I consider my art to be hugely effective, I have pressure tested
it to the full. I have worked my art on numerous occasions in
real situations, so I can look at these minor altercations and let
them go, knowing that I am letting the other guy off. It doesn't
matter to me that he might think he has put one over on me,
backed me down or that I have bottled it. I don't care what he
thinks, or anyone else for that matter. I know the truth, I know
that if forced I would have hurt that person very badly.
If displacement is in your face and you can't walk away, if
your can't avoid, escape, dissuade, posture, loophole etc., then
you may be forced to exercise your right to self-defence.
Your karma will then be good and you will only be doing
what you have to do. Perhaps as Benny 'the jet' Urquidiz
suggested to me last year, they were sent by God for a lesson.
Whatever the reason, you know that justification was your
ally and that's enough.