Street Fight

[kickmaster]

How many of you on this board has actualy been in a hostile situation?

 

If you have been in a hostile situation did you use your martial art training and techniques?

 

If you did use your training what worked for you and what is your style or art that you study?

[ZeRo]

yeh i used my small circle jujitsu skill. finger locks to bent elbow lock to thumb lock. he never came near me again. untill he decided to come with some friends. and i thought he learnt his lesson. side kick to the solar plexus sorted him and his freinds how ran off after.

 

 

[ckdstudent]

I've been in a few too many for my own liking, partly due to the college I went to, and partly due to the fact that I was the quiet one.

 

First one was a guy who attacked me with a chain round his fist. Caught me on the cheekbone which kind of suprised me, but I didn't feel it until after I'd blocked his second try and hit him a few times. Then his friend ran off, and he staggered. When I got to the car the world started to spin.

 

Second one was a guy who tried to jump me from behind as I was walking back from college to home. He and some others had been following me and yelling insults, then I heard running, looked round, and gave him a side-kick to the chest as he started to jump. Then ran, they didn't follow.

 

It did work for me, and I study CKD.

 

 

[kickmaster]

ckdstudent,

 

What is CKD? But I'm glad that you took care of those guys.....

[ckdstudent]

*sniff* No one's heard of my art! Waah!

 

Anyway it's Choi Kwang Do, the art of Grandmaster Choi (no relation to General Choi, although there is a connection).

 

 

[kickmaster]

Ckdstudent,

 

Oh yeah I have heard of Grandmaster Choi. I studied WTF TKD years ago and I heard his name a few years ago. Now I have been studying JKD and I really like it. The system I study is more geared for the streets not for the ring ........

[Bon]

Yeah, I've been in quite a few hostile situations.

 

The best technique has got to be avoiding it altogether by being aware of your surroundings.

 

 

[Withers M.A.A.]

I haven't been in a street fight since I was younger. I did use my Martial Arts but that really doesn't count as I was only about 17. However, a year or so ago I used my training to avoid a fight where a coworker who actually spent 10 years in a high security prison was trying to start a fight. I used my training to stay calm and relaxed and was able to calm him down enough so we didn't need to fight. I was confident however, that if he were to have swung at me I would have won. Avoidance should be your main objective when training in the Martial Arts.

 

Pete

 

 

[Knuth]

The greatest thing I learned in the MA is how to avoid a fight but occasionly some people really want to fight.

 

I have had a few knives in my face and I ended them with either a quick, powerfull jab or a disarmament with a joint lock/break.

 

 

[Northren Ogre]

As a former bouncer and now as a Correctional officer I've been in more fights than I care to count. I found that reaching into my extensive knowledge of "Canuk-jitsu" helped me win most of these.

 

The best "Canuk-jitsu" technique used in a street fight involves pulling you opponents shirt over his head and pounding his face with numerous uppercuts. Just watch the movie " Slap Shot " to see what I mean....

 

Just to clarify " Canuk- jitsu" is the martial art born in Canada. Most classes are taught by hockey coaches. Beginning classes involve several shots of whiskey with beer chasers, followed by a pushing match and yelling " What do you think you're lookin' at!?!?!"