When Teaching Stepmom Self Defense Goes Wrong Full -

"See, I grab you—you rotate your thumb toward my thumb—"

"I panicked!" she would later explain. "You said ‘if they grab you, do anything.'" when teaching stepmom self defense goes wrong full

Seeing her husband fall, Lisa panicked. The 16-year-old son, thinking this was still part of the demonstration (and being a teenager who finds chaos funny), jumped up to "help" by grabbing Lisa from behind as a "surprise attacker." "See, I grab you—you rotate your thumb toward

Mark stood in front of Lisa and said, "Okay, put your hands up. I’m going to grab your shoulders. You push my chin." I’m going to grab your shoulders

Diane told the boys to wait in the basement. Self-defense drills are private. The stepmom’s ego is more fragile than the intruder’s arm.

Lisa’s eyes widened. Adrenaline, which is a friend in a real fight but an enemy in a practice drill, flooded her system. When Mark reached out, Lisa did not execute a controlled palm strike. She performed what can only be described as a "double-handed face shove of desperation."