What would you do if confronted by two masked robbers wielding a samurai sword and an ax? Us? We'd give them everything they want, then run.

Not U.K. jeweler John Bradley, who refused to allow the two thieves rob his store, fending them off with his bare hands.

In amazing footage released by Bradley in a bid to capture the crooks you'll see the armed men burst into his shop, Dot the Jewellers in Saltaire, in a bid to make off with the over-$300,000 worth of valuables it houses.

But the 40-year-old fought back. After pushing the robber with the sword and disarming him, Bradley fell through glass cabinets in the scuffle before chasing the pair out of the store, empty-handed, with their own weapon.

Keep reading for the footage and an interview with new Asylum legend John Bradley.


Mr. Bradley, a married father of two, sustained a minor hand injury that required surgery, during the incident.

He told the Daily Mail, "I can take comfort in the fact that there was a little bit of justice dished out on the day. You have two choices if this sort of thing happens: A) Stand there and get attacked by a couple of men and watch them ruin your livelihood, or B) Do something about it.

"I don't want to live in a world where people think they can get away with this. At the very least, if nobody is convicted maybe people like that will think twice about coming into my shop."