Fighting..

[shiato storm]

Originally posted by Howard
....I would most likely defend myself even if it requires me to release some adrenaline and take some drastic action :|

or some potent pheromone to ward off would be attackers...I've found that works equally well...!

[Theo]

...or to attract would-be "attackers"...

[Richie]

Originally posted by Theo
Funny how we're geeks, but we're all really hard, isn't it?

LOL, how true


Not been in a fight since leaving school. Had a couple of ppl trying to be aggresive in clubs but it dont come to much.... Guess being 6'6'' tends to help calm things down a bit.


As to the above quote - Dont see myself as "hard". As mentioned, not been in a real fight for a LOT of years and TBH I dont know how I would TRUELY react if it came to it so I cant comment on how things would turn out i.e. would i be "hard" or would I run ?.... I dont know and noone really does until they have been in the situation.

[Russ]

as you know, i get <annoyed> easily, and aint 1 to say "oh well, we are all different", so i end up rippin it out of some one untill they wanna fight, but most people i know wouldnt fight me, cos a) im bigger than them
and
b) if they touched my face and made me un-pretty, id batter f*** outa them.

i will try and break up fights though, and help people in street, i know its stupid as i could end up dead for gettin involved, but if i was loosing a fight aginst 4 people, i'd want sum1 to help.

last fight i had, was about 3 years ago :/ with this guy who is now a good mate, i didnt hit him for like 5 mins, and he was pummelling my chest, and face, i just kept walking backwards, hoping he'd realise it aint workin and <go away> so i hit him in the chin, he felll over and walked off, im invited to his wedding though, which is kinda weird init

[sexeh]

i've never started a fight but i've helped a m8 out who was in one. she was being picked on and she just lashed out. i would never intentionally start a fight.

[Richie]

Dont matter how big or "hard" you are.... There's always someone bigger and harder

[Bazzlad]

I find it funny how many people write:
But I'm 6 foot blah *and 2000 stone* so that helps.

I'm 5'11 and 11 stone and have kicked in some seriously tall and fat people I can honestly say size doesnt matter (although fat people seem to take more hits but swing slowly and wildly) the thing you should watch for is the stance as a fight brakes out, if they seem relaxed, laid back and are holding a good basic defense stance, be worried.....
The rigid uptight people who keep shouting are the easy ones....theyre terrified.

[Planetside]

ok let me put it down like this. YOU all nead to no how to fight as with the times its called for
lots of guys think that fights go on for a long time when thay dont.
most of the time a fight will be over in 2 min are less

[Planetside]

oh you no what love when you got a friend who thinks hiss rock hard and your out and some 1 nocks them then when that person is gone thay say stuff like i was just about to kill him thats so funny.
ps i got stabe on the bus come home from a night club ps i live in birmingham

[Bazzlad]

Stabbed on a bus, sounds birmingham to me,.,

"Was you staring at me star?"

The funniest thing I heard was a bloke at a bus stop walked up to me...
Him: "You looking at my girlfriend"
Me: "Nah mate"
Him: "Oh, you saying she's ugly then?"

It was then that I turned round and noticed he didn't actually have a girlfriend. He did, however have a big stick.
1 headbutt and a quick jog later and I was safe

[Ferral]

Only fight if I have to. Would never start one, just walk away if possible. When it has happened in the past I have managed to sort it out thankfully and the people have deserved everything they have got.

Alot of the time though people won't start anything at all as I'm always out with a big group of mates

[Ravens Nest]

I used to be very strong when i was about 13 years old, and could beat nearly every kid who tried anything out with me but i remember becoming quite an idiot for a few months started bullying a few other people i went to school with because i could (Doh!)

Well one day i was in art class and no one was in the room but me and some other kid who kept giving me the evil eye.

I was built up and had a lot of muscle then but am only 5foot 5 and 10 stone and this bloke was about 5foot 7 and was about 6 1/2 stone and had no muscle at all.

Well i went to swing my fist at him and he grabbed it and just held it there and i could not move my arm at all.

I was a little taken back kept trying to move it then realised he could have beat me easy but didnt and i gained a lot of respect for him for him not beating me silly.

I just went and sat back down sheepishly, but it did me a world of good really as i realised he was the better man not cause he could beat me but because he showed control over his emotions and didnt.

Where as i had no control over my emotions, and just fought with no thought.

A good lesson was learned that day i think.

[Lowe]

Woo - I had several fights last night.. at training.

Was good fun actually.. we were doing Ju-Jitsu in a situation like you'd find in a pub.. someone pushing you around shouting at you. Great fun since it really gets you pumped up and the intimidation factor can be quite high.. really teaches you how to react which is where many people go wrong.. the first move you make can make or break a fight.

Anyways I dunno why I bothered posting this. Guess I just thought I'd tell you all I had a laugh beating a lad up, albeit under controlled circumstances.

Oh and on a side note, here's a quick vid of my current favourite technique shown by my instructor, the guy in black... (270k)

http://www.chongshindo.co.uk/images/mpegs/no3.avi

Now that HURTS!

Even better it ends a fight in less than 5 seconds. The floor position that you end up in puts a huge amount of strain on the wrist. You can either lock em up and hurt em, or be evil and snap the wrist clean.

[Ferral]

Thats an Nickyo wristlock from Aikido. The way we apply it is from if someone grabs you're shirt or throat and you force the elbow downover after turning the wrist. Apply it fast enough and with enough pressure it breaks the wrist and also bones in the forearm.

My favourite one is where you step behind when a punch comes in , sweep them back and strike the throat. Another one is taking them down at waist level and pinning them in the crab like position and go to work on them.

When I was doing the Ju Jitsu we also done the Escrima training (2 fighting sticks)

The 2 styles are very similar. Ju Jitsu taken alot of Aikido and made it more aggressive with some of the styles. Also in Aikido there arn't any punches or kicks as such. Some of the stuff though if done correct can do alot of damage

[Bazzlad]

From My Muai Thai I'd say my fave would bebloicking a right handed punch with my left arm, throwing a right handed punch following it with an elbow followed by a knee in the stomach- a step back and an axe kick. Brutal.

[Richie]

Originally posted by Bazzlad
I find it funny how many people write:
But I'm 6 foot blah *and 2000 stone* so that helps.

I'm 5'11 and 11 stone and have kicked in some seriously tall and fat people I can honestly say size doesnt matter

Very true, it dont.... In my own case when I said "Guess being 6'6'' tends to help calm things down a bit" above I meant that, of the couple of times in the past 10 years ppl have had an attitude with me, they tend to not carry it out when they realise the height I am.....

Its quite possible they may be able to beat the pulp out of me or vice-versa, I dont know.... I never meant to give the impression that my height makes me "hard" (stupid use of a word TBH) but just to state that I reckon its my height thats probably saved me from some situations that might lead to fights and thats one reason I aint been in any.....

I still dont know how I would react if it got physical. I dont care how well someone knows anyone including themselves, you dont know how you will react till you are there.... All you can do is guess.



The ppl doing martial arts - good. I think its a great idea to learn them. The problem with some ppl that do them (not all) is that they go past the confidence building aspect of it, where they have confidence becuase they know they can handle themselves, to being arrogant and cocky to the point where they actively pick fights instead of using it for defense.....

BTW - this is NOT a generalisation abotu ppl doing martial arts but you do get some ppl that this happens with.