The big question is can someone be given enough training in two hours to ward offer an unsavory attacker or scary attempts at threats to ones life and others. Sam Rosenberg a Blackbelt instructor from Pittsburg thinks training school teachers gives confidence. Speaking about the Columbine incident he believes if school personnel were trained enough they could deter attention getters and reduce the chances of these type of things happening. "The hands on training has to be basic, I love all martial arts but not all of it is practical enough to work for the average school teacher, who may have a gun pointed at them." He advocates adopting the "Bruce Lee Approach", use what works and discard the rest". He feels that a few hours of training may help teachers return to their classrooms with heightened awareness helping to keep them from feeling helpless.
What do you think?
