As scheduled, Friday, March 11 began the course organized by the Academy of Self Defense Shotokan Karate in collaboration with the Youth Project of Sesto Fiorentino and sponsored by the Youth Policy. Greater participation of the boys for this lesson, the first of ten, have had more information in the legal sull'autodifesa and excessive self-defense. In fact, after the presentation to the course of Daniel (operator of the Youth Project) and Nicholas and Gabriel (AKS athletes and instructors of the course), the host of the lesson was Luke Gorron, Vice Questore State Police and Deputy Director Team Judicial Police Commissariat of the Sesto Fiorentino. He started the discussion talking about two examples of films: Rambo and Gandhi, or the duality of force and aggression compared to peace and tranquility.
"I could kill them all, I could kill you. In town you're the law, here I am. Forget it, leave me alone or locked in a war that you do not even dream of. "
Then went to the judiciary and legal self-defense, pointing out how one can defend only by a present danger caused by an injury unfair, considering that the defense is always proportional to the offense (Article 52 of the Criminal Code). He also pointed out that drunkenness or use of drugs are not a mitigating factor to aggression (art. 92 and 93 of the Criminal Code); told some of his experiences, and it may seem strange, very often the aggressors justify their acts of violence as under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The boys in the lesson of Luke Gorron
Latest topic of the evening was the use of weapons: any object capable of offending and his possession without good reason can not be taken out of his own habitation and the offender shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine (Article 4 of Law 110/75). With the word "weapon" shall also mean the Swiss boxcutters taken out of a possible context such as camping or a trip to the country, but also the weapon is considered pepper spray in recent years because of exaggerated fears fomented by television, has had great success among women.
Maximum attention when instructing Luke Gorron
For those who felt truly in danger, for greater security, was recommended to use deodorant spray instead of pepper spray for several reasons: first of all is legal and cheap, also contains alcohol, it creates the same irritation to the face and, finally, is effective on animals (the pepper spray was in fact born to defend themselves from aggression by stray dogs) and on all ethnicities of the human species, as some people in Africa are not immune to the active ingredient of hot pepper (capsaicin).
During the next 9 lessons will be taught the classic defense from blows, strangulation and outlets, as well as some forms of free movement in crowded situations or aggression in the group. The purpose of this course are not teaching techniques to offend, but we aim to give greater security to the girls and boys so that if one were found in dangerous situations, they can respond quickly without fear, using their instincts and technical knowledge that they have acquired.
