But wait ... there's more! - Dalvin Cook Domestic Abuse

I was singularly unimpressed with taikwando, they were all about the sport aspect not really into sparring it seems. I knew i wasnt spelling tang soo do properly btw, but I loved it and the Hapkido stuff. Been a Judo player since a kid,  and  the Hapikido was a combo of grappling and striking, really efficient fighting art. 
Gotta have realistic sparring sessions or it wont transfer. You must know how you will react when eating some heaters. 
Oughta have a thread about this stuff, i can talk all day about it and unlike football I can converse intelligently on the subject. GrandPap and my Old Man were big studiers of any martial arts. Pap was a Judo Gene LaBell disciple and the Old Man turned me on to Bruce. I really live for it. Help train some MMA guys in Hershey, great for gut reduction going against young fire eaters but my face seems to always come out a bit more smashed in. 

Hope the Dalvin situation is resolved quickly and justly, but when it is I'm going to miss the debates about whether a tag team of Rhonda Rousey, Godzilla and John Wick could kick the a$$es of Rambo, King Kong, and Bruce Lee's ghost.

"Belts are only good for holding up your pants.."

Must have missed all that. I thought the discussion was basically centered around can a smaller person with a fighters  heart and solid training hang with a bigger person with strength and speed. 
Besides, EVERYONE knows Rambo, King Kong and Bruce would own Rhonda, Godzilla and Wick. Dayuhm man, you gotsta  keep up!

For those debating Cook's strength, and what a true violent altercation might look like, see this:

Anyone remember Zac Stacy?

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This poor woman.

The worst part of domestic abuse that is often overlooked is the fear the woman goes through knowing the man she is with might kill her and there is nothing she can do to stop him. Often domestic abusers hold back quite a bit but the woman still has the fear that next time, maybe he doesn't hold back and that is the end for her.

So while you are right that Cook obviously held back either defending himself or guests or just hitting her because he was angry, we have to be careful not to let someone off simply because they didn't hit her as hard as he could (and I know that was not your intent, just clarifying for people who might not). The emotional damage is still done, whether a man gives his punch 25% or whether he puts all his weight behind a right hook.

That means regardless of how hard Cook hit/pushed/kicked or whatever this woman, the circumstances around why he did it are all that matter.