Facing Abductor, Girls Proved Martial Arts Training {10 year olds whup teacher]

Washington Post ^ | October 4, 2005 | By Jamie Stockwell and Tom Jackman, Washington Post Staff Writers

[aculeus]

When the masked man attacked them inside their bedroom in the middle of the night Sunday, the twin 10-year-old girls responded just as they had been taught in their martial arts class: They fought back.

The commotion woke their parents, who rushed in and thought they recognized the tall, ponytailed intruder. The girls' father whacked him with the base of a table lamp and yanked off part of his mask. As the intruder ran from the Vienna townhouse, the parents were pretty sure it was "Andy," an instructor at Mountain Kim Martial Arts studio in Vienna, where their daughters take classes every week, the mother told police.

Hours later, Andrew Jacobs, 42, a part-time instructor at the studio who holds a black belt, was arrested at the brick house he shares with his sister, not far from the girls' home. Yesterday, he appeared in court, with a black eye and bruises on his face, on charges of assault, attempted abduction and burglary. A judge ordered him held without bond.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Roger that.

[varyouga]

What's even more funny is that I'm 99% sure I saw this guy in one of the DC protest photos wearing a DemocraticUnderground shirt.

I'm trying to find that photo but I think it's hidden in the DUmp.

[bigmac0707]

"Never trust a BALD man with a pony tail... "

Now that you mention it, I've always been a little suspicious of Gallagher... what with his apparent hatred for melon-type fruits, and multi-colored suspenders...

[gieriscm]

Unfortunate that this father didn't believe in adequately protecting his family by obtaining the proper training in, and owning, firearms.

That was the first thought my husband and I had when we saw this on the news a few nights ago. Heck with martial arts - any intruder found in my daughter's bedroom is going to end up ventilated!

[OKSooner]

Oh, now that's real smart. Let your kids go to a martial arts skool where some dude who looks like this is a teacher. Glad it worked out the way it did, but still...

[JZelle]

Is that James Taylor??

[pageonetoo]

My oldest daughter works in security at a conference center. She is raising a 4 year old son, and he already wants to be a cop. He wants to be able to take care of mommie...

These girls are lucky. The thing that saved them is their bedroom sharing. When the other girl woke, she screamed. The screams brought daddy, and whack goes the lamp. I recommend a 9mm... but in Vienna, VA, they probably allow that!

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[petro45acp]

"Never trust a man with a pony tail."

Wow!

So simple, and if it ain't true, it oughtta be!

Cheers!
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[pageonetoo]

oops ...but in Vienna, VA, they probably DON'T allow that!

[JamesP81]

The high level belts in my daughter's class are all kids, since it is a kid's class. So I'm sure you'll agree, given your own experience, that there is no way even a very well trained kid can overpower an adult who is determined to do her harm.

You're right. It would be very unlikely. I'm not the baddest news martial artist that ever lived, but I can hold my own, and I don't do well against my instructor. Although, I do have my moments :)

[RobertP]

To heck with a lamp, had it been my house, the only thing this guy would have got is both barrels of a Stevens 311A 12 gauge double barrel shotgun loaded with #4 buckshot in the face.

[dsc]

Kind of a combination reality/makeover show.

[WIladyconservative]

"Please let me go I don't like that."

They teach them to be polite? I'd teach the kids to yell "Get the F*** away from me!!"

Nothing brings adults running faster than kids yelling obscenities!

[pageonetoo]

"Never trust a man with a pony tail."

...that could be partially true. I wore one for a while. I was living away from the world, and it grew. I guess it was a rebellion, or something. I got laid more often then... and less after I cut it. Hmmmmmmm... I was still the same guy... but the girls loved to run their fingers through MY hair!

[cspackler]

Ain't that Freakshow's brother?

Bad Harold and Kumar reference...

[Maceman]

They teach them to be polite?

It doesn't sound so polite when a kid is screaming it at the top of her lungs, which is how they practice it.

But I take your point.

[jboot]

Vienna is in Virginia, not DC. Here all gun purchases, including handgun purchases, are cash-n'-carry.

Ya gotta love this state.

[dsc]

Is that from the hacker's dictionary? The only mullet I know of swim in the ocean, and are tasty.

[dsc]

"and less after I cut it."

Yes, there are some women who are attracted to womanly hair on a man. Maybe some day some woman will tell me why.