Word: choking
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...choke me!" barks instructor Darren Levine to one of his students, a wiry lieutenant with the Los Angeles police department. The officer obliges and pays the price. Lightning fast, Levine breaks free and delivers a kick to his opponent's groin. The officer doubles over, only to be greeted by a sharp knee jab to his face. While the exercise is a simulation, Levine's students are nonetheless wide-eyed...
Students learn how to channel natural "fight or flight" reactions into swift defensive tactics meant to subdue the bad guy, summoning in a heartbeat what Levine calls a winning warrior spirit. They escape from choke holds and bear hugs, wrestle away weapons, fight on the ground and fend off multiple attackers. Anything goes, including groin kicks, elbow jabs, head butts, hair pulling, biting and eye gouging. "There are no rules," explains Levine, an L.A. County prosecutor and the highest-ranking American instructor in Krav Maga. "If it's illegal in boxing, we're doing...
...Choke beautiful, CHOKE beautiful" were Steve Wong's description of one of the ballad's performed. I couldn't have said it better myself. ("choke beautiful" meaning "totally beautiful.") During the dance, I glanced around the packed room and there was literally a glow on the faces of the audience as they watched the slow ballad. The audience was mesmerized by the graceful, lyrical movements of the hula dancers hands, the rhythmic sways, their radiant smiles, set to the beautiful and haunting lyrics of Keali'i Reichel and a sole acoustic guitar. Later, the tempo picked up with the resounding...
...Boston resident reported that at 11:50 p.m., a man dropped coffee on the floor at the church on Mt. Auburn Street After she cleaned it up, she asked him to pick up the cup. He got mad and said he could choke the life out of her. He appeared intoxicated...
...nobody can ever convince me that it's unfair to suspend someone a full year for choking his coach. And as for the Warriors' actions, would any other company hesitate to terminate someone who tried to choke his boss...