That was awesome..had to print that out.
That is one of the more informative posts I have ever run across. Thanks.
This exact article was posted by Ryu on the main kung fu forum months ago!..
Here!
Originally posted by Sharp Phil
Care to elaborate on your extensive streetfighting experience, chingei?
what would you like to know?
It’s a pretty simple question. Relate for us, if you would, the number of street fights in which you’ve been a participant. Could you describe them, tell us how they worked out, what worked for you, and so forth? You’ve indicated that your experience differs from Darren’s; I’d like to hear how.
Originally posted by Sharp Phil
It’s a pretty simple question. Relate for us, if you would, the number of street fights in which you’ve been a participant. Could you describe them, tell us how they worked out, what worked for you, and so forth? You’ve indicated that your experience differs from Darren’s; I’d like to hear how.
Well, since I’m no longer a teenager I don’t keep a running tally of the number of fights I’ve been in, or the number of women I’ve bedded. Suffice to say that one is higher than I’d like and one lower than I’d like.
Just kidding. A few dozen or so I’d guess. They majority of them have worked out in my favor. A good number simply ‘ended’ when the crowd intervened, or authorities arrived, or both parties simply couldn’t be bothered any more. A handful worked out to my considerable disadvantage.
Every one ended up on the ground at some point. Every one lasted considerably longer than 10-15 seconds.
I’ve benefited quite a lot from the fact that most people become disoriented and anxious on the ground. The majority of opponents have had at least 30-50 pounds on me (some quite a lot more) and most have tended to be large drunks throwing big looping hooks.
a high threshold for pain and a slightly crazed attitude have been as useful as any particular skill in convincing folks that it ain’t gonna be their day.
Of course now I’m a cultured gentleman who abhors violence and merely engages in spirited debate to settle disagreements.
or some such ****.
Yup…CHINGEL experience is typical of how most fights end! Usually the drunk tirade attempt to kill u…and of course once it hits the ground…fellow friends or bouncers break it up!
The real dangerous ones are the one between cliques actually roused to fight. Then u have issues.
Ever seen two 40 something rednecks fight over a drunk woman? That’s when sh!t gets real serious.
Great post! Stuff like this should be mandatory reading for any martial artist. It’s amazing how all the training, street fights, etc are really no substitute for situational awareness, maturity and common sense.
in a street fight do not go defensive, attack the attack, go offensive, you deploy FIRST STRIKE and continue with a compound attack
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I think this is a very, very important point. I have never seen nor participated in a fight where the winner was passive. There was no boxing style exchange of blows. Many states have laws to determine what is or isn’t excessive force. Sometimes to the effect of “if someone strikes you once, you may strike them back once. If you strike twice, you are now the agressor”. So be it. You all know the famous saying…
… Better to be Big Earls b!tch than carried by six.
Better to be Big Earls b!tch than carried by six.
That’s outstanding.
For anyone interested I came across a site with some video clips. One of them shows a pretty good example of a street assault. It shows two aggitated guys face to face, at some point 2 friends of one of the parties show up. They start to talk to the second party, as he turns to them you can see the first guy start to lean back, then he just unloads with an elbow. It’s fast, it’s brutal and it shows how quickly things can go wrong if you aren’t aware and put yourself in a bad situation. It’s a real player file, not sure how big it is (loads in a couple seconds with a cable modem):
http://www.fighttraining.net/Fight_clips/HUMOR/street_fight.rm