A 23 year old student was recently attacked by a mugger in the street.
The young lady credited something called Morganti Jiu Jitsu for giving her the skills and confidence to assert herself. She told LADbible:
Lorrana said: “Everything happened so quickly, and I wasn’t thinking straight. But I just didn’t want to hand over my cell phone.“I told him I was not going to give it to him because this was the second time I had been robbed. He grabbed my hand and started pulling my hair. He pointed the gun at me and said he was going to shoot me.”
“It looked like a plastic toy and I instantly thought, this gun is a toy, it’s not real. I didn’t want to fight but on the last occasion I hadn’t reacted and I think I was a bit fed up with being in the same position again,” she added, referencing a potentially similar attack.
“I didn’t have a comparison and haven’t had a real gun pointed at me before, so I must have reacted on instinct,” she said admitting that while it was foolhardy it was the right thing to do on this occasion.
She revealed she has been training in Morganti Jiu-Jitsu for 18 months and said her skills kicked in.
She continued: “My training came to the fore instantly. When he pulled away, I saw that it was the ideal moment to fight back, I got into my stance and delivered several kicks.”
Military police major Michello Bueno said:
“This young woman was fortunate on this occasion, but she could have lost her life. We do not advise people to react in this way because the risks are huge.”
Giving some tips on how to behave when confronted with a violent mugger, the major said: “It is not advisable to look the perpetrator in the eyes because he might think you are trying to memorise his face and he sees it as a threat.
“You shouldn’t react or make sudden movements, but talk in a low voice telling the assailant, all the time, what you are doing. In these dangerous situations the perpetrator’s nerves are on edge and he is liable to react violently if confronted.”
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