Lethal Street Fighting

[Gunthr]

This is something that we should all know how to do.  I am not a normally aggressive person.  But I have had my prettythang significantly kicked before.  I would like to know what YOU have learned.

[Roundeye]

Walk softly and carry plenty of ammo.

[Rollins]

Learned and used:
Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu










Can't wait to use:

Knife.

In.

Buttcrack.
 

[gunnss]

38 years of hitting pepole with sticks in the SCA,

In that time, one store robber intimidated into surrender, one ethnic wedding after riot quashed (A specific ethnic group celebrates the wedding reception with a fight between the groom and brides family and friends, the bigger the fight the better the marrage, one such spilled over on one of our medieval parties) one knife attack stopped, one really fun bar fight in Tiejeras NM between rounds of a tourney (Best flash scene of the fight, a bruiser tried to sucker punch me in the gut, but I had a steel breast plate on under my sweat shirt[Grin]) and one rowdy drunk "Encouraged" into the pond.

Nothing ever life threatening but a lotta fun had by all,
Kevin

[Mr No Name]

Get with the technology... Gunpowder has been around for ages now.

[lazs2]

you can't win a fight unless you know you are in a fight.

lazs

[indy007]

Wrestling, muay thai, judo, and brazilian jiujitsu. Fun stuff to pass along to the children.

Not a substitute for my 9mm, but very nice to have.

edit: It really doesn't matter what you know, as long as you know something, and train that something in a full-resistance environment. Anything but full-speed, full-resistance is just man-dancing (like most Aikido).

[Jackal1]

I would like to know what YOU have learned.

I have learned when it comes to street fighting that to have any chance of survival you must have a female in the 85 to 90 pound range on your side. She must have the  physical measurements equal to that of a broomstick to be most effective.
They are good to take down anywhere from 5 to 20 male attackers of great physical stature no matter how heavily they are armed.
I learned all of this from movies and TV shows.

[CAP1]

This is something that we should all know how to do.  I am not a normally aggressive person.  But I have had my uncle significantly kicked before.  I would like to know what YOU have learned.

easiest thing? don't be in the areas where you're gonna hafta worrty about that.

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[Swoop]

The most useful thing I know:  When you're about to smack someone, ask them a question.....any question.....just before you do.  And then aim for the nut sacks.

[SpazMan]

Haven't been in a fight since 1990. Since I received my pistol permit, I carry my 9mm just in case..

[storch]

This is something that we should all know how to do.  I am not a normally aggressive person.  But I have had my uncle significantly kicked before.  I would like to know what YOU have learned.

funny you should pose this question, I wasn't going to share this here because of the negative responses these types of machoy posts tend to draw. in any event here it is.  just recently (maybe six weeks ago) I left a service call on NW 199 st and NW 60 ave not too far from county line/honey hill road at a private residence in a not too shabby residential neighborhood.  as I was travelling southbound on NW67 ave in the middle lane when a little japanese car came from my right side cut in front of me and stopped so abruptly that even though I was standing on the brakes I hit his rear end.  in the next instant the driver of the car opened my door and pounded me with five or six punches to my face, closing my left eye.  as I removed my seat belt I pivoted in my seat and kicked him squarely in the chest, pushing him out from on top of me.  I exited the vehicle and squared up on the assailant who then ran back to his car.  as I proceeded to chase him out of my right periphery I see a crouched/running figure running from the assailant's car toward the back of my truck.  at that point I drew my revolver.  when the other assailant came around the back of the truck and saw my weapon he started screaming in spanish that I had a gun and immediately turned and fled back to his car.  as I turned about the first assailant who was most likely returning to strike me from behind was now running towards his car as well.  I held my fire.  they jumped into their car and drove away.  in doing so my truck starts to putt putt away from me because I never put the transmission on park after the impact.  at that point I had to sprint (as it were) to catch the truck and jump in.  I'm thanking god for those nerf bars on that truck.

what have I learned?  well a lifetime of martial arts training and shooting did little for me in that instant.  I thought myself as always maintaining pretty fair situational awareness I now see that I thought far too highly about myself and my ability.  I now no longer wear a seatbelt as I lost too much time fumbling with the release mechanisim under duress.  I now lock my doors at all times.  I learned that at 52 years of age I can still take punches to the face in a hostile confrontation and that my fat bellybutton can still sprint if the need arises.

[indy007]

If you could respond intelligently after taking 6 unanswered punches to the face, that guy hit like a girl.

[Kanth]

Glock 26.

[SpazMan]

funny you should pose this question, I wasn't going to share this here because of the negative responses these types of machoy posts tend to draw. in any event here it is.  just recently (maybe six weeks ago) I left a service call on NW 199 st and NW 60 ave not too far from county line/honey hill road at a private residence in a not too shabby residential neighborhood.  as I was travelling southbound on NW67 ave in the middle lane when a little japanese car came from my right side cut in front of me and stopped so abruptly that even though I was standing on the brakes I hit his rear end.  in the next instant the driver of the car opened my door and pounded me with five or six punches to my face, closing my left eye.  as I removed my seat belt I pivoted in my seat and kicked him squarely in the chest, pushing him out from on top of me.  I exited the vehicle and squared up on the assailant who then ran back to his car.  as I proceeded to chase him out of my right periphery I see a crouched/running figure running from the assailant's car toward the back of my truck.  at that point I drew my revolver.  when the other assailant came around the back of the truck and saw my weapon he started screaming in spanish that I had a gun and immediately turned and fled back to his car.  as I turned about the first assailant who was most likely returning to strike me from behind was now running towards his car as well.  I held my fire.  they jumped into their car and drove away.  in doing so my truck starts to putt putt away from me because I never put the transmission on park after the impact.  at that point I had to sprint (as it were) to catch the truck and jump in.  I'm thanking god for those nerf bars on that truck.

what have I learned?  well a lifetime of martial arts training and shooting did little for me in that instant.  I thought myself as always maintaining pretty fair situational awareness I now see that I thought far too highly about myself and my ability.  I now no longer wear a seatbelt as I lost too much time fumbling with the release mechanisim under duress.  I now lock my doors at all times.  I learned that at 52 years of age I can still take punches to the face in a hostile confrontation and that my fat bellybutton can still sprint if the need arises.

Sounds like you were lucky not to be seriously hurt. I bet my paycheck they were in this country illlegally...