Street guys. Please give direct technical answers.

[Rich Parsons]

Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico

while working as an engineer for General Motors and staying at a Hampton in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico.
I left one night wand walked about a half mile to a local party store.

One had to walk along over grown brush and desert (* Now developed as it was in mid to late 00's *) and then cross underneath the divided highway of three lanes on each side going different directions. Think USA expressway / freeway.
I would meet people all the time making this trip getting a pop or snacks for the next day in the plant.

I would keep my eye on them. I would give them distance. My head was on a swivel. And this was twenty-five years after graduation and working as an engineer.
The rules are still the same today.

Be respectful.
Avoid direct eye contact unless necessary.
Be aware of them and possible hiding spots.

Walk with purpose yet also with awareness.
Don't walk afraid. Don't cower and show fear. Caution Yes. Bravado no.

On one trip as I went there many times during the 00's.
A person did not bring steal toed shoes so we had to go buy some.
And we did it at lunch so a bunch of us went to get food afterwards.

While they were getting fitted and selecting either the A or B model of shoe, I walked further down the street.
At the next intersection a gang watcher saw me and made a phone call. The street further down cleared out.

I did not cross that intersection.
I did look at the Harley.
A guy came out and I asked if there was a place to rent it nearby.
His English was worse than my Spanish so he thought I was trying to rent his bike.
He pushed it into the glass shop to make sure I did not steal it from him.

I left as I realized I was causing trouble and needed to avoid doing more.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

Avoid direct eye contact unless necessary.

99% of the street fight start like this.

A: What are you looking at?
B: I'm looking at you. What are you going to do about it?

I'm not going to translate this. But you can see what happened from the facial expression. #^_^#

 

[HighKick]

In sports fighting there is a concept called.

Win your entry.

Win your exit.

And it is designed to make you aware that you are trying to stack the deck in your favor before the fight and as you try to leave.

I am a postman. So I get attacked by dogs a lot. I mitigate this by winning my entry and exit.

So before there is a dog. I will look around and make sure if I am ambushed by a dog I have somewhere to go.

If. By the time I am caught by dogs and getting robbed by gangsters. There is another sports strategy.

You messed up a long time ago.

And they will get my money and my shoes. And I will chalk that up to a life lesson .

When working on fight strategy, we often say "what's you in & out?".

 

[Prince_Alarming]

In general, my street advice is have good cardio, be aware, go to bed early.

Oh, and lift weights. Get strong. 'Self" 'defence' 'skills' are no use to you if the other guy can absorb more punishment than you can possibly dish out.