There are a number of lessons here.
The guy is claimed to be a self defence expert yet he is walking around with a headset on, listening to music. Those of us that teach self defence tell our students not to use headsets when you're out and about because you lose one of your major senses.
The guy is killed with a knife. Now, the article doesn't say what actually happened but maybe he believed his own hype and thought he could take on a knife. Reality says the person with a knife has a huge advantage, even more so if he knows how to use a knife. That's why in self defence we teach people to get away from a knife if at all possible.
Then this: “Tyson was one of the strongest people I came across. There must have been a group of people that attacked him because he could handle himself in any combat situation,” he said."
The the article suggests there must have been multiple assailants as he was strong and a 'martial arts expert'. Why? Any street fight you like to enter is an unknown. In the ring you have a matched opponent and a referee. On the street you have no idea. You enter a street fight at your peril. Self defence says get out of "Dodge". There is no evidence of multiple attackers, just a man dead from knife wounds. The lesson here is don't believe that your training makes you invincible, it doesn't.
Being fit and strong is essential in the ring. Against a weapon on the street ... it isn't going to help much at all. In a situation like this adrenal dump may have made him freeze, no one will ever know for sure. And handling himself in a 'combat situation'? Really? Combat situation to me means the guy has been involved in hand to hand fighting in the military. Training against a partner in the gym is not in the same league as fighting for your life.
And a comment on knife defence training. I see people attending knife defence seminars, and I attend them myself. People attend these seminars so they can feel confident they can take on someone with a knife. Very few of the instructors tell their audience that the most likely scenario is that they are at a high risk of being killed. I attend to see what the 'experts' are teaching so that I can be sure that what I teach is up to speed. In every case the only defence taught was against a single slash or stab and it is easy to understand why. In a three hour session how much can you teach? Then these guys go away safe in the knowledge that they can handle a knife attack. How much practice do they do in the following days and months? Probably none because even if they are training martial arts, most places don't train those kinds of things even regularly in my experience.
This is a sad experience for all associated with this young man but all of us can learn something from his death.
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