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| Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop comes to aid of woman being attacked |
| 2013-04-24 |
| h/t Instapundit A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop helped a neighbor woman escape a Tuesday morning attack by a man who had been stalking her. Kent Hendrix woke up Tuesday to his teenage son pounding on his bedroom door and telling him somebody was being mugged in front of their house. The 47-year-old father of six rushed out the door and grabbed the weapon closest to him -- a 29-inch high carbon steel Samurai sword. He came upon what he describes as a melee between a woman and a man. His son stayed inside to call 911 while he approached the man along with other neighbors who came to help. The martial arts instructor didn't hesitate in drawing the sword and yelling at him to get on the ground. "His eyes got as big as saucers and he kind of gasped and jumped back," Hendrix said by phone Tuesday afternoon. "He's probably never had anyone draw a sword on him before." Stranger than fiction |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #10 There is an Urban Legend among members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (How to recreate the Middle Ages without plagues, malnutrition, and outdoor plumbing). It's the story of Rodney the Rusty, and it goes like this: In the 1970s, Rodney once used a patch of his chain mail to help scour a kettle once. In doing so, he wore the galvanizing off the metal rings and thereby earned himself the sobriquet of Rusty. He was leaving a dinner in Chicago, in costume, wearing a cloak and carrying a costume sword under it. A mugger jumped out at him and threatened him, saying, "Want six inches of steel in your ribs?" Rodney threw back his cloak, drew his sword, and shouted, "See your six and raise you thirty!" |
| Posted by: mom 2013-04-24 18:12 |
| #9 Sounds like the premise for a graphic novel. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-24 16:16 |
| #8 The Garment and a Samurai Sword. Pretty much untouchable combination there. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-24 14:51 |
| #7 There is a time to fight... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-04-24 11:47 |
| #6 There can be only one... |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-04-24 11:07 |
| #5 Now that's a knife. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-24 08:55 |
| #4 A fourth-degree black belt in the Kishindo form of martial arts, Hendrix owns a collection of swords and weapons that he trains with, said his wife, Suzanne Hendrix. He has trained with the sword he used Tuesday for 20 years and keeps it by his bed. "Some people have bats they go to," said Hendrix. "I have my sword." |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-04-24 08:46 |
| #3 We in the good ole' USofA may soon be testing the efficacy of sporks.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-04-24 08:34 |
| #2 A very, very lucky Kent Hendrix I'd say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-24 08:06 |
| #1 Odd, I don't remember "Samurai Bishop" from SNL. Tailor, yes. Delicatessen, yes. Hotel, yes. |
| Posted by: GORT 2013-04-24 07:50 |