The Only Thing That Counts Is What You Can Do in Chaos

I’D NEVER BEEN ATTACKED in broad daylight like that before,” said Heggstad, now 65. “But the only thing that really counts in martial arts is what you can do in chaos.”

It didn’t take Heggstad long to recover his poise, then execute a shoulder throw on the man choking him. He hit a second man with a low roundhouse kick that crumpled him. When the rest of the would-be assailants took flight, Heggstad chased after them, laughing to himself with the realization that he probably shouldn’t be doing that.

But it was hardly the first time Heggstad found himself in perilous situations doing things he probably shouldn’t be doing, nor was