Am I the only one that decides I need to start lifting weights and learn more DT after watching the news?

We've had numerous Police involved shootings up here recently which is always an eye opener, but yesterday (or the day before) a state patrol officer was attacked by someone in a "stalled" vehicle.  The suspect attempted to choke the officer out, luckily some good sameritns were driving by and stopped to assist the officer.

Anyhow, here's an article on the situation...

http://www.komotv.com/stories/32809.htm

Do any of you take any sort of martial arts?  Or have partners/friends who do?  I'm probably looking more into the grappling arena rather than something like kick boxing as the ground is where real fights always end up.

Stay safe brothers