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One of my favorite stories to tell is about the time my brother-in-law's girlfriend got her black belt in karate...

She had her big flashy test...kicked the bag...sparred other girls (and a couple of guys that looked like girls!) with the foam booties and gloves on...did her kata with the appropriate "snap" in her movements...very nice.

Now, I'm not a complete jerk, so I let her have her moment. Congratulated her, hobnobbed with the karate "master", and ate a piece of the sheet cake with little icing karate dudes on it....

That was until a couple of months later at a family graduation party when she began to tell all the girls how the type of "karate" she studies is great for fitness (ok), fun (ok), and self defense (BZZZZZ!).

I had stood what I could, but I couldn't stands it no more...

I walked right up into the middle of the gaggling girls, singled her out and flat out asked her, "Tell me the truth...If a 225 pound man attacked and tried to rape and kill you, can you 100%, honestly say that you would know what to do? Could you save your own life?"

There was a deathly quiet pause as every single girl in the room visualized that horrible situation in their own minds. Then came the same answer I've heard from every single women martial artist I've ever met in my life who doesn't train with us...

"Ummm...I guess not."

Here in the United States there seems to be a government agency looking into just about every consumer industry in an effort to protect people from scammers, hucksters, and other assorted con men or corporate swindle.