[kato13]

When I was younger and studying martial arts, every time I got injured I would tell myself I was doing this to protect my future daughters. Still don't have any kids, but I know I would be an over protective dad. Which is exactly the way it should be IMHO.

A funny protective dad story. When I was 20 I was dating a girl of Chinese decent whose father didn't want her dating at all. My being non Chinese did not help. At that time I felt no man could take me down due to the fact I had trained for a long time, was in my peak physical condition and filled with a feeling of youthful invulnerability.

She mentioned to me that if he caught us together he would probably want to fight with me. I wasn't scared but I asked some basic "know your enemy" questions. "Oh he knows how to fight from the army" was the first detail I got out of her. Didn't phase me, figured it was basic training or such.

A few weeks later I found out he was some type of instructor in the Taiwanese army. Ok getting a little nervous. Hopefully some type of non combat instructor. After a little more digging. Nope former Taiwanese Special Forces martial arts instructor.

She was lucky I really liked her or I would have bolted right then. Aggressive Special Forces martial arts instructors protecting their daughters can be quite intimidating.

We broke up several month later without any incidents. Later on I actually helped her get away from a semi-abusive boyfriend. After that and her father respected me for protecting her. Still friends with him and her til this day.

I'm lucky I never had to fight him. I sparred with him once. 15 years after the incident I still cannot figure out exactly how he got me in that hold.