TX media asks: ''Could Self Defense Have Saved A Texas Woman From Capture?

In the wake of the kidnapping (and eventual murder) of a Walmart employee as she walked to her car, one Texas television station is pondering how things might have been different if the victim were capable of defending herself.

Strangely, however, even in Texas, the media just can't bring itself to mention the one self-defense option that might really have made a difference.

From the story:

Surveillance video from the Wal-Mart parking lot clearly shows an attacker running at Holden from behind.

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That video has local residents wondering if Holden could have done anything to protect herself.

A local Karate instructor says every woman, and even men, should take a self-defense class.

John Liles is a sixth-degree black belt and teaches at Lubbock Karate. As the father of two daughters, he says he feels better knowing both his daughters have learned self-defense techniques.

"The techniques are so easy to apply anybody can do it," he says. "It doesn`t matter how big you are, how small you are, your strength plays no factor in it."

Liles also advises that you should walk with your car keys in your hand. That way, you can also use them as a weapon.

What the media has also reported, but failed to investigate, is why the attacker visibly targeted at least two other victims in the Wal-Mart, but then backed off:

Police: Alleged Attacker Made 'Several Other Attempts' Before Picking Out Victim

What made Johnny Lee Williams decide these two people made unattractive targets? Did they, perhaps, appear as though they might have been armed?

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I'm 5'2" and after taking martial arts for 3 years (after being raped, as a way of preventing it happening again) I learned that a 5'2" female martial artist is no match for a 6'2" male martial artist, and other assorted real limitations of martial arts. So I got a gun and learned to shoot and got my concealed carry permit.

Walmart kidnapping/ murder suspect apprehended, thanks to armed citizen