Yesterday I walked into my appartment on the ground floor. When I got in there was a burglar standing right in front of me. I was flabbergasted he looked scared. I told him: who are you? Get out! I stepped back and he walked through the front door talking gibberish or a language I didn't understand. I still wasn't 100% realising what was going on. When he walked through the hallway towards the entrance door of the building I grabbed his arm out of instinct. I'm a judo blackbelt and have 4 years of boxing experience as well. Instead of throwing this guy to the ground or punching. I just let him go as he was looking anxiously at me and back at the door a couple times. He didn't steal anything right when he got inside I entered the room. I rang the police and my family. They also said why didn't you stop him at first. I don't know what to think about the situation I want to ask some people with self defense experience on how I handled this situation was I smart to not escelate or should i have stopped him? are there things i could have done differently. What should i know if this happens another time. He did have a chisel on him the investigators said which he tried to force the door open with. When he was standing in front of me he was only carrying his phone.
Submitted March 29, 2026 at 05:27PM by No_Formal_9210 https://ift.tt/VsFdl78
