By Jonathan Clements
I found myself on a plane to Japan once, sitting next to a man who was something big in the martial arts. He explained that he used to be a nightclub bouncer, and that he wanted to stop fights without getting hurt. It was only after his martial arts training began that he applied what he was learning there to situations in his workplace. He could see a fight brewing and take away the fuel that could make it start in the first place. He learned how to pick troublemakers from the crowd, before they even entered the club, and he started to experiment with ways of talking them away from violent intent. After a few years, he left his old job and became a police negotiator. He’s now the guy on speed dial when there’s a ...
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