
Originally Posted by
bumpus
If you are the aggressor or the person who starts a fight your in trouble,
and you can be held responsible for all damages to the other person.
If you are defending yourself from an attacker then you have a defence to your response as long as they are still attacking you or someone else.
You still need to be able to justify how much damage you do to the other person to make them stop fighting you.
If they stop fighting and you do not stop, and you continue to beat on the other person then you are now the aggressor, and what ever happens from then on could be held against you because you were not being threatened.
It makes no difference if you are using a form of Martial Arts, or just plain old everyday street fighting, You can be fined or put into prison, or both.
Depending on the Damage and the Judge, and State your in.
bumpus
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