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Young Teen Murdered Because He Didn’t Know Martial Arts!

If Austen Metcalf had known Karate then he might have been able to avoid being killed by Karmelo Anthony.

This is the martial arts article I don’t really want to write, but a young man was at a school function when he was. stabbed to death. Austen told Karmelo that he was in the wrong tent, Apparently Austen touched Karmelo, and that was sufficient cause for Karmelo to murder Austen.

And now, in an unbelievable twist, Karmelo’s family is accusing the dead boy of starting the trouble, of being a racist. There have even been threats of death directed at Austen’s family!

This is not the America I grew up in, but it is the America millions of boys must now grow up in.

So how do we protect our children? Do we give them guns? Do we preach that ‘the other side’ is evil and must be rooted out and even killed?

One can see how far afield this brings us.

The one solution is education, but not the education currently received in schools, and certainly not the education received on the football field.

The real education is in tolerance and patience and understanding, and this education is the one given in the karate training hall.

What if Austen Metcalf had learned to avoid physical confrontation? What if he had been trained to stand back at the sight of a weapon, and learned methods on how to deal with weapons without being stabbed.

One can’t guarantee, but Austen would at least have had an advantage.

About the Author: Al Case is the webmaster of Monster Martial Arts, where one can learn a variety of martial arts quickly and easily through video instruction. Parents who are interested in protecting their children should simly type ‘Matrix Karate: White Belt’ into their Amazon Search Box.