crouching shopper- hidden dragon

[Tea Cake]

so here I sit with my skater-girl cap pulled low to my eyes some simple brown-leather sandals on my feet( and Summer clothes!!!).

<<--In that last thread(OMG-Fight) there was some talk of being confronted while out about non-violence as a way to deal:

when confronted by a threatening situation



non-violence is a style that can involve motion.

----FIRST: Presence. This is judgment to
preventing conflict in the first place.

---SECOND: If you feel the beginning of a "situation" be aware of your Stance--

-protect your center of gravity and keep your
shoulder-line perpendicular to WHOEVER.

----THIRD: Begin controlling the space between you and whoever...hopefully by moving away from
them...keeping out of arms reach...awareness sharpened.

---people seek a training-style to learn to gracefully deal "within arms reach"

-- there are interesting things to be learned about this.

These take daily determination to learn.


FROM the book of PEACE:

"Seeing me before him the enemy attacks,
but by then I am standing safely behind him"

Hi Lorna,

Regarding the waiting for a train in Penn Station... hurray for NY's finest!

Beauty

Indeed!

In fact I think I want to join them. So I am taking the NYC police test this summer! Wish me luck...

--- And by the way Lorna, I think you would make a very cute cop-lady,--------bye for now and I hope you all have a fun weekend---
-------------- Tc

[Beauty]

Hi Tea-cake

Excellent!!! Congrats on getting out en femme!!!

I know the red-one piece you're talking about, but I don't understand what you mean regarding how it helped you walk?

Regardless, YAY!!!!

Good for you for getting out and about!!!

Beauty

[Tea Cake]

HI Be,
The thing I remember most about that photo is your cool-pose---it MAKES that shot great.
---I guess I imagine STANCE TO AVOID CONFLICT as being like that
---not that exact way of standing but more the idea of choosing how you stand to use the power of body-language.
---I might be hard to follow on this

----( can you post that picture here???)
---I wonder if Deborah can teach us all self-defense in a Vogue-style?
(now that would be cooool)
--------------------- Tea-cake

[Loretta Ann]

Tea-cake wrote;

---not that exact way of standing but more the idea of choosing how you stand to use the power of body-language

I know of that of which you speak. I have never heard anyone attempt to describe it before, but it is very powerful, and stops most people in there tracks, I think the reason it works is it begins to address the issue before one finds themselves in a position, where they may feel they need to protect themselves from being humiliated, or embarrassed.

Thanks for putting it into words Tea-Cake.

[Lorna]

--- And by the way Lorna, I think you would make a very cute cop-lady----

Thanks Tea cake! And very good suggestions too! Good to remember...

That's too funny tho... imagine... if only we could go to our jobs en femme... What would Lorna be like as a cop? She'd probably be like the female officer on that show Reno 911 (on Comedy Central, its a spoof of the show COPS) ... tough one minute, but then fussing over appearance the next...

"You can't fight crime if you ain't cute!"
- Deputy Raineesha Williams, Reno 911