Real life situations

[Kid_Potato]

first of all i think you have to be mentally strong to win a fight. You can know a bunch of cool techniques and what not but if your not there mentally you already lost the fight. I would also try to defuse the situation and avoid the fight entirely.

your main focus should be to train yourself mentally and learn any martial art because they are all effective in their own way

[chris davis 200]

I worked as a doorman so yeh.

against both unarmed, armed, drunk, sober, bigger, smaller and multiple opponents.

I think that if you understand the reality of combat, dont have any misconceptions or pre concieved notions of what it is like, and dont plan out or think in the 'he does this, i do this' mindset then you stand a better chance.

Your training needs to be realistic and produce a strong intention to survive regardless of what style. You need fast, simple principles that finish encounters quickly. Last thing you want is a battle of a few minutes on your hands.

cheers
Chris

[doubleouch]

The problem with this thread is it appears that the poster is trying to find out from secon hand experience if his training will actually make a difference in a "real" fight. No one can answer that for you. It doesn't matter how many stories you hear. If you are training in a totally alive manner where you test everything against agressive resistance then these questions usually go away quickly and it becomes a non issue. If I am wrong and you just want to hear cool stories then lets hear em! I would ask why are you concerned with being able to dominate a street fight anyway? Are you in immediate danger of being attacked? If you are then you need to change your lifestyle not your martial art. If you are not in danger of being attacked then look to your art for enjoyment, exercise, and mental and physical challenges.

[Szczepankiewicz]

You just didn't dig far enough.

A REAL FIGHT? What exactly is your definition of a REAL FIGHT?

[FunkyFighter]

There are lots of discussion regularly going on about the best martial art..."what is the MA that will help me in a street fight?", and so on...
I just wondered if you have been in a situation where you had to protect yourself and I don't mean any pathetic argument with few pushes and punches involved with some drunks but I mean a real fight. How did the fight went and how much techniques were you able to perform? Do you think that if you had studied also some other MA you would have done better (you feel that you have missed some practical training)?
I don't know if this thread has already been discussed but at least I didn't notice any similar posts as I went through some of the old threads.

-funky