KAOS73183 wrote:
I don't want to add to what I imagine is going to be a bullshit thread, but I've heard that she was really abusive towards him. It actually doesn't surprise me that this is his defense. I don't know if she did anything to deserve what he did and I'm not going to defend the kid, but no one really knows what went down in their relationship.

You need to stop it. There is no excuse!! image
You said, "I don't know if she did anything to deserve what he did" . NO SHE DIDN'T. Unless he was cut and bloodied and she was still coming at him with a WEAPON....she did not deserve this. Don't you get it? There is NO EXCUSE for a man...any man....least of a martial arts expert to beat a woman.

If he was in an abusive relationship. Get the hell out. And I would only imagine it was verbally abusive. If she had abused him physically before, he would have beaten the crap out of her before. Having grown up and seen his stepfather abusing his mother (by his own admission) it was in his DNA. Of course, he could have channeled this experience differently and said, "I will never do to another woman what I saw done to my mother."