On August 21, a 17-year-old girl was brutally killed in Duivendrecht while cycling home in the middle of the night (NOS). Such incidents inevitably make front-page news. But behind the headlines lies a broader reality: most women murdered in the Netherlands are not killed by a stranger in the street, but by someone they knew …
In the world of self-defense, many schools emphasize smooth techniques and ideal scenarios, but the harsh truth is that real-life violence rarely plays by those rules. Whether it’s a chokehold, a knife threat, or a sudden ambush, attackers bring aggression, resistance, and unpredictability—factors that cannot be countered with techniques alone. This is where the Kalah …
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