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And if you are confident you can get away.You can run if you only need to defense yourself,
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And if you are confident you can get away.You can run if you only need to defense yourself,
When someone tries to rob you, what you may have in your mind at that particular moment can be:
- How much money do I have in my pocket?
- How long does it take me to make that much money?
- Can I afford to lose this money?
- Does he have a knife or a gun?
- Do I have a knife or a gun?
- Does he have friends near by?
- If I start this fight, do I have chance to take off afterward?
- Do I have the right shoes to take off?
- How fast and how far can I run?
- Do I know the environment well enough?
- Can I afford never come back to this location for the rest of my life?
- Can I afford to leave this city after this fight?
- Can I use this opportunity to test my MA skill?
- When was the last time that I had used my MA skill successfully?
- Can I rob him after I have won this fight?
- How much money do I think he may have in his pocket?
- ...
lol what thought process? Dude shouldn't have slapped him with a pizza lol. In what world do people live in that they would think there would be no consequence for slapping someone in the face with a pizza? My life experience book clearly states that if I slap someone in the face with a pizza that there's a 99% chance that I'll have to pay the consequence for it. There's a 85% chance that I'll pay right away. If I'm in the inner city then there's a 95% chance I'll pay right away. lol.I like this video because you can actually see the thought process.
Can I use this opportunity to test my MA skills? lol. I'm forever thinking of this. I sit and think of the day where I might actually have to use what I've been learning and training on some guy who is just determined that he's going to fight me on the streets. To unleash the full range of MA with no rules of what can or can't be done in the process of self-defense.When someone tries to rob you, what you may have in your mind at that particular moment can be:
- How much money do I have in my pocket?
- How long does it take me to make that much money?
- Can I afford to lose this money?
- Does he have a knife or a gun?
- Do I have a knife or a gun?
- Does he have friends near by?
- If I start this fight, do I have chance to take off afterward?
- Do I have the right shoes to take off?
- How fast and how far can I run?
- Do I know the environment well enough?
- Can I afford never come back to this location for the rest of my life?
- Can I afford to leave this city after this fight?
- Can I use this opportunity to test my MA skill?
- When was the last time that I had used my MA skill successfully?
- Can I rob him after I have won this fight?
- How much money do I think he may have in his pocket?
- ...
lol what thought process? Dude shouldn't have slapped him with a pizza lol. In what world do people live in that they would think there would be no consequence for slapping someone in the face with a pizza? My life experience book clearly states that if I slap someone in the face with a pizza that there's a 99% chance that I'll have to pay the consequence for it. There's a 85% chance that I'll pay right away. If I'm in the inner city then there's a 95% chance I'll pay right away. lol.
Slap a person in the face with a pizza then then tell the person that you just slapped with a pizza to calm down? lol. That's what happens when you kids don't learn how to think beyond Step: 1
You are still confusing fighting with self defence.So if we just need to read some books for self defense, I guess we don't need to practice any martial arts to learn how to fight and protect ourselves.
The delayed response was probably his alpha male coming out. He could either risk appearing weak or he could handle his business. I can't say that I wouldn't have responded the same way (punching the other guy), it would have been an immediate punch right after the pizza slap. That's just "streets" that's in me where something like that could be seen as a weakness. If a guy can slap me with a pizza and get away with it then I'm just asking for others to take advantage of me in the future. That punch was probably more about saving face than anything else. There were women standing around him as well which makes the matter even worse. To be slapped in the face with a pizza, to appear weak in front of women, and to be humiliated all at the same time.... hmmm that would pretty much back me into the corner of "why you gonna make me hit you" lol.I agree. I am sure though there will also be the argument that deescalation is always the correct answer. And so the guy who got pizza slapped should have walked away.
But you can see the reaction that goes from disbelief to what do I do here? To screw that.
I am also impressed by the thought process of the guy who did the pizza slap in that he did not understand where the violent reaction stemmed from. And did not understand why the other guy hit him. All quite an amazing look into two peoples psyche in a kind of awkward social situation.
I agree.For the benefit of Hanzou
This is an example of both Threat Awareness and Target Hardening, two self defence skills.
www.suzylamplugh.org/personal-safety-tips/free-personal-safety-tips/safety-on-the-street/
This is fighting. It is illegal and has absolutely nothing to do with self defence:-
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2831609/Shocking-footage-Ireland-shows-two-men-violent-bare-knuckle-street-fight-terrified-families.html
Yes, SD still requires some physical skills/techniques of course, but they form only a very small percentage of SD as a whole, the majority is on avoidance and awareness. Fighting, and proficiency at fighting, should still not be confused with SD or proficiency at SD.
One time I walked on the street in Hawaii. A guy tried to pull a girl into his car. The girl was screaming for help. I walked behind that guy, gave him a neck choke. The guy screamed, "Please don't kill me!" (even today, I still can't believe he would say that.) He let go the girl, the girl ran away, I let go my choke, the guy ran toward the opposite direction. I saved the girl and I also got a chance to test my "neck choke". Nobody got hurt. It was a happy ending.Can I use this opportunity to test my MA skills?
I left the scene soon after. Didn't want to wait for him to come back with a gun.Did you "test drive" his car after he ran away?
that is so funny to me because that's how I think lol. I grew up during a time where it was common for the losing person to leave and come back with a gun. lol. A lot of times you didn't even have to fight to have that happen. People losing basketball games and getting clowned on the courts were known to come back with a gun. And according google it still looks like people are getting shot on basketball courts.I left the scene soon after. Didn't want to wait for him to come back with a gun.
Maybe if the girl didn't run away.What you describe sounds to me like an attempted kidnapping. Honestly, I'd probably have kept the hold on till he passed out (to make sure he didn't draw a weapon immediately) and then called 911. But circumstances...
You are still confusing fighting with self defence.
If your 80 year old grandmother wants to learn self defence are you going to tell her she's got to join an MMA gym and roll? Or are you going to teach her the skills to avoid situations in the first place?
If she's serious about self defense, then she would need to learn both in order to be completely safe (though I'd put her in Bjj or Run-fu instead of MMA).
That event happened in the summer of 1984 (more than 31 years ago). I was young back then. I may think more as you have suggested if it happens today.What you describe sounds to me like an attempted kidnapping. Honestly, I'd probably have kept the hold on till he passed out (to make sure he didn't draw a weapon immediately) and then called 911. But circumstances...
Agree! Sometime we just have to take certain risk in our life time. I love the battle speech in the Braveheart movie.We can have all of the best intentions in the world, but sometimes we simply can't avoid violence when it comes our way.