(Forenote: My wife has MS and can't stand stress or tension and would probably say it was my own fault because I didn't turn the other cheek and don't take crap from anyone)
Saturday morning walking the dog around 7am which I do most days of the week minding my own business when I notice a young lad with black jeans wearing a metallica T shirt walking down the same side of the footpath heading towards me.
I look at the dog and think he's probably been on the turps and just ignore him. As I walk past him he delibrately yells at my dog like a stupid fool, causing the dog to be panic.
I asked him what the XXX was he doing and stood up to him, he threatens me and when I don't back off he thinks twice especailly when I say go on tough guy throw a punch (he's half my age at least)
He looks around for a weapon proceeds to get a a fallen tree branch and starts swinging it at me. 20 Years of martial arts has shown me how too block stikes from a weapon with my free arm. Although I didn't strike back as I'm still trying to control the dog with my other.
Eventually as the branch dwindled in size from breaking across my arm and back he realises that he could be in the poo as I stood my ground so he runs down the road carrying what remained of the tree branch.
As I walk away up the road I notice two other similarly dressed youths (male and female) sitting of the footpath outside this house and another girl crying by the door
I ask the question if they new a guy (describing my attacker) and the girl gave me his name KH and said that he'd bashed his girlfriend and just left their house after breaking a bedroom door.
I explained what had happend and the male present apologised for his friends actions and would take care of him.
Suffice it to say this was an angry young man but obviously a coward.
I've got a few cuts and bruises across my arm and back but otherwise OK. I lied too my wife saying the dog had tripped me and I fell hitting the concrete footpath then a bush.
The delemia is do I let him get away with it to save my wife the trauma or go through the angst of reporting the incident to the police etc.
