-...: When Teaching Stepmom Self Defense Goes Wrong

The air left his body in a single, silent whuff . He folded like a cheap lawn chair, slid off her back, and collapsed onto the pile of giraffe shards, gasping like a fish in a parking lot.

Mark, still unable to speak, gave a weak thumbs-up. When Teaching Stepmom Self Defense Goes Wrong -...

Mark thought he was being a hero. His stepmom, Claire, a 47-year-old Pilates instructor with a kind smile and a terrifyingly organized spice rack, had mentioned feeling jumpy walking the dog after dark. So, for his community college criminology project, he decided to teach her “the basics.” What could go wrong? The air left his body in a single, silent whuff