8 steps To survive a Street fight !!!
Let’s say you’re out with your buddies (or maybe a lovely young lady) having a good time, when all of a sudden some jackass shoves you. You didn’t do anything to instigate the guy, but it doesn’t matter.
There is a special breed of males, that when inebriated, start fights with random people. This breed, when found in their wild habitat, are often accompanied by their similarly boneheaded buddies.
Or perhaps you and your posse end up in a rumble with the Socs because one of your buddies killed a Soc while trying to save Ponyboy from being drowned by a douche bag Soc. Man, I hate them Socs. Stay golden Ponyboy.
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What can you do to prepare for a street brawl and protect yourself in this type of situation? Here are 8 simple steps you can follow to avoid ending up in the emergency room after a street fight.
1. Wake up! When someone threatens you, snap to attention. Be aware of your environment. Look for objects that you can use for weapons. Searching out a place to escape to is especially important if you’re outnumbered.
2. Try to defuse the situation. Try to talk with the guy and calm him down. If you did something unknowingly that offended him (like looking at him funny), then apologize. Don’t let your ego get in the way of apologizing for something you didn’t do. Your first goal should be to avoid fighting. Maintain confident body language. Don’t show the guy you’re afraid.
3. Walk away. If talking to the knucklehead doesn’t work, start to leave the scene. But maintain alertness and walk away backwards, still facing your opponent. If he’s a no-good, yellow-belly rat, he’ll attack you from behind.
4. Assume a fighting position. If the jerk is still threatening you and you have nowhere to go, assume a stable fighting stance. Spread your stance to about shoulder width apart and slightly bend your knees. The goal is to maintain balance so you don’t end up on the ground. Keep your hands up to protect your face and clench your teeth. A solid punch to an open mouth can lead to a broken jaw.
5. Defend yourself. The goal is to defend yourself from violent and unjustified aggression, so don’t be afraid to fight dirty. If you have any object to use as a weapon, use it. This can be anything like a chair, a bottle (extra man points for first breaking the bottle and then thrusting the jagged part at your opponent), or a 2X4. Here are some other techniques that could be used in this sort of situation:
- Knee to the groin. No explanation needed why this is effective.
- Low kicks to the knee, groin, or abdomen. Kick like you’re kicking down a door, using the bottom of you foot. A solid kick to one of these areas can incapacitate your attacker long enough for you to get away.
- Headbutt to the face. Your forehead is one of the hardest bones on your body. Use this to your advantage by headbutting your opponent hard across his nose. If done correctly, you can do some serious damage.
- Throw a punch. If done correctly, an overhand punch can put your attacker out of commission.
6. Take punches effectively. While you should do your damnedest to avoid getting punched, you can’t avoid them all. If you have to take a punch, strive to absorb it in a way that minimizes the impact and damage..
- A punch to the head. Move towards the punch, tighten your neck muscles and clench your jaw. By moving into the punch, your attacker may miss the mark wide to either side. Absorb the punch with your forehead. It’s the hardest bone your body. If your attacker hits you there, his hand will be hurting and you’ll have minimized the damage to yourself.
- A punch to the body. Tighten your stomach muscles, but don’t suck in your stomach. Try to shift so the punch lands on your obliques rather directly in the stomach or vital organs.
7. Give your best war cry. While defending yourself, make as much noise as possible. There are two reasons for this. First is the intimidation factor. Yelling may distract and intimidate your attackers, leaving you a better chance of getting in some good blows or getting away. The second reason is to draw attention. The more people who gather around you, the easier to call a douche bag’s bluff.
8. Make your escape. After you have incapacitated your attacker using the methods described above, get the hell out of there.
Comments (11)
these were the gayest advices i have even read
If you clench your jaw, and take a punch to the jaw you will make your brain shake in your skull which is very dangerous.
If you’re worried about getting jumped take some real self defense courses. This has to be some of the worst information I’ve ever seen. If you are in a situation where you are nervous that someone is going to hit you, keep loose never tense your body too much I train in a full contact martial art used by Russian special forces, and if you fight and tense up, you’re easy to be knocked down, most fights end on the ground you want to avoid being pulled down. Keep loose, keep moving, and don’t forget to breath. wait for your attacker to throw a punch, or kick look them in the eye if you look at their upper mass you can read where their attack will come from by body language. most people are right handed so expect attacks from their right side. when the attacker is off balance take advantage of this push them over, and attack their most open body part, most people will block their head, or body, attack what isn’t protected, then run away.
This is probably some of the worst self defense information I’ve ever seen.
What type of credentials do you have (If any) to advise people on self defense?
i had someone hu i think is all mouth but is my size except 4 a scary face. he approached me( i knew he would swing 4 me) so i stood stil as he was walking up 2 me…. nd when he woz near enough, i looked like i was walking off and i sudenly turned around with clenched fist and aimed for the temples. i got a two hit nock out. trust me… it works
when you scream you can´t breef correctly and then you can´t consentrate. and don´t try to explaine when you don´t know what youre talking about. do like “none” say´s jump on a self defense course! krav maga is one of the best;)
How about you just carry a hammer around with you 24/7?
first of all Buddie if your yelling your wasting alot of energy so i recommend just keeping it in (maybe even biting your lip) and remember your knuckles are your best friend! don’t act like a boxer and fight how they fight. i recommend training by yourself at home just punching the air and making different posses to see which one would block best and give you the best sniping points (it doesn’t have to look cool, as long as you kick the guys ass) i recommend keeping your best hand (if your right handed your right hand is your best) blocking your lip and your other hand blocking your nose. best hand in front other in back! (Remember your best hand does not do the most damage its your other hand that does) and don’t try to fight like a boxer!! try to avoid places you know wont do damage! the point is to make your opponent look beat up so people think you won. i recommend hitting places that would bleed after a short barrage of hits like the nose or the lips! (they may not hurt him as much but if he is bleeding like crazy people will think your a beast,a king, a masculine motherfucker!) once he has alot of blood on his face keep punching him in the face except now not to hurt him but to give the illusion you are doing more damage (i recommend moving the blood around so he looks like he’s bleeding other places too, that will give people the idea that your making him bleed with every punch) once his face looks fucked up start to get his stomach! i don’t recommend kicking because they are very easy to counter but i do think they would do the most damage to it, so if you want be brave and kick his stomach like your trying to break a door down and use the bottom of your feet & remember strong jabs and uppercuts are great for ass kicking also have a nice day. =) (( http://Mycashplease.tk if you need money for work out equipment to do extra damage or just extra money))
or you can just stop being a bitch, every motherfucker exists and has a home and a family and loved ones, anyone fucks with me its a fucking war. you can kick my teeth clean out of my skull but Im comming at you with everything i fucking got and the prick better shoot me in the head when im getting my mail because I do my homework and i’ll find every member of his extended family in the surrounding area and attack them all. Family x-mas 4 months later. I’ll barge in there and kick the fuck out of granpa and gramma nd this fucker and his kids,,hate is what you need hatred and discipline for revenge.
any of those who says yelling is a bad thing to do are complete morons. Ive been street fighting for 4 years, and have belts in taekwando jujitsu and lots of experience with krav maga, so i obviously know what im talking about. yelling exposes your self in the crowd, and intimidates your opponent which is true obviously. but more importantly making dense yells or crys when attacting or taking a hit is very useful because many people get knocked out because they get the wind knocked out of them. If you have a lot of air in your lungs at the time you get hit, your going to easily black out. If you release all that air in form of sound, its going to give you a thrust of energy plus scare your opponent as he is hitting you.
I think the techniques and ideas that are written by the author are pretty basic.
None of that will sufficient in your first few fights, because experience is the key to winning. You need to have been in fights before to know how things are gonna look and feel. You also need to know how to control adrenaline so it doesnt over take your body
Ladies, ladies… You’re all very tough on a keyboard aren’t you?
90% of people that talk crap will back down when it becomes too real for them. About the only thing I would really listen to on this advice list is to pay attention. If you’re exchanging words, make completely sure you are watching their hands out of the corner of your eye. Being that I’m a somewhat smaller guy (175 5’11) who’s played soccer for 15 years, I fight towards my strength. Which involves shoving / tripping them to the ground and just kicking the living daylights out of em.
You are all giant douche bags. I suggest you get into the fetal position and wet your pants.