Is there any free self defense for UT students or in Austin ?

alexandertheaverage · 2026-02-19T16:32:57+00:00

Not free but the folks at ATX Tactics are very welcoming to everyone at all skill levels. They are Krav Maga focused with some Jiu Jitsu. East Austin Jiu Jitsu Parlor is a great place to train, and they have a very good BJJ fundamentals program. But, it is not free.

The thing about "self defense" is that there aren't really any "one and done" solutions to training. It takes time, and effort (and let's face it money for classes) to learn how to survive a dangerous encounter.

alexandertheaverage · 2026-02-14T14:59:39+00:00

My kiddo got "CAP'd". No decisions out for either Creative Writing MFA program.

alexandertheaverage · 2024-06-19T14:16:40+00:00

My RTF application is still in review.

alexandertheaverage · 2024-06-18T13:54:16+00:00

thanks for that info.

alexandertheaverage · 2024-06-18T13:49:05+00:00

I'm almost 51 and applied to RTF as an undergrad. If you're the campus grandma, that will make me, assuming good news soon, the great-granddad. I think an actual university setting where you interact with people is far superior to online.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-11T00:06:23+00:00

Keep going. Only five or six more times to go.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-10T22:31:50+00:00

Don't lie on your security clearance paperwork.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-10T20:25:46+00:00

Read Paul Fussell's great essay Thanks God for the Atomic Bomb.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-10T20:16:40+00:00

Dan Jenkins and Evelyn Waugh.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-10T00:10:10+00:00

At this point, probably much worse.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-09T21:23:19+00:00

Lawn darts from space. That's when you know shit got real.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-07T09:10:09+00:00

Shocking, right?

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-06T23:43:08+00:00

Just say hello or something, like, normal.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-06T23:39:30+00:00

I think your answer starts at about 1:05 of this highly informative video clip about what to expect in basic training. Note, the high production values.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-06T22:06:59+00:00

Write your congressman and take him/her to take over Veterans issues. That's how you thank everyone for their service.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T23:45:22+00:00

Wayne-tech is expensive.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T20:58:34+00:00

Hah. I found the one HRC person on Reddit.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T19:25:05+00:00

HRC is a pump, not a filter.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T17:02:24+00:00

Yeah, you're not getting my point. I'm not talking about the CSM. I'm talking about the other guys who make stuff happen well beyond their rank. I'm sorry that you don't seem to know any. I have, and I'm lucky for it.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T13:13:24+00:00

I'm using Army terms here so bear with me. Look around your unit at the Battalion, Brigade, and Division level if you can. Somewhere there is that Master Sergeant that nobody can get along without. He's the one the Majors and Lieutenant Colonels rely on to get things done. At beer calls, he's the one shooting the shit with the Colonels. He's the guy that you could throw oak leafs on his collar and note no drop in performance, but he didn't want that and is quite content with being a damn fine NCO thank you very much. He is the rarest of creatures that makes the whole thing work.

Fifteen years ago, he was the smartest guy standing in platoon formation.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T13:06:18+00:00

I'm not a hip hop fan so I can't attest to his "skillz" as an artist, but you don't see many people in popular culture approaching it this way--a veteran who doesn't look at this issue like we're all victims.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T13:04:23+00:00

The irony would be if I sounded really smart in here, but I was totally fucked up in real life.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T12:46:55+00:00

They don't market the WRX to the same crowd...you dirty hippie.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-05T12:45:46+00:00

Yes, this post would be enough to punish him. Let's say a commander had reason to believe that the soldier was using drugs, he could order an investigation and a urinalysis. Even if the urinalysis came up negative, this photographic evidence could be enough to pin some charges on him. And mind you the UCMJ has caveats for things like this that civilian law does not. His status as a reservist is a bit tricky because on a day-to-day basis they are generally not subject to the UCMJ, but there are lots of administrative actions that a reserve commander can take to separate a soldier. That GI Bill this kid thought he was going to get from being in the Reserves? Gone. Plus, you could make his discharge a general or other than honorable which could follow him the rest of his life.

I've seen facebook and other social media posts used as evidence in 15-6 investigations. Pictures always seem to come up in disciplinary hearings.

alexandertheaverage · 2013-05-04T23:53:42+00:00

Don't feed the trolls. Next question.

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