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I understand people might criticize the wisdom of the man fighting someone with a gun – however I do have to give props to a man who refuses to be a victim.
Attacking an armed bad guy with a broom may be stupid, but IMHO, not being armed each and every minute of each and every day is a conscious decision to allow yourself to get into situations like this, and so that was his most stupid decision of the day.
Makes me wonder how many times "broom-foo" was used by merchants back during the days of robberies in "The Wild West." Most likely, not very often! Except in Chinese laundries!
Hi, John: Thanks for this video lesson. I go to get my haircut with an old-fashioned Italian barber early in the AM on a weekday. While this probably means there is no cash to steal at that time, my barber feels cautious enough to lock the door at 6 AM until the first customer shows up. Now this may offend some people, but nonetheless the reality is true: All of his patrons are generally caucasian males (except for me), and the shopping center that his shop is located on is in a township that is closest to the city from a bus transit standpoint, so there are a lot of lower class socioeconomic people living around there, so he won't open the door for anybody that doesn't fit that stereotype. His customers know that he is in there semi-hiding, with the lights out, either watching TV or napping, so they know to knock on the glass door. He also packs a gun – just in case.
He usually has a short line of old men already there waiting for him, so I'm battling a bunch of old geezers to be there first, but they are all nice people, so I don't mind really. I just bring my laptop or iPad and get some work done, while waiting. The barber shop could be a minor target, even at that time of day, if somebody were desperate and want to rob a bunch of old men with minimal cash, so lesson #1 is to not going during popular times, but I generally avoid crowds since I can't stand waiting in lines due to my busyness at work. Lesson #2 is be ready for an ambush at a barber shop, which is not a place I would consider, but it makes total sense. At first, I thought you were showing the exact same video from US LawShield, since this was the same set-up.
He generally seats customers right by the front door, and the waiting area is a line of chairs deep into the shop in what amounts to a hallway, past the row of barber chairs. Really everybody in there is in a bad position since it is a long rectangular area. A firearm would definitely be the weapon of choice, were it not for the fact that you have a lot of interference from patrons and employees, not to mention outside is the parking lot and highway traffic and even more residential and commercial structures across the highway, and other strip mall retail establishment on either side. So with foreground and background considerations and overall awareness of the surroundings, even a firearm might not be safe to use due to potential civil liability issues for misses.
In the event of a hit, feigned compliance using a fake wallet would be the best option and wait for my turn to counter ambush using pepper spray (hidden under the apron of course) for closing the distance from a vulnerable seated position, and then possibly finish him with a knife once I get up and disable him – if I feared for my life and can justify deadly force. Otherwise, probably let the thug get away is the best policy. Even something as vital as my work computer can be tracked and remotely wiped, so there really is nothing worth dying for. Again, the only reason to engage would be if passive compliance isn't working for a nutcase who truly wants to harm me or my barber. If he shoots one patron, it's "go-time" as far as my personal survival goes, since I will likely be next at some point.
I genuinely like your videos, since they challenge my conscious decision to remain unarmed. While I am skilled and generally street savvy, I know there are specific conditions where I cannot close the gap and where purposeful EDC tools would make a difference. Your videos show a world of experience that I just don't have, so my unarmed state is more ignorance than overconfidence. For example, as I think through your scenarios, I can see how pepper spray could be useful, and not just a "girl's tool" of choice. There is nothing "manly" about shooting a firearm and accidentally killing an innocent bystander. And I might be too far away to deploy a "manly" knife or go empty-handed. And against multiple attackers, a combination of tools would provide options, at least as force multipliers. So, thank you for enlightening me. Your videos augment all the firearms and martial arts training that I've invested over the past 26 years of my life. They help contextualize range time, studio time, and mat time. Seeing is believing, especially when we are not going around "looking for exercise". While there may be truth in general to being increasingly an experiential society, that is hard to apply to combat, so that may be in part why many people accumulate gear instead of get real training. At least, the videos provide public education for people who cannot afford training due to budget or time constraints, as well as for people who are trained realistically but not constantly getting into fights to test their skills.
As far as this video goes, I wouldn't be surprised if the defendant knew these kids while growing up in the neighborhood. His moral outrage and knowing that they aren't murderers probably gave him enough confidence to shoo them away with a broom. He probably shamed them verbally and called them out, threatening to tell their parents if they don't get out of there right now. But to your point, he totally would have been shot otherwise.
One suggestion I would like to add: I have been watching your videos for the past few months (actually through your video introduction at Shot Show with Warrior Poet Society), but whenever you mention the "5 D's+1", I'm sure many of your other viewers would find it helpful to list them on the screen, since many of us are visually-oriented people (as fellow youtubers obviously). I can never recall what all five of those principles are. While we enjoy your friendly demeanor as a virtual instructor and also absorb information via auditory means as well, seeing you list the 5'Ds as video captions repeatedly on every video, like you do with your main lesson points, would help reinforce the learning. I think your rule of thumb is a good way to help remember and organize the principles of a street fight. Thank you again for all that you do…
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The balls on that guy.
Thanks! What is up with the black nailed ring finger? Are you in mourning or just sloppy with the hammer-fu?
Ban assault brooms
Broom foo lol
Broom-fu 😂🤣
Dude brought a gun to a "BroomFu" fight. John is term maker. 😂😂
Now the lefties are going to try and put a waiting period on us to buy a broom.
Broom-fu. I love it.
He lost good amounts of weight . Brook Fu lmao
What he did was way too risky in my book. He could've easily been shot and killed, and money or pride isn't worth that.
Broom foo. Lol!
I understand people might criticize the wisdom of the man fighting someone with a gun – however I do have to give props to a man who refuses to be a victim.
Broom fu. Lol
You know it is a scummy area when you have to be buzzed into a barber shop.
Attacking an armed bad guy with a broom may be stupid, but IMHO, not being armed each and every minute of each and every day is a conscious decision to allow yourself to get into situations like this, and so that was his most stupid decision of the day.
What's up with your fingernail, is that an injury or fingernail polish?
Makes me wonder how many times "broom-foo" was used by merchants back during the days of robberies in "The Wild West." Most likely, not very often! Except in Chinese laundries!
I would not go after a guy with a gun if i only had a broom
He really brushed him up the wrong way
Broom-fu the only active self defence you need
I thought for sure he was pulling a gun out of his bag. Then the broom broom sweeps the perps away.
Hi, John: Thanks for this video lesson. I go to get my haircut with an old-fashioned Italian barber early in the AM on a weekday. While this probably means there is no cash to steal at that time, my barber feels cautious enough to lock the door at 6 AM until the first customer shows up. Now this may offend some people, but nonetheless the reality is true: All of his patrons are generally caucasian males (except for me), and the shopping center that his shop is located on is in a township that is closest to the city from a bus transit standpoint, so there are a lot of lower class socioeconomic people living around there, so he won't open the door for anybody that doesn't fit that stereotype. His customers know that he is in there semi-hiding, with the lights out, either watching TV or napping, so they know to knock on the glass door. He also packs a gun – just in case.
He usually has a short line of old men already there waiting for him, so I'm battling a bunch of old geezers to be there first, but they are all nice people, so I don't mind really. I just bring my laptop or iPad and get some work done, while waiting. The barber shop could be a minor target, even at that time of day, if somebody were desperate and want to rob a bunch of old men with minimal cash, so lesson #1 is to not going during popular times, but I generally avoid crowds since I can't stand waiting in lines due to my busyness at work. Lesson #2 is be ready for an ambush at a barber shop, which is not a place I would consider, but it makes total sense. At first, I thought you were showing the exact same video from US LawShield, since this was the same set-up.
He generally seats customers right by the front door, and the waiting area is a line of chairs deep into the shop in what amounts to a hallway, past the row of barber chairs. Really everybody in there is in a bad position since it is a long rectangular area. A firearm would definitely be the weapon of choice, were it not for the fact that you have a lot of interference from patrons and employees, not to mention outside is the parking lot and highway traffic and even more residential and commercial structures across the highway, and other strip mall retail establishment on either side. So with foreground and background considerations and overall awareness of the surroundings, even a firearm might not be safe to use due to potential civil liability issues for misses.
In the event of a hit, feigned compliance using a fake wallet would be the best option and wait for my turn to counter ambush using pepper spray (hidden under the apron of course) for closing the distance from a vulnerable seated position, and then possibly finish him with a knife once I get up and disable him – if I feared for my life and can justify deadly force. Otherwise, probably let the thug get away is the best policy. Even something as vital as my work computer can be tracked and remotely wiped, so there really is nothing worth dying for. Again, the only reason to engage would be if passive compliance isn't working for a nutcase who truly wants to harm me or my barber. If he shoots one patron, it's "go-time" as far as my personal survival goes, since I will likely be next at some point.
I genuinely like your videos, since they challenge my conscious decision to remain unarmed. While I am skilled and generally street savvy, I know there are specific conditions where I cannot close the gap and where purposeful EDC tools would make a difference. Your videos show a world of experience that I just don't have, so my unarmed state is more ignorance than overconfidence. For example, as I think through your scenarios, I can see how pepper spray could be useful, and not just a "girl's tool" of choice. There is nothing "manly" about shooting a firearm and accidentally killing an innocent bystander. And I might be too far away to deploy a "manly" knife or go empty-handed. And against multiple attackers, a combination of tools would provide options, at least as force multipliers. So, thank you for enlightening me. Your videos augment all the firearms and martial arts training that I've invested over the past 26 years of my life. They help contextualize range time, studio time, and mat time. Seeing is believing, especially when we are not going around "looking for exercise". While there may be truth in general to being increasingly an experiential society, that is hard to apply to combat, so that may be in part why many people accumulate gear instead of get real training. At least, the videos provide public education for people who cannot afford training due to budget or time constraints, as well as for people who are trained realistically but not constantly getting into fights to test their skills.
As far as this video goes, I wouldn't be surprised if the defendant knew these kids while growing up in the neighborhood. His moral outrage and knowing that they aren't murderers probably gave him enough confidence to shoo them away with a broom. He probably shamed them verbally and called them out, threatening to tell their parents if they don't get out of there right now. But to your point, he totally would have been shot otherwise.
One suggestion I would like to add: I have been watching your videos for the past few months (actually through your video introduction at Shot Show with Warrior Poet Society), but whenever you mention the "5 D's+1", I'm sure many of your other viewers would find it helpful to list them on the screen, since many of us are visually-oriented people (as fellow youtubers obviously). I can never recall what all five of those principles are. While we enjoy your friendly demeanor as a virtual instructor and also absorb information via auditory means as well, seeing you list the 5'Ds as video captions repeatedly on every video, like you do with your main lesson points, would help reinforce the learning. I think your rule of thumb is a good way to help remember and organize the principles of a street fight. Thank you again for all that you do…
I bet they knew each other.
Your vids are getting weak