how good are you in a fight?

I don't do fighting (more of a lover of course) it's not that I don't believing in defending one's conviction and protecting the weak.
But I fear the red mist when one loses control and blackouts are not good

 

Last time I was in a fight I was eight years old.

 

I don't like to fight but I have been in three fights, the first fight ended with me hitting the other guy only once. he was drunk and wanted to fight. I told him to come back when he was sober and if he still wanted to fight we would. That wasn't good enough for him and he pushed back just far enough that I hit him with a right upper cut and sent him flying onto the trunk of his car. He was out cold.

The second one was pretty much the same way, I was accused of something I didn;t do and he insisted that we fight. It was behind the police station and he did the same thing and when he pushed me back far enough I hit him the same way and after that hit he wanted no more of me, but I was pissed then so I beat his ass.

The thrid fight was when I was drunk and this kid wanted to fight, I was to drunk to be fighting and to cocky to walk away. He was a small person but he was very stout. Needless to say I got the whipping of my life from him. Moral of the story... Don't fight and damn sure don't fight when drunk.

 

Third grade--little fucker slapped my face and I did nothing because I was taught fighting was useless. I was always a head taller than my classmates and was almost 6'3" at 14 so never really had any trouble then. I found out my uncle was a professional heavyweight boxer when he was young and won 10 of 10 before his wife gave him the ultimatum--me or boxing-and he quit, but I asked him to teach me some fundamentals. What he taught me REALLY helped me and being very quick, my M. Ali jab ended almost every fight I was in. Couple a' swift hard jabs to the snot box will cure a wise ass from wanting to continue. I never started a fight in my life,but I ended the ones forced on me. Fighting is dumb, but I taught my kids to use the Clint Eastwood method. That is--NEVER start a fight ,but if it's unavoidable-take care of it swiftly and positively. Don't know how I would do against someone fuckin' with me nowadays--I might have to resort to a weapon,but I'm a peacefull person and am friendly wherever I go. Have been since the 60s. But I take no serious shit. Fortunately,I never get any. (story about my uncle in the Writers forum-Miscalculation)

 

I don't know because no one would ever pick a fight with me because I look as if I could kick your ass, your friend’s ass, and the half-dozen or so lackeys you have with you


Hotwater

 

yeah i never started any fights either. and so far i've come out OK or been able to walk away from fights initiated against my will.

i agree fighting is dumb, but i also think one should know the basics of it and have some skills in fighting, which unfortunately you only get by fighting other people. most of the days you don't need it and it can create an illusion that our life is really safe and you can get away by reasoning with people but the fact is life isn't that safe.

i got mugged a while back, and it was a reality check. i was just walking on the street and this guy steps up to me starts talking, i continue to walk on and at some point he just grabbed me by the jacket and demanded money from me. there were two of them, one stayed behind while the other blocked my way and held me back. i didn't give them anything, but he was way bigger than me and i wasn't so confident i could hold my own against him plus his friend. he got my cell phone out of my pocket and they took off after that. which i think went pretty well. moments like this you come to realize how quickly things can get fucked up and how close you really can come to lying face down on the sidewalk.

 

I've probably been in about 4 severe fist fights in the past month. What can I say, I like to fight, A LOT. I'm pretty good in a stand up fight, I'm 6'1 and 135 lbs so it makes sense.. I have the reach. I've had my head beatin into the concrete and I still never back down. The only way I stop swinging is when I'm out cold. When you take me to the ground though, I'm done.

 

Last time I was in a fight I was ten and the other kids broke it up before it got serious. Good thing too because he was way bigger than me. Am I good in a fight right now? I don't know. I am a martial artist but that doesn't mean I'm a fighter. My attitude towards martial arts is: I am a martial artist with emphasis on the second word. Would I be able to use what I've learned over the years in a fight? Probably, but I'm not so interested in really finding out that I would willingly walk into a fight. In any case, I have yet to come across a situation where I would absolutely need to fight.

 

I fight a few times a year. Drunken party fights, girlfriend drama, helping out friends, etc.I just got a cast taken off my hand because I broke it on an idiots face, so I guess my last fight was about 6 or 7 weeks ago. I hang out with rednecks, its what we did for fun growing up haha.

I've lost my share of boxing matches including one particularly brutal KO, don't recall losing an actual fight since elementary school though. I think its just because I don't talk shit and pussyfoot around it and make a big scene like most people.

Also though, I know my limits and I'm not going to try to take on a group or anything. I;ll always stand my ground, but I def won't up the aggression level unless I'm confident haha

 

I always get into fights with my wife. We learned to walk away after both ending up in jail for a few days. It was thrown out by the judge, so we got off, but now we look back and laugh at it sometimes.

Mostly I have to fight my tendency to do something stupid, or go toe-to-toe over something on principle alone. Standing firm usually leads to disaster, in our situation. Words turn to shoves. Shoves turn to objects thrown.

Last time, I got a thumb in the eye,,twice.

I've always got the worst part of the deal in a fight with my wife. I don't have the liberty to just wail on her, since I'm not motivated to do so. But she feels she has the right to send objects sailing past my head, and not expect me to react.

I don't like turning my back to her in those situations. I once was running down the stairs to avoid a conflict, and a section from a tree trunk landed on the step just behind me, breaking it. But the only alternative is standing my ground. I've had my eyes sprayed with mace just for calling her "evil", face to face.

I should just fuck her and get it over with,,,lol.





I'm a "marital artist"



I'm pretty good at "Mu Shu"

 

Been good in some and terrible in others. The day I was pissed, I got a little harassed by some jackass who sprayed me with axe and calling me a bitch thinking I wouldn't do anything. I immediately put my fists up and got closer, he looked panicky and unprepared, so I obviously knew I would win. I didn't actually hit him, but I dodged his punches and made him almost trip into the street. I acted like it was a friendly fun fight, but I would have knocked him out, I was that mad. Then his friend said he wanted to try too, and I kicked his shin and hit him pretty good, not hard in the face, and we got yelled at by my neighbors.

The times I got my ass whooped, were when I was boxing with my thai kwon do black belt friend. I was amazed how good he was, he delivered a perfect punch to my chest two times, and I was out.

 

I'm good. Kinda had to be since I was a white kid raised in the barrio of the East Bay. Took me a long time and a lot of therapy to get rid of my violent tendencies (that's what happens when you're raised in a violent environment and a minority). Last fight though was a few years back when I thought this neighbor was going to beat down my woman (in her face, screaming at her, fists clenched). I ran up, got between them and told him to get the fuck off my property and leave. He had about 50lbs on me and a good 6" taller, but I'm a good street fighter...He threw the first punch...I finished it by taking him down.

I don't like to fight, but don't fuck with my girl lest you wish hellfire upon yourself...ya know?

 

You LEARN pretty quick how to fight in my neighborhood

 

It depends. If I know I'm not in any real danger, and it is about something stupid, I'd probably not even fight back. I'd try and avoid the actual fight itself. Bruce Lee called this the art of fighting without fighting...

Now, if someone is harming someone else, or is a danger to my life, he is in some real shit. I've got 9 years of Karate training, 2 years of kickboxing, and 3 years of training by myself when I moved to a place without a decent dojo.
A year ago someone actually took my skateboard and tried to slap the trucks into my head. As he swung the board, I grabbed the truck, pulled the board and turned around, throwing him off-balance, I then drove my elbow into his stomach, turned, and kicked him. He ended up falling and breaking his braces on a peace of stone.

The idiot then tried to sue me, but after checking out the guys "witnesses" they couldn't even make up a decent story that was consistent. The case didn't even get to court.

 

I don't fight. When it comes down to a "situation" the other person usually turns into a major klutz, and runs into a door frame or falls down and hits his head on a curb, or both......

Generally people leave me alone after that.

 

i look after myself... not yet been beaten up

touch wood.

 

You should beat that wood.

 

Any man any size can be a fighter if pushed to his breaking point. You would be a fool thinking that a little guy or someone who looks like a 'nerd' can't back themselves up. That is foolish and you are just asking for it.

I saw a small guy that was 5'7 at the tallest, he was stalkey though, but just knocked out someone damn near twice his size at a bar. Saw another small guy run up on a big dude clock him when he was on the dock loading some stuff into a boat. He hit the dude so hard he fell in the water, then he took off up the steps and was gone before the big guy was even out of the water.

To be honest in my experience its the smaller guys who id fear more than the big ones. They are fast, scrappy, tough, and can out maneuver most swings. The big guys i think are fear from sterotypes cause they are so big. Don't let your guard down for any size.

 

I try to avoid fighting.

In first grade a kid who was held back in kindergarten told someone else that he wanted to fight me on the play ground. I was extremely willing for some reason then. I didn't even know who he was. A crowd gathered around behind the shed that was somewhat out of eye sight and he came at me with a kick to the stomach. I grabbed his leg before it hit and spun him and he fell on the ground. Then the kindergarten teacher rang her bell and he left to go back into class.

My brother who is over a year older than I have gotten into it a little bit here and there.
We've never established who would actually win in an all out fight. I heard that if two brothers havent figured that out by a youthful age it will never be figured out. I think that is where him and I are at.

My ex girl friends ex husband and I got into it because she was trying to get her son from him and he wouldn't let her take him because I was with her. So she went into the house, the door was wide open and I'm sitting in the car then I hear her scream and yell my name asking for help. I stepped in and he ran at me like a retard swinging his arms around, he hit me in the nose and the head a couple times. I calculated some blows to his side and then he tried to wrestle me and that did not at all work out for him as I'm pretty good on the ground, last thing I remember was me dragging him out the front door of his house. I don't think I really had it planned out what I was going to do with him once I got him outside but he latched his teeth onto my left wrist and I was in disbelief for a moment before pulling my arm away and jumping back in the vehicle.
Then had to go to the emergency room to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics, it was a nasty bite and I still have the scar to show.

If I was pushed to a certain limit I am sure I could hold my own.

I don't like violence at all.

 

Very, very bad and I'm very glad that I don't have to be able to fight.

I'm super against violence. =3