Shoki: The Story of Sensei Pete Ratcliff by nick armbrister
Interview 21/02/2013.
Sensei Derek also contributed.
Nick:
How can you use karate against someone with a gun? What would you do?
Sensei
Pete: It depends on the situation. If you’re inexperienced…
Nick:
If you were trained…
Sensei
Pete: It’s a very very difficult one. Even if you’re trained.
Sensei
Derek: That’s not a straight forward question.
Sensei
Pete: It would be very very difficult. In training I can train someone to
disarm a gun but in reality you’re nerves could go.
Nick:
That’s like fear.
Sensei
Pete: The best way really is try to talk the gunman out of it. Like you talk
your way out of a fight. That’s the best way. There is a good way of disarming
a revolver, handgun.
Nick:
Can you please talk through that technique?
Sensei
Pete: You can talk through the technique on the thing it would have to be shown
on video.
Nick:
Right yeah.
Sensei
Derek: It’s kind of a relaxed, you’ve got to be more relaxed. If someone had a
gun on me I’d be like, ‘Whoa whoa yes okay okay okay okay,’ Boomph! Distract
them. ‘I’ll do anything…’ Boomph! And break his f***ing neck. Very nastily but
as Sensei Pete was saying the gun has to be pointing away from you before you
take that and then I wouldn’t be striking to give you a little slap.
Nick:
Of course yes.
Sensei
Derek: You’re going to destroy him.
Nick:
No coz he could have killed you.
Sensei
Derek: You’re going to destroy him.
Nick:
Definitely.
Sensei
Derek: That’s the only answer to that.
Sensei
Pete: It’s an awkward question.
Nick:
It is yes. So do you teach self defence skills against revolvers? You said yes.
Sensei
Pete: Yes, teach knife and weapons defence.
Nick:
I’d be interested to see that and learn and see that because I can put that in
the book.
Sensei
Pete: I’ll bring my revolver in.
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