Corporal Hicks
Black Belt
Hi, talk about the un-expected! I was in the university nightclub which is generally extremely tame and has a very good record of almost next to zero fights and I happen to walk into the toliets and get headbutted!
The story being that tonight is the night that all the sports teams and societies get together to go out and have a laugh and a drink and to generally meet each other!
Very stupid on my part I got very drunk! I was having a good night out then of course I need the toliet (for about the fourth time that night) I happen to walk in there, and as i walk in, a guy literally grabs me and starts shoving me around, he's very drunk. Then one of his mates comes along and starts strangling me from behind hard until he loosenes his grip, at this time I have absoutely no idea whats going on apart from the fact I was trying to get out of there since I was very drunk! Next moment I know (now I think about it my hands must have been held) one of his mates comes along and starts headbutting me purposely! Then I manage to break free and get out the door! After five minutes I pluck up the courage to tell the doorman inside, who gives a description of a guy that sounds familar, they take me out back, and call loads of other bouncers in to go and find this guy whilst asking me if I want to make a statement. I refuse purely on the grounds that I cant remember my assilants because of my condition and dont want to put some innocent guy on the spot if I get it wrong! Im told that they may have been part of the rugby team that got extremely drunk!
Now I've sobering up, I feel humilated that;
a) I was that drunk, and something I dont think I'm ever going to do again, I couldnt even recognise the people that did it!
b) I didnt do anything, I have a degree of pride in calling myself a martial artist and my state didnt allow me to think or act properly, it made me realise how much danger it can put me in!
c) Im on a Police course, and that rubs it in a bit!
In essence its not so much the personal pride that hits, its the fact that I let myself get to that state, that I couldnt and didnt fight back!
What should I do? Your comments?
Regards
The story being that tonight is the night that all the sports teams and societies get together to go out and have a laugh and a drink and to generally meet each other!
Very stupid on my part I got very drunk! I was having a good night out then of course I need the toliet (for about the fourth time that night) I happen to walk in there, and as i walk in, a guy literally grabs me and starts shoving me around, he's very drunk. Then one of his mates comes along and starts strangling me from behind hard until he loosenes his grip, at this time I have absoutely no idea whats going on apart from the fact I was trying to get out of there since I was very drunk! Next moment I know (now I think about it my hands must have been held) one of his mates comes along and starts headbutting me purposely! Then I manage to break free and get out the door! After five minutes I pluck up the courage to tell the doorman inside, who gives a description of a guy that sounds familar, they take me out back, and call loads of other bouncers in to go and find this guy whilst asking me if I want to make a statement. I refuse purely on the grounds that I cant remember my assilants because of my condition and dont want to put some innocent guy on the spot if I get it wrong! Im told that they may have been part of the rugby team that got extremely drunk!
Now I've sobering up, I feel humilated that;
a) I was that drunk, and something I dont think I'm ever going to do again, I couldnt even recognise the people that did it!
b) I didnt do anything, I have a degree of pride in calling myself a martial artist and my state didnt allow me to think or act properly, it made me realise how much danger it can put me in!
c) Im on a Police course, and that rubs it in a bit!
In essence its not so much the personal pride that hits, its the fact that I let myself get to that state, that I couldnt and didnt fight back!
What should I do? Your comments?
Regards