Who needs karate when you have mad medieval combat skills?

Karen Dolley woke up to find an intruder in her hallway and, being trained in the art of medieval combat, she did exactly what you'd expect. She charged the bastard and started throwing punches! After landing about 10 blows, she whipped out the stainless steel combat sword, and that's when the guy really understood the magnitude of his mistake.

She held the battle sword to his neck with one hand while dialing 911 with the other. Police had to take the robber-turned-victim to the hospital before arresting him. Nice.

Dolley said:

"He was trying to deflect my punches with his hands, I just held the knife down on him like this while he was on the floor, and I was calling 911 with the other hand. He was so out of it."

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