foot2face

use the fear to your advantage. i always retreated when under fire from my sparring partner. then i learned two good strikes that worked great while retreating. (1) while backing, i'll step to the right and do a low spinning heel kick to the leg while backing away (2) or step back, drop down into a dragon tail sweep.....when most people attack they raise up out of a good stance and get on their toes. this makes them more succeptable to sweeps and leg strikes. try it. i promise it'll work. the spinning heel kick is my favorite. it looks like damnit but the heel frogs any muscle it hits!!!

thats my question.....

i would cover my face and side kick to the extended knee and bring an elbow up when his hands dropped.

i've used shorin ryu in street fights and found it very effective. my theory is to keep it simple.....no high kicks or anything flashy. you can "handle" most untrained people with good punches and leg kicks.....they won't know what the hell to do. just stay under and out of the wild haymakers and most importantly, wear them down. 5 or 6 punches and they're winded. then you put em down