Multiple attackers

[Reklats]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not about the pepper spray. You could be mocking me, or Lima Lama could be the precise and deadly art of pepper spray combat for all I know.

[tokeabowl]

hmm, I would have to say karate and kung fu. If you really want to hurt the other guy, use kung fu. However, karate is a good way to fight multiple people also. They teach you how to hit people who are behind you either with your elbows or your fist. There are some really good ways to knock people out. I dont think Judo or BJJ would be good becase while you are wrestling one person down, the other can come up behind you and punch you in the back of the head. If two people decide to team up on you, go ahead and use cheap methods. Such as groin shots.

[Warp Spider]

What if running means leaving a loved one behind? What then?

 

Unless the loved one in question is handicapped, I would hardly see this as an issue. Of course, I wouldn't recommend running at all, who wants to miss out on a legitimate excuse to increase their bodycount?

[Reklats]

I dont think Judo or BJJ would be good becase while you are wrestling one person down, the other can come up behind you and punch you in the back of the head.

 

Ippon Seoinage man. Grab... fwap.

[SBN Doug]

...I dont think Judo or BJJ would be good becase while you are wrestling one person down, the other can come up behind you and punch you in the back of the head.quote]

 

Don't assume that because BJJ's strength is on the ground that they always take their fights to the ground.

 

There's plenty of threads around these forums discussing the standing techniques of BJJ.

[Ozaru]

Not that I know enough about other arts to speak gospel on this subject.

 

But I do know that Tae Kwon Do is a good way to deal with multiple attackers. It's almost beautiful to watch a (good) Black belt fend off 3 or 4 attackers with lightning fast kicks and punches.

 

This isnt to say stand there are try to fight 3 or 4 guys but maybe you could hold your own until they decide not to mess with you and run. Or you can take out one or two quickly and focus on the remaining attackers.

 

I would also say Aikido would be the best for that situation

[JerryLove]

TKD is an example of the worst approach to mutliple attackers I can think of. I've yet to see any with regard to relative position, focus on a long range, no real grappling skills, deliberately unbalanced techniques, etc.

[cymry]

The most practical advice I have seen is a tape calle 'Tactical Street Survival' by Larry Wick. The ad is * as i to be expected from TRS, but the video is extremely good.

[Treebranch]

Reklats I wasn't being sarcastic about the pepper spray. Lima Lama is not the Pepper spray MA, but that's funny. I think if you pepper spray someone in the face there's very little that person or persons can do against your attack. Very Ninjutsu of you.

[Shorinryu Sensei]

hmm, I would have to say karate and kung fu.

 

I agree. Depending on the system of course, I would surmise that most, if not all forms of karate and kungfu would have as a part of their system the techniques for fighting more than one opponent. Not to say that all of them practice it, as I've seen that in other schools myself. Some systems, like judo aren't designed for more than one-on-one combat.

... go ahead and use cheap methods. Such as groin shots.

 

Groin shots are cheap methods? In a street fight, where are the rules and the referree's that are going to cry "FOUL!" if you use a groin shot? Especially if you're fighting multiple opponents.

 

To me, there is no such thing as a cheap shot in a fight, nor an illegal technique. You do what you have to do to survive the confrontation. If that means groin techniques...fine. Throats, eyes, kidneys, spines and knees..they're all good.