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LMAO this is all wrong. What's even funnier is the first two fight clips in the video are examples of trained fighters wrecking untrained fighters. First is a BJJ guy the takes the dude down easily & shows massive restraint while his daughter filmed it outside their house. The second one is an old head boxer that wrecks a young wannabe thug. A bunch of the other clips in here are similar but I'm not going to break down every one. It's not to late to delete this video.
I love when people try to make this argument. Just because I train under a rule set at my gym doesn't mean I wont rip out your guts & play with them in a street fight. The average puke will get wrecked by someone who casually trains. The only group of people that don't regularly train in some combat sport I respect that I know could potentially mess me up are the elite athletes. I've seen some D1 football players come through and reek havoc at a gym.
They need to make a video "what to do when a tweeked out meth head attacks you" I saw a guy get shot in his chest 3 times and it did not put him down. He took out 5 bouncers and ran off into traffic.
A lot of people are going to softly imply in these comments that they’re tough or that they have some inside scoop. They’ll say things like “trained fighters don’t fight in the streets,” or “the quietest man in the room is the most dangerous guy.” These ideas are baloney, nonsense spouted by those who think they want to be dangerous men. The best fighters are wild and crazy and lots and unconcerned with consequences; not always criminal, but sometimes.. For every GSP, there’s a thousand Jon Joneses, Chris Lebens, Guv’ners, Mike Tysons, and on and on.
I was just thinking about this today. It happened in traffic on the highway, coming back from the airport. I got cut off by a pickup pulling a trailer. I believe we were in a traffic jam and they decided to cut in front of me. So I honked but had to wait as they pulled their vehicle and trailer in front of my car. I had my aunt in the car, who I had picked up from the airport. I ended up alongside the truck and looked at the driver who looked at me. We just stared at each other. He had a good mean mug. He probably didn’t have anything to lose. I did/do. I wanted to see the asshole who cut me off. I didn’t want a fight or have it escalate into some kind of violence. I didn’t say anything. My aunt was afraid I was acknowledging it. That’s all that happened though. We drove on. They drove on. I fucking hate driving sometimes.
These sound like sound concepts in theory, only problem is I've never seen any evidence any of this can possibly be an advantage. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a street fight in person or on video where the experienced fighter lost to an inexperienced person( im sure its happened once or twice but Ive just never seen it). Even some of the videos you showed resulted in an experienced fighter beating the piss out of normal person. I've been in many and as an experienced fighter I'd say it's like that old saying taking "candy from a baby" it's almost effortless, to me at least to defeat a novice of almost any size or aggression intensity on or off the street. That's entirely anecdotal but I still haven't seen many if any at all instances where a novice had any advantage in a 1v1 street fight against a seasoned fighter. Idk if there's any statistics on it ( doubt it) but I'd bet experienced fighters win those exchanges 99.98% of the time.
I came for copper and i found gold ! I first was triggered by the title, and honestly i'm still not 100% okay with the conclusion, but going through the video, the arguments where good and i found many similarities with what i consider "good" self defense (de-escalation, awareness, self control and experience). For those in the comments that believe attacking first is the solution, here's a little story of mine that relate with what he said about size and picking fights. I'm tall and quite bulky and always have been since i was a teenager. Back then, i hanged out with a group that got in some troubles with an other one. It escalated so much that at some point, we where all called in the group discution to be sure we got prepared for a big brawl, maybe involving weapons (the others where known for that), and we gathered in a crowded place so it wouldn't be "well, we're alone with this shit", and hopefull someone would call the cops (if one of us would do it, we feared they'd moved inconsideratly). As well, the confrontation happened, and they're were way more than us, and even surounded us in advance. Only thing they didn't see through ? Giant me, who knew shit at fighting at the time, but was self aware about how terrifying i was to others (who don't knew me, i was way more shy and wouldn't hurt anyone). Spoilers alert : there is no fights in this story. I just towered over who seemed to be the leader, and shouted whatever made me look like the guy who is so confident he don't need to fight to dominate, or an adult, your choice. For 5 straight minutes i shouted and advanced on them with no guard, even turning my back sometimes to shout toward the crowd, and they didn't even raise a finger, quite literaly. After some time and as we hoped, someone called the cops, and they fled. The others only took some light slaps, and ultimatly all de-escalated after that (and a murder attempt one one of us, but it's an other story). That is the perfect illustration : i'm bigger, people will think twice about messing with me, and i can use that to win fights without a single scratch by simply looking more confident and menacing. Now, i consider myself lucky this story ends well. I've trained in martial arts, and i used this experience to construct my idea of self defense since then and oh boy i could have died 10 times during this altercation if they realized i couldn't do shit, or just plant a knife in my back while i was showboating. Yet i still consider it an exemple of why you shouldn't "strike first" : you have ways to avoid a fight most of the time, use them. A fight is never worth it, and stroking first is an even worst idea that it can end veeeery badly for you, both because maybe you'll miss your shot and the guy will beat you, then have the defense that you started, and even if you win, you're legally fucked. Of course in some situations, it's the good thing to do, but most of the time it's not, and knowing how to avoid a fight will always be the most valuable knowledge over how to win one. That's how i imagine the perfect self defense : know how to fight, but more importantly know how to don't fight. Sociology and psychology is as, if not more, valuable than martial arts in a fight.
If possible, the best is back off and get away from the knife attack. The 2nd best is an improvised weapon or the placing of an obstacle in the way of the attack. I luckily prevented myself getting stabbed by picking up a chair and jabbing and also kicking at him.
I "feel" threatened & "There" is the active threat is the difference between self-defence & jail. Ex: " He started yelling so I freaked out!" ❌ Ex: " I told him, dont come near me, and he walked up anyway" ✅ You never "know" what someone has planned. So it's more matter will others take your justification for choosing to not find out.
Just had to make the joke but I get it. Watching mma and technical fighters you see a similar concept. Predictability or rationality does not always work in their favor.
