Learning from violent encounters
The age of internet videos has allowed us to see more real-life encounters than ever before. We can learn many valuable lessons from each encounter. Below we have 4 different violent encounters, and some takeaways from each of them. Remember every situation and person is different- what might work for one person may not work for another.
Takeaways:
- Violence of action
- The better your punches, the more effective you are going to be
- Don’t stop or give the attackers the chance to recover
- Not just physically but mentally, you have to break them
Takeaways:
- 70 year old boxer
- Self defense is about defending the situation, not just an attack
- If you feel like there is an impending physical confrontation, it is sometimes good to initiate the fight and take control of the outcome
- The challenge of self defense is being reactive- in this case he took control
- By the time the first opponent came with a deliberate attack, he was able to defend and counter-attack
- It’s always going to be more difficult and sometimes impossible to counter attack if you don’t know if there is going to be a fight
Takeaways about triangle as a defense:
- Being on your back with someone on top of you is not the goal, but this can happen if the person has the initiative and size and aggression
- It is not going to be easy to reverse the position in this case
- It is important to know how to attack from the bottom
- Sometimes we fight the position, in this case we have to fight from the position
Takeaways facing multiple opponents:
- Violence of action
- Take the fight to them
- Always monitor both (in this case) people
- Keep it simple
- Know how to punch and kick hard, fast and accurate
- Don’t stop until it is clear that you are in control
- Don’t commit to the ground