I had a great conversation with another street fighter martial artist a year ago. We both agreed that now a days you can't just fight someone.
What always happens is if your good and lucky you beat the crap out of 1 guy, he comes back with friends and if your lucky again, you beat the crap out of 3 guys. 20 fights later your facing 20 guys at a time. No matter how good you are, your going to have an off day. It only takes one loss for them to put you in the hospital.
I've not been envolved with many street fights post 23 years old. When i have here is my strategy. If i'm facing someone with a gun, i will litterly just sit there and let them beat me up. Can't really call someone a pussy for not fighting back when someone has a gun. Just dont cry.
If they have a knife, and your not comfortable with knife fighting, run or get to a crowded place.
If your comfortable with knife fighting and are willing to put your life on the line, or they dont have a knife, and there is no way out, beat that guy to the point that it strikes fear in his friends. I dont wish to endorce brutality. One thing however is true, if you kick a guy in the nuts repeativly, and crush his face in, his friends will see it. They will be forced to ask is it worth it. But on that same tolken be ready to go to jail, and pay for his hospital bed.
In the end you have to figure out is it worth it or not. Honestly, in highschool, its 90% just them trying to see if you'll get punked and cry. And dont put to much faith into being embarssed. One of the most common things to do these days is for little wannabe gang bangers to jump guys learning martial arts to prove that they rule. Well, if bruce lee was alive i could knock his ass out with a sucker punch to the back of his head and i sure as hell could kick the crap out of every gracie while there asleep. It really doesn't prove anything, because on my best day i couldn't beat either of them one on one in a real street fight.
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