Good points, folks. When I was in repo, I was VERY observant but as mentioned I couldn't "tell" people squat. My assailant had a sledge hammer handle not a sledge hammer. Jim will recognize what I did with footwork as it is Bujinkan. I moved from shizen no kamae (natural posture feet about shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent, hands at side) into ichimonji no kamae off the line of attack. My assailant would have had to take another step to reach me with his swing and I could have "tried" to move off the new line of attack while firing.
Taking an LEO would have been wonderful. Unfortunately, at that time in Georgia doing so took about two hundred bucks and about six weeks to arrange. Often that would make the repo unprofitable or impossible as the person would have moved.
I eventually got burned out doing this. My reaction to threats became "do it." With that attitude it was only a matter of time before I went to prison for illegal force. I changed carreers
