I've seen, the only de-escalation
> part of the equation is if the defender wants to give the soon to be
> broken attacker a warning of what is to come.

Minimal use of force is generally included for philosophical or legal
reasons.

Shaolin Monks were Buddhists.  They didn't *want* to kill you because it
would damage their personal karmic journey (yah, I'm mixing religions here).

Didn't mean they wouldn't kill you if that was the only way to stop you.