Self Defense Against Someone Who Feels No Pain? 

Also in some areas of the country people live in close proximity to meth heads. I went to college in Springfield, MO which has a huge meth problem and college students would live in apartments next to meth users/houses and it was a serious problem.

Same defense applies, right? Knowing how to deter takedowns and getting up if taken down is a good start.

Mine was relative

I had an argument ina Facebook comment section about family members stealing from each other that made me change my perspective. My final comment to her was "not every family has a thief, but every thief has a family."

@@blakedove2263 the students were the meth heads.

So what did you do about it?

Sounds like you were victim of so called "knock out game" or something. Its just idiots going around sucker punching people

@@lalli8152 or a drug person. Might have happened before the ko idiot game. I personally feel these folks that try to ko people fron a blindspot should be charged with highest charge of attempted murder. As a sucker punch can kill anyone easily. Always mind your surroundings hands always up near the chest to defend or attack. I hardly have my hands down when on the streets unless carrying something but I try to keep my power side free and put down heavy things to do that observance before continuing on my destination

Could've just been the drugs. In Toronto, they've had a problem with drugged up people pushing other people in front of subways and stabbing random people. It's messed up.

​@@shel0016 You walk around in public with your hands at chest level? That's next level paranoid

Bingo, bath salt Florida zombies are unreal, now things are even worse. Mace is my favorite

Their hearts will explode before they go down from strikes

@@ChrisLoew i had an ex that was big into bath salts. After we'd been together awhile, she said I could stop using protection. I said, I think you're great, but I'm not getting in the bed with you without the tazer and goalie mask.

This is what has to drive the choice of tactics. Even a meth head needs oxygen supply to the brain. A rear naked choke is one of the few viable solutions for dealing with a drug affected attacker.

That situation was a harder fight mentally than physically, his interview states the fear he had through the entire encounter. Not knowing if the offender had friends or weapons, in your house with your family there is unreal levels of fear.

Thats one of our biggest advantages as a species, if not THE biggest

So long as you had the space to defend against his feint if he’d committed, and not just be surprised by it, it sounds like you did good. If his feint got close enough that you think he would’ve hit you had he committed, make that the lesson and use more space while your palms are up. At the end of the day you weren’t hurt.

We need to get creative to de-escalate trouble. You did a good job, and you live to fight another day. Someone else in these comments said that they just yell, "Cops!", in the vicinity of trouble, and they scatter like cockaroaches.

You made it out unscathed, that's a credit/distinction in my books- well done.

Talking him down and de-escalating the situation is a win for you my friend, well done.

Verbal Judo has been my go to as a security guard. There has never been a situation I couldn't talk out of. Being good at de-escalation got me promoted so fast. And I can guarentee you those sunglasses or any "goods" will never be worth the risk. You have a valuable skill there.

Yeah it would actually benefit me in many ways just to promote this idea... both online and in business.

No fear mongering with the crime rate......... try living south of Madison Ave. in Chicago for one week. You'll see reality and facts up close.

@@bigguy7353 Yeah man, it depends on where you live. I live in Albuquerque which is one of the most crime-ridden cities in the country and I was jumped and severely beaten by three complete strangers in a middle-class neighborhood with no warning whatsoever. They came up asking to bum a cigarette. They were also obviously strung out on some kind uppers. To this day I have no clue what the motive was. My guess was some sort of mugging attempt which went south when I fought back long enough for witnesses to arrive. I lost half a retina in that beat down. Which is essentially half an eye as far as your vision is concerned.

@@kirbyjoe7484 where they black?

@@mikkenieminen9603 White. Looked like meth heads. One had a shaved head.

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This was an outstanding video Mike. I love all your videos but I do really appreciate this type of TED talk.

You can build a resistance to pepper spray given that the active ingredient in most OC sprays are capsaicin. That being said you're a glutton for punishment to train your resistances to it lol I did it with my cop buddy since part of his training is going through a live scenario all while being sprayed in the eyes. My conclusion, I really don't wanna be sprayed but with training I guess you can fight through it. It still sucks though

I worked in a prison for 28 years, we didnt get gas or tasers until my last couple of years. It was interesting in the older days.

It's true, during my lockup I ate more pepper spray and pepper balls than you could imagine. Now it just makes me mad and gives me more strength. The only thing is if enough gets in your eyes they still water profusely and limit vision.

Correction officer here. Pepper spray is a deterrent, but will not stop someone really determined to get at you, but it is at least usually legal, and available. Expect to get about 1/2 as much spray on yourself as gets on your target. And yes, it feels like your skin is on fire. Also agree that wrestling or CQC training is surprisingly effective. 62 years old. Been in 20 or so Use of Force, only went to ground when it was my own choice.

I was sprayed with a pretty huge amount of pepperspray once by the cops, it hurts and it disorients you, but if you have enough adrenaline and if you are pissed off and determined enough, you can get through it. I ended up being shot because it had no apparent effect on me.

That’s street-smarts right there

This is actually brilliant.

LOL I never even thought of that. Great thinking!

I've was taught to yell "FIRE" if you need help. Fire is something that gets lots of people's attention quick.

your wife onto something here

"Just do bodyshots bro" is a meme on this channel

Speed to the wind pipe always works.

@@Boogsbejones You don't need your windpipe to hurt someone. You are describing something unpleasant, not disabling. Why would you say windpipe anyway? You know what else is in the WAY of the windpipe? The chin. If you can hit someone in the windpipe, you can hit them in the chin, and unlike the windpipe, hitting someone in the chin is a knockout. Even if you were to stab me in the trachea, I wouldn't go down right away. And then you'd sit there in shock, struggling to align your adrenaline-addled brain to new information after being SO SURE that all it takes to stop someone is a hole in their neck. Even a carotid injury gives him time. You are fantasizing.

If cops won’t come maybe meth heads should just be shot on sight with the person protecting themselves not getting in trouble. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Were you one of the guys who wrestled the one meth head who was jerking off in a restaurant? I remember a story were some dude high on meth was in a restaurant and started beating it, and it took 15 or so cops to wrestle him to the ground. I have to HAND it to him. I mean, it is impressive what drugs can do. He was one determined motherfucker.

"they won't be prosecuted by the D.A." Especially in Portland, LA, Seattle and any other cities run by democrats.

Yep, the legal system is corrupt from top to bottom.

That’s the whole west coast rn.

Carry a walking stick.

jujutsu is good pretty simple.

There's nothing to say you can't spray them in the face with underarm deodorant though

@@michaelpardo8403 Because after Imi Lichtenfelt retired from the army he set out to adapt his system for civilian use, and that is the branch of KM that is most commonly taught to civilians today. If you think about it, a military aircraft wouldn't be subjected to a hijacking, so for a single person to disarm a hijacker is more an action hero move, rather than a military one.

Yeah all those people who say anything less than a .45 caliber bullet is weak are annoying. The .45 was adopted in WW2 because Japanese troops would tie bamboo around their torso, arms and legs really tight so they wouldn't feel pain. When they charged at troops they needed a .45 to get them down fast. Not every self defense encounter is going to require a .45 caliber bullet.

@@rwdchannel2901 bamboo armor? Hmmmm…

@@Stryfe52 I guess it was cheap since it was all over some island in the Pacific ocean.

@@rwdchannel2901 You seem to have mistaken the Japanese with the Moro Muslims of the Philippine Islands. The Moros were Islamic jihadi zealots whom attacked American troops in the Philippine islands. American troops carried 38 caliber pistols and 30 cal rifles at the time. The Filipino Moro Jihadi would tourniquet their limbs before charging with swords and bolos. A common method used in blade cultures before battle to slow blood loss and stem blood pressure drop should a limb be severed in battle, allowing the swordsman more time to wound or kill more OpFor before going down. In thick, dense, jungle it was easy for Moro swordsman to ambush American troops at close quarter. The American 38 caliber round proved less effective at 'stopping' a charging, adrenalized, Moro Jihadi before he could cut down Americans before succumbing to his wounds. So the 45 caliber pistol round was created and troops were armed with the new round. It packed enough wallop to 'stop' a sword charging Moro Jihadi geeked up on adrenalin with his limbs tourniqueted. The 45 then saw service in European theatre against Nazi before it saw service in pacific theatre against Imperial Niponese/Japanese. Later the 38special was created and it was adopted by police because it was more powerful than the old 38 cal. Today with modern gun powder and better ammo we have smaller rounds producing bigger wound shock channels than the slower moving, venerated, 45cal. pistol round. The 45 acp however was an upgrade from the original 45 cal pistol round. But yea, you meant Filipino Moros.

here it's forbidden to even carry pepper spray

If you can't carry pepper spray get yourself a can of wasp/ hornet spray works better for blinding an attacker than pepper spray and sprays out further

a long time ago... a friend of a friend of a friend, allegedly robbed convenience stores for a living. he would pepperspray himself every day to "build up an immunity". would laugh when security peper sprayed him as he ran off.

I believe a higher body fat percentage will also give you a resistance to pepper spray.

During my unfortunate lockup, I ate so much pepper spray and pepper balls that now it hardly phases me, it just makes me stronger and angrier. Close to 100 direct sprays and tens of thousands of pepper balls(very violent place many riots, not sshhittiing you, I was literally sweating out red OC during workouts). It will make your eyes water and limit vision if enough gets in your eyes directly.... but, if someone is used to OC and they are intent on hurting you it's probably not going to do much to stop them.

A mini deodorant spray works well too if illegal in your state all. Learned that from ninjitsu. Opponent cant see. He cant fight properly if at all. I know some folks.who always walk with something to throw in an attackers eyes, mace, salt, deodoranf spray. . Good things to have in a top pocket

Just like every other pawn.

You folks in s.a. created that situation

Yeah stuff i have heard from there seems like its quite different. Typical ghetto in other country isnt like south african one. Also the sexual violence, and all that seem to be out of control. I think theres even south african products that basicly attempts block r*pe because its apparently such common threat. Idk if the messed up believe that banging virgin will cure aids is also in that country, but it kinda sounds could be if that is even real believe some have. If i have understood correctly doing the deed even in gangs is almost like "cultural" thing for some groups over there even though its very little talked about in western media.

Run away? From the bigger, stronger, more aggressive criminal? Yeah... Maybe. What about the victim's children? This is borderline useless advice, friend.

Unless you are a trained runner, Running away just leaves you too tired to fight when/if they catch you

It does not take continuous training for a gun to be “worth the liability”. Keep it loaded. Keep it locked and hidden but still easily accessible when needed. You should know how to operate it, know how to clear jams, and be familiar with how it feels to fire it. A home defense firearm is not a liability unless the homes residents are mentally unstable, drug addicts, domestic abusers, or all of the above. Get a gun and keep your home and family safe.

It was never a myth.

@@hard2hurt Well what I was trying to say is that in Portland, and other cities with big homeless problems, a "whacked out methhead who you don't know", actually is a more likely scenario here. Also some people who are LGBT (such as trans women, etc.), are automatically a target for others who don't like their very existence, and then when you add crazy and intoxicated to that mix, it can be a dangerous mix. We had some white supremacist guy attack a muslim woman on a train a couple years back and IIRC the two guys who came to her aid and defended her got stabbed to death. Last winter downtown there was some guy who just got out of jail and walked into some juice bar or something and stole a sandwich and just randomly punched the female shop owner. There was another time when I personally was riding the bus to work and some crazy guy was staring at me the entire ride and talking loudly at me. I didn't respond but it was super creepy and then he followed me off the bus at the transit center and continued to stare and glare at me. I got so creeped out I went to find a female bus driver and had her call security who delt with the guy, but I have to say, especially if you take transit or live or work in a city with a big homeless problem like a lot of the West Coast, these kinds of crimes have become a bigger issue. We also have the Proud Boys across the river in Vancouver, and part of their initiation rites is they come into Portland and beat up strangers. They consider it a badge of honor. It's definitely still low, like in a city of millions the chances of something happening are pretty small. But I've had enough incidents, or been around enough incidents on public transit and in the downtown area that I definitely would not travel alone on transit unarmed. And these were all incidents where I wasn't seeking out trouble or ignoring my gut, it was like I just happened to be on the same train or bus as a crazy person and something went down. I definitely understand this women's concern who's from Portland who sent you that question.

Well, I mean, its Portland. What do you expect?

It is not more likely than being attacked by someone you know in Portland or in any other city. It is more likely in some areas than others... but we're talking about fractions of percent chances to begin with.

@Nicholas Time That's rather rude and patronizing. I've had multiple violent or very sketchy encounters happen on public transit or while commuting, or in the downtown area of my city. Any one of those could have gone worse. Violent crime rates are actually spiking in Portland. I don't live in fear of that, I take precautions and use common sense. I carry pepper spray and a flashlight. I love my city. I wouldn't live anywhere else. It's a beautiful place to live. But we do have a well-documented increasing crime problem. (Including violent crime, homicides have gone wayyy up the last few years.) Please don't act like national averaged out statistics negates localized hotspots where crime is actually on the rise. It's bad math, and it's just not true. Just this morning there was a woman found severely assaulted and left for dead in the parking lot of a car wash a few blocks from my home. Again, please don't act like national averages negate local hotspots, and that residents in those areas shouldn't take those risks seriously and take precautions. It's not about living in fear, it's about risk management, and taking reasonable precautions.

Also wanna add that they never really posed a threat to anyone else but security/law enforcement/other druggies. But wearing that yellow vest with "security guard" written on it was for some reason like waving a red flag in front of a bull for them some times.