It is also the quaint little town where Clint Eastwood was mayor for a time.
Posted on 05/24/2025 1:24:59 PM PDT by DFG
California police are looking for a man who allegedly tried to attack a 13-year-old girl but ended up with a broken ankle after she fought him off with jiu-jitsu.
The incident unfolded on May 6 at Carmel-by-the-Sea as the girl was walking home, according to Michael Blackburn, her jiu-jitsu instructor, who spoke with KSBW-TV.
“Halfway home, a gentleman was standing in between two cars, and he stepped out to punch her in the face,” said Blackburn.
The girl reacted by using the jiu-jitsu training she had undertaken for three years in Blackburn’s classes at the Carmel Youth Center.
“She punched him, she wrapped it, got him in a headlock, kneed him a couple of times, spun him around, threw him on the ground,” Blackburn said. “And she had stepped on his foot doing all this, and when she threw him to the ground, she broke his ankle.”
The girl then ran home and is safe with her family.
The man, however, got away.
The girl's identity is being withheld from the public for her safety, given that the man is still at large. Carmel Police Dept. Commander Todd Trayer said that police have a sketch of what the man is believed to look like.
“The person was acting unusual, like potentially under the influence of something or dealing with some other personal issues,” said Trayer.
Blackburn went on to say he was grateful his student was able to defend herself.
“I told her we were proud of her, and she did exactly what she was supposed to do,” he added. “You have to fight in class like you’re going to protect yourself on the street.”
Carmel-by-the-Sea is a tourist location on the central coast with only about 2,300 residents.
The police sketch and the Blackburn interview can be viewed on the KSBW news video on YouTube.
She broke his ankle but he got away?
She is very fortunate ... Girl power is usually useless ...
Too bad she did not have Glock 29 skills. The world would be a better place.
Well, in caulifourkneeyuh, she’d have gone to jail.
No video and no witness.......🤔. How are we sure the perks ankle is/was broken. Had one and when it happened, hopping was about the only option. No running or walking.
Not very gentlemanly.
Worked ok in the Man With The Golden Gun scene at the karate studio.
He left the his x-rays at the scene, mkay?
Seems this is all based on the 13 year old girl’s account, as told by her instructor. No witnesses. Nice commercial for his school... IMHO, take it with a huge grain of salt.
Free advertisement. Smart judo school business owner. Wonder if it was a set-up. A lot of those going around these days.
I’d really like for the cops to catch this guy, either at an ER or whatever.
Not saying this is the case because I wouldn’t know, but here in my neck of the woods there’s been more than one staged martial arts incident, one perpetrated by someone I knew personally, back in the day.
It would be a much happier ending for the cops to announce a suspect with a broken ankle.
It is also the quaint little town where Clint Eastwood was mayor for a time.
I would imagine and HOPE that everyone around that gym are on alert as now if the creep isn’t homeless and sees/hears the news, he knows where to look for the girl AGAIN... Great job!!!!
Sounds like a promotion for the guy’s jiu jitsu school.
If it really happened and the “attacker” hasn’t been caught she would have no idea if his ankle was broken or if she just hurt it a bit. Who has time to stop and diagnose a guy who just attacked out of nowhere?
And, the press would be interviewing her and her parents who might mention the training, but I don’t think the press would be primarily interviewing the jiu jitsu instructor without mom and dad.
At least he was a gentleman.
I would think a police would have been filed. The damaged @nkle? The fact he didn’t pursue her and she may have stomped her ankle leads to the broken ankle.
Um, it's a little more than that. The median home price is $3,675,000.
No “gentleman” attacks a young girl.. Who writes this stuff?
Good for her, using the defensive training!
Look for a limping,”scumbag man.”
Went there on vacation. Husband almost bought a very nice house near
Clint Eastwood’s for about $150,000.. Long ago, probably that pricey now.
Carmel is truly a wonderful place to live or even visit. You can drive down to gorgeous Big Sur along the Pacific Coast Highway.
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