- And Andy, this was kind of your dream to begin with because years ago, you were attacked in a parking lot.

Tell me about that.

- Simple.

Wrong place, wrong time, you know?

- In central Illinois or?

- Yeah.

- Okay, gosh.

- Yeah, small town.

- All right, so they just, you didn't know what to do.

There you were.

- I was like everybody else.

It's maybe tough for some people to hear.

You always think, "Well, I just, you know, I can fight.

I know how to fight."

You hear a lot of people say there's fight or flight.

- [Christine] Right.

- There's a more common reaction, which is freeze.

- Uh-huh, and- - Most people freeze.

- Yeah, what do I do now?

- I froze.

It was like the brain just didn't know what to do.

And next thing I knew, it was over and I had a smashed up nose and on the pavement and- - And nobody was around in the parking lot to help you or?

- No.

- And nobody witnessed it?

- No, no, there was just three people involved.

- Gosh.

- Those two and me.

- Oh, gosh.

So at that point, you decided, were you married at the time?

- No, we hadn't even met.

This is almost 30 years ago.

- All right, so you decided, "I need to know how to take care of myself."

- Two options, be afraid the rest of my life and hope it never happens again, or do something about it.

So I started training within, well, as soon as my nose would allow me to, about two weeks, (Christine laughs) two or three weeks.

- [Christine] Sorry, I laughed, but-