{"id":2017,"date":"2022-12-23T14:33:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kapap.info\/over-ons\/brief-van-een-student\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T05:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:10:47","slug":"letter-from-a-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kapap.info\/en\/about-us\/letter-from-a-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from a student"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2017\" class=\"elementor elementor-2017 elementor-110\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81bf8cf wrapper e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"81bf8cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdd8b4d e-con-full content e-con\" data-id=\"fdd8b4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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student<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>    <\/nav>\n          <style>\n                <\/style>\n    \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78bf6e e-con-full column2 e-con\" data-id=\"b78bf6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14eb721 subpage-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14eb721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Letter from a student\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77fb57a cblock paragraph1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77fb57a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>Avi and William.<\/p><p>I hope this finds all of you most well.<br \/><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">I want to drop you a line to thank each of you again for the excellent training I received during the Kapap Level 1 training course in Curacao February 2007.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">From this training I felt that I had come away with a basic understanding of some of your advanced fighting techniques.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">While I enjoy rugby and keep myself in good shape I am certainly not a great hand at close quarters fighting.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">Your training gave me a strong sense of self control in stressed situations which I believe has been in-valuable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">Recently Helen and I were having a dinner party in our home with 3 guests, similar to the BBQ dinner we had with you in 2007. See attached photos.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">While sitting on the front porch after dinner 2 masked and armed men entered the house from the backyard and attempted to take over the house.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">Your training played a major roll in reacting to the situation. Things like, line of fire, control of weapon, then control of assailant, were foremost in my mind, also that civilians should escape the killing zone at first opportunity, however soldiers must stay in it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">I don\u2019t think I did everything exactly as trained, however because of your outstanding training I was not overwhelmed, which allowed me to act fast and bring the attack to them, before they gained complete control. As a result the armed men turned and ran, and my guests escaped.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">I have attached the local news article (in Papiamento). It is not a proper description of what happened as I says we were taken hostage, which we were not. Nonetheless the result was acceptable as no-one was hurt and the assailants only just escaped.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">While I was working in South Africa in October 2009 a very good friend of mine was shot dead in very similar circumstances while having dinner at the home of couple I know in Johannesburg.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">I am lost for words, and just wanted to sincerely thank you again for the exposure to these most valuable life saving skills.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">It was my honor to meet you guys and I will certainly be attending another course.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">Best best always,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.2em;\">-Paul Roberts<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us About us subnav Over ons What we do History Our team Letter from a student What we do History Our team Letter from a student Letter from a student Avi and William. 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