Martial-arts Conversation that Evolved into Sparring that got "very rough"

**PizDoff** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 2:14am

Second man sentenced in martial-arts attack

One of the two men involved in a September 2009 martial-arts altercation at the Menlo Park train station received a sentence of 40 days in San Mateo County jail in an April 27 appearance before Superior Court Judge Susan Etezadi, prosecutors said.

Robert Eugene Davis, 22, who had pleaded "no contest" to felony assault charges in February, will receive one day credit for time already served and must pay $75 a month for three years of supervised probation, according to a report by Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

Mr. Davis must also abstain from alcoholic beverages, undergo chemical testing, submit a DNA sample, attend counseling, pay $280 in fines, pay the victims restitution of a yet to be determined amount, and submit to warrantless search and seizure by police, prosecutors said.

The victims were two men who had taken the train from a Giants baseball game and had gotten off in Menlo Park. Also getting off the train there were Mr. Davis and his co-defendant and judo champion Matthew Walker, who engaged one of the victims in a martial-arts conversation that evolved into sparring that got "very rough," prosecutors said.

That victim said he wanted to stop but Mr. Walker continued and "severely beat" him, prosecutors said. (Mr. Walker received a six-month jail sentence in February that included penalties similar to those handed down to Mr. Davis.)

Mr. Davis took a cell phone from the second man who, seeing what was happening to his friend, tried to capture the fight on video, prosecutors said.

The man under attack by Mr. Walker suffered a broken leg. The man attacked by Mr. Davis was knocked unconscious. Both men had facial lacerations, prosecutors said.
http://www.almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=6539

Note to self: Avoid martial arts conversations with random people on the public transit.

**pauli** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 7:01am

note to self: avoid public transit.

**gregaquaman** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 7:15am

I worked a venue once where a guy got set on fire over the Ford Vs Holden debate

**Ka-Bar** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 8:18am

Judo wins again?

**Ming Loyalist** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 8:40am

Originally Posted by Ka-Bar

Judo wins again?

more than you know... the guy who got his leg broken was an aikidoka.

i guess the judoka didn't grab his wrist!

**Kovacs** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 9:13am

Unlucky. I usually find myself talking to LAPRing nerds who enthuse about RBSD and then get upset when I won't help them 'demonstrate' techniques in the middle of a pub or party.

**Conde Koma** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 7:10pm

not that i like/feel sorry for the aikido dude, but walker should have stopped when asked. if it's clear that you've already beat the guy, there's no point in injuring him. if aikido-guy wants to be denialist about it, there's nothing to be done anyway.

**patfromlogan** · Posted On: 4/29/2010 7:51pm

Originally Posted by Conde Koma

not that i like/feel sorry for the aikido dude, but walker should have stopped when asked. if it's clear that you've already beat the guy, there's no point in injuring him. if aikido-guy wants to be denialist about it, there's nothing to be done anyway.

Probably has something to do with him getting six months in the slammer. He acted as a criminal and Kono would be ashamed. Either you are a sick **** ego chip on shoulder testosterone poisoned sadistic creep or you are a ma and use as little force or violence as possible.