Get him out of your face, Immediately!!! 

Thanks coach. This is really important! "Hit them back first." Walking up close in a hostile situation is an attack. What else could it be? Street wise people know it. You will learn many techniques in martial arts training, but what you do in seconds leading up to the first shot will determine your fate. 1. Warn and get distance. 2. Hit attacker so hard his ancestor's teeth rattle. 3. Don't hang around unless you have to. He may have friends.

This is great advice. A police officer when I was a kid put it to me like this: if someone is charging you with a bat, they have already initiated the fight, doesn't matter who strikes first at that point, just make sure you defend your life. This was a good message for making sure people keep their distance, keep yourself safe. God bless

Totally agree. Great vid. But... something similar happened with me, and my attacker wanted to call the police on me. I had tried to diplomatically get him out of my face for a good 20 minutes, but he got angrier and angrier. Roid rage. I felt I had no choice. Frankly speaking, when you preemptively defend yourself, you’re in felony territory. Your vids are fantastic. I was always taught to preempt. But we’re now in the Kafka-esque PC world where blaming the victim is standard practice. So be careful out there, Kids!

Excellent sir. I like ur style

So eloquently stated. Great video

Very well explained! Thank you!

This is EXACTLY the advice given out in our club. Again great post. Gonna share this on my facebook page to underline there are sensible clubs out there. Nice.....That's what I say tried by 12 not carried by 6. Really excellent advice shown here.

Thank you

Great advice on this tape John. I wish I had the knowledge you just imparted many years ago. Thank you so much. Don

I love his stories

The Pit has the best videos I've seen anywhere--good stuff all the time

Love the videos

Strike first!!! Strike hard!! No mercy!!!

awesome video !!!!

your awesome. I love your videos

"If You sense with YOUR common sense" indeed bomb first!

Hey Mr Hackleman thanks for sharing all this knowledge for free on the internet ! These vids are great!

Nice video

Great info man!!

I recently had this happen. I have taken karate before and I knew exactly what I was going to do how ever had I done two elbows on him then he would have called the police. Getting in someones face is a tricky deal with the law if you make the first hit.

Put the Microphone in the centre ? When you did the "in your face" cheeky cheeky smile.. we could hear you well.... ooooh, tempting..... But during instruction... you have left the are of the onboard cameras field..... Great video.. Hope we can get you up there to get an external mic.

Pitmaster when I hit you with the cross how do I land the left hook because it always clips or misses my sparring partner the bag or the MittsAnd I’m not talking about if he slips the cross or dumpster across I’m talking about if you hit him with the cross because the cross is a long punch and a hook is a short punch and it always falls short for me And it’s driving me crazy that no one will help

I'd hate to bump into John or Bas Rutten in a crowded bar. "Oh! Please excuse me, good sir." 👊💥

HOWZIT BRAH!?(hangin?)LOL

Beware of the headbutt or knee to groin, maintain the space, always.

This is best advice. But, as of 2024 people that defend themselves are seen as the problem. So, I would add "tread carefully and lay the smack down at your own risk."

A jail cell beats a hospital bed

My consequences of failing to heed this advice was a 3 day stay in the hospital- broken cheek bone- upper jaw cracked- chipped sinus bone-and a little brain swelling. No recollection of the punch. When I woke I thought I was involved in a car crash. All the damage was done not by the punch but by a granite curb. sent me to another zip code. Thank GOD the front of my face made the impact instead of the back of my Casaba melon or I may not be here typing this right now. Could have been Dead on Impact or a Vegetable w/ all kinds of tubes connected to my body. When I was the giver of punishment he received 37 stitches to attach his upper lip. Had to be put under at Mass General. I am not proud of what I did. Perhaps I overreacted. Perhaps a Pimp Slap would have sufficed. That was a work place incident over 20+ Yrs ago That was also after I had my hospital jaunt swore I would never allow someone into my sphere of influence without acting.I also witness this type of punch out many times while working at a county lock up. He who hits firstest is usually the winner.Live and Learn.When in Doubt Knock Em Out.And like the Pitmaster says Hit like a Freight Train.

why people say i should strike with first two knuckles when in reality only the 3 other knuckles are touching the target?

Hi John,I think your videos are a great tool for people who can not train with you.This video is on point the only problem is I did this to a kid years ago in school and he started crying to the teacher he was not gonna do anything.In school suspension for a day was better then getting beat up.

"It's gonna be Heather, only Heather, and it's gonna be.... Yeah."

To make your videos more interesting you should show the technique like 5 times in a row really fast like edited together. Then do a talk and then demonstrate the technique slow. Then sow it like 5 or so times fast again and close out the video.

I watch this gents videos fairly often. The concern I have here is this. 1. The fights I have witnessed often end up with a broken finger or thumb - should We punch? 2. Someone will approach as a threat partly because they have some reason to believe they can beat you (bigger, stronger, faster) so If you find it necessary to fight you need to think eyes, throat, groin.

Heather!, only Heather. Lmao and never another man.

This video just popped up after I got stomped on from my bf and I kicked him out...what do you do when you know how to punch but the person is crazy?

hey hack is that a portagee sausage in your pocket or you just glad to bang?LOL nice vid hawaiian!

Just tell the guy...bro the whole time she was saying that she loves you

You knocked their ass off permanently

Legally it may not always be better to act.

Can't really hear your instruction...?

coach why don't you just call it the fence

I love this guy but he made me laugh a few times this video and I don't think he meant to be funny