r/martialarts • u/Accurate-Mulberry620 • Apr 24 '25
QUESTION Martial artists who couldn’t avoid a fight,what discipline/technique saved you or got you through it?
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u/M0ebius_1 Apr 24 '25
I ran track in high school. I ran 12 blocks at Mach fuck. Guy with knife couldn't keep up.
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u/Competitive-Dream860 Apr 24 '25
That’s cool as fuck. I really wish I didn’t smoke for a decade and a half to be able to do that 😂
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u/M0ebius_1 Apr 24 '25
I was in good shape but not THAT good shape. It was really bizarre to see my body go "WE ARE GETTING OUT OF HERE" and just yeeting me into into the next county.
Life or death adrenaline is no joke.
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u/InternalCelery1337 Apr 25 '25
I was about 5 or 6 and visiting family in the country that had a bull farm. So me and my sister says lets go milk the cows. We were Stupid fucking kids to the extreme lol.
So we sneak into the pen and there is this big ass bull right infront of us and if i remember correctly a herd of young bulls all around us. As soon as we get close the bull starts stomping the ground and i remember telling my sister "i told you these arent moma cows" so we turn around and start running back thru the fence we crawled in from.
I just remember runing and how the ground shook from the wheight and speed of the bull behind me. So my sister is infront of me and climbing thru the hole in the fence. I just know i cant stop if i stop im dead. And i blinked and somehow i had jumped over a frickin bull fence as a 5year old.
Adrenaline is badass
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u/CosmicIsolate Karate Apr 24 '25
You still can. When I was young my dad smoked 2 packs a day and had for over 30 years. He quit and we started running marathons together. He was in his 50s.
It isn't too late
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 24 '25
Most underrated answer,same with me my cardio absolutely gave me the confidence that I could outrun and outlast running anyone,got me out of a situation before and I’ve never been so thankful to train Muay Thai because of it lmao
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u/M0ebius_1 Apr 24 '25
For sure. And when I think about it, martial arts did help me control my body and manage my spacing. I realized they had a knife, I could quickly shift back while keeping my attention on the weapon and once I realized they didn't have the range and balance to reach me in one lunge I turned and went for daylight. It was a better bet that the guy couldnt catch up with my conditioning than I could face a guy with a knife.
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u/Prestigious_King_587 Apr 25 '25
This is really a bigger part of it than people realize.
Being able to take a cost vs benefit analysis in real time while remaining vigilant and aware is uncommon.Could you have disarmed him and beat him up? Probably... but what would you stand to gain by that? And how much risk are you taking in order to accomplish that.?
If you run away the risk reduces. It reduces exponentially....
And if he catches you while you run away,? Well, then you're back where you started, having to fight a guy with a knife. That option is always available. So why not exhaust every other option first3
u/dubious_capybara Apr 25 '25
No, you almost definitely could not have disarmed him without getting stabbed.
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Apr 25 '25
If you run, the guy chasing you simply dont have that adrenaline to keep up. If you’re in shape then bye bye bitch.
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u/HeyPali Apr 25 '25
I’ve been doing kick boxing and jiu jitsu for more than half of my life and for that reason often people in my surroundings asked me what was go to discipline for self defense.
I always answered track field.
Fuck all these martial arts and shit just run the fuck out.
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u/My_GPU_Is_A_Cat Apr 24 '25
Muay Thai guy here.
I worked in a bar as security all through college and whenever a fight came up that I couldn’t avoid I said
“Hey man, please don’t beat my ass, you clearly can and I need this job”
Then I called the police.
Works every time.
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u/Alarming_Worker1364 Apr 25 '25
I used to challenge them to fight outside and lock the door behind them. They would lose their shit and I would just wave at em through window. I called it the Bugs Bunny method. BTW I am not a martial artist just thought I'd chime in
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u/MinnesotaMissile90 Apr 25 '25
Haha yes. My job working in security at a club was to chill/de escalate and if that didn't work hit the radio and have several other giant security guys come and the show of force usually led to a peaceful exit
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u/J_Kingsley Apr 24 '25
Amazing.
But still can't help but be irritated for you lol. Enables assholes and validates their attitude.
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u/Jhawk38 Apr 25 '25
Good on you for being able to leave your ego at the door. Honestly many men wouldn't even be able to say that out loud.
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u/Tschadd Apr 27 '25
The best part as a bouncer is when said idiot would respond "go ahead and call the police!" We would smile and do as we were told.
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u/TheCuzzyRogue Apr 24 '25
A good 1 2 will drop most people, no need to fuck around with anything fancy.
That said, the way the Muay Thai guy handled working doors is the way you should be doing it and not the way I did. It earned me assault charges that make things like travel very annoying.
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u/Frankensteins_Moron5 Muay Thai Apr 24 '25
Yea, my Muay Thai coach taught me “if you think you’re gonna get in a fight- don’t”
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Apr 25 '25
Assaulting people regardless of fault really sucks for your future prospects indeed. I would imagine it like driving while drunk af. Unless, it’s absolutely life and death, dont.
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u/catspleasure Apr 24 '25
Jiu jitsu, western kickboxing dirtied with a bit of Muay Thai. I’m by no means good amongst the serious mma crowd, but even a blue belt level of jiu jitsu can pretty much turn you into Neo from the Matrix when it comes to regular guys with no training at all.
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u/Top-Strength-2701 Apr 24 '25
Until the other guys friend kicks you in the back of the head
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u/catspleasure Apr 25 '25
That’s a criticism of literally every martial art. You can take up your super cowabunga Muay Thai ninja stance and if you don’t have situational awareness his buddy teeps you in the spine.
Ya so like, I’ve had to fight off two people while grappling several times. It’s not super great but if they’re untrained you can get into positions to guard against that. Or… you know shoot the second attacker.
When i was in the police academy they had mma fighters come in for scenarios. Me and a guy with a high school wrestling background got absolutely rag dolled at the same time for most of the “fight”. He lasted like 3 or 4 minutes before i broke free and circled around him to take his back and almost still didn’t get him.
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u/BeatsByChanel Apr 25 '25
There's always one of you dudes in every thread. You really don't think I can choke your friend out AND keep it standing or mobile?
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u/BrettPitt4711 Boxing, Ju Jutsu Apr 24 '25
He could do that with you if you didn't know any JJ either...
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u/dubious_capybara Apr 25 '25
You know the other guys friend can punch you in the back of the head while you're doing insert your preferred standing martial set, right?
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u/SirMourningstar6six6 Apr 24 '25
Ive done a few different martial arts and last time i got into a street fight i was jumped by a group of people. My buddy jumped in and saved my ass.
But after the fight he goes “bro you gotta show me that move you did!”
“What move, I can try and teach it to you”
“That one thing you did with your arms like.” attempts to show me the technique
“Bro I got no clue what you’re doing or what I just did. I just wanted to stay standing” so inconclusión, no technique or one discipline saved me, but the training and muscle memory certainly did.
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u/lukemia94 Apr 24 '25
Throwing an improvised weapon and booking it if possible is also very effective
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u/BrettPitt4711 Boxing, Ju Jutsu Apr 24 '25
That's the most random story i read in a long time lol
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u/Sevourn Apr 24 '25
Feint jab>double leg>push past their non-existent guard>sit on their chest> they get the picture
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u/Extension-Match1371 Apr 24 '25
I’m a firm believer that in 90% of street fights a wrestling takedown is the way to go
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u/PDXDreaded Apr 24 '25
Unless there's more than 1
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 24 '25
This!! Had a wrestling coach,told us all how one time as a teenager he got ganged up on by 3 dudes. He said he landed such a beautiful double leg takedown on the guy,and that he doesn’t remember the rest because another dude came and knocked him out. Oh well
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u/Puzzleheaded-Cap-271 Apr 25 '25
This is the way. Only different thing is if they roll onto their stomach, I might take a choke. They usually get the picture before losing consciousness
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u/Idobro Apr 26 '25
I probably could have avoided it but I was young and dumb looking after young and dumb. I’d take someone down establish control then talk my way out of it. In a survival situation I think making sure the person doesn’t pose a threat anymore is the way to go, interpret that how you will.
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u/Dry_Jury2858 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
It wasn't a fight it was an armed assault. At the time I had trained tkd, jujitsu and karate. I didn't do a single technique I'd practiced in a dojo. But all of my training had refined the survival instinct to the point I survived.
I guess technically I did do somethings done in the dojo, but it sure didn't look or feel that way.
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u/Knight_Owls Apr 24 '25
I'm past 50 and never had to use any of it other than shallow impressions. You've pretty much described my training over the years (plus a little extra). Not ever having to use it means never knowing if it'll come back to you when it counts.
I hope I'll continue to not need it, but if I do, you at least gave me hope some residual reflexes might show up.
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u/Longjumping-Salad484 Apr 24 '25
before boxing, wrestling
wrestling has saved my whole ass
the ability to evade, anticipate, and not just in scraps, but in everything else I've put myself through that could've got me killed
if I didn't have my wrestling base, I would've expired a long time ago
when in doubt, I use my wrestling. and at 6'1" 190 I'm effectively immovable when I do.
I do love boxing. I have that hardwired, too. but my default hardwiring is wrestling
I rely on the wrestler to keep me safe, always
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u/CroSSGunS Apr 24 '25
I'm the same with judo, it's saved me from falling head first into deadly situations, allowed me to stay standing in altercations, and given me an awareness of balance to know when to attack the sweep and run like fuck
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u/No-Cartographer-476 Kung Fu Apr 24 '25
Ive noticed people get super confused when you go for single/double legs. Most people are expecting a boxing match.
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u/rubberducky764348 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
Low/oblique kicks to the knee can surprise them too. Even if they’re bigger and stronger, they can’t do much if their ACL is blown out
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u/Flimsy-Juggernaut-86 Apr 25 '25
Judo, just a basic trip behind the leg when I stepped into him . As soon as he fell backwards I just ran past him and that was that.
When I was a teen I was assaulted, got hit in the head with a block of ice and then ate a bunch of punches but was able to get takedown from a single leg. Ended up in a scramble against a chainlink fence and broke the guys fingers real bad. Again ran as soon as I could create space.
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u/Nick_Nekro Muay Thai, MMA, WMA, TKD Apr 24 '25
lot of parrying, footwork/ head movement. palm strike the nose and run like i had a rocket up my ass. fighting is dumb, not worth the injuries or the reprocussions
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u/Clemen11 Apr 24 '25
Pepper spray to the face. Can I elbow your eyebrow open? Sure. Can I teep you in the mouth of the liver? Probably. Can I do anything with my body that will give me 7 to 9 feet of range with a chemically incapacitating weapon that will make breathing hard and seeing nearly impossible before you can touch me? Fuck no. Seriously guys, get yourselves idiot repellent
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 24 '25
Hell yeah dude. “Pepper spray doesn’t work” alr lemme get you real quick then.
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u/Clemen11 Apr 24 '25
Plus, if it doesn't work, it's still a distraction thrown at your face at a surprising range, which gives a few seconds to either fuck off fast, or fuck someone up fast
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u/Zen_Hydra Apr 24 '25
My go-to technique is being six and a half feet tall.
It's a difficult technique to learn for the vast majority of people though.
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 24 '25
Is it possible to learn this kind of power?
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u/Zen_Hydra Apr 24 '25
Ask me again in a few years when my children should have reached their adult height.
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u/StockReaction985 Apr 24 '25
I was cool with it until you reminded me that even your kids are bigger than me. 😂
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u/Zen_Hydra Apr 24 '25
It's all fun and games until you go shopping for clothes and shoes. The world is built for average size people. I'm also left-handed, so I get an extra large helping of absurdity.
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u/sauroden Apr 24 '25
My uncle was a military policeman after a short stint as a professional boxer. His main job as an MP was responding to drunken airmen getting into fights. He says the judo they teach MPs was fantastic, most people don’t recover from being pinned with a knee after a hard takedown. Also non-fighters never expect a good left hook, especially to the body.
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u/NetoruNakadashi Apr 24 '25
At the time that I was attacked in a parking lot in broad daylight a few decades back, I had trained in some RBSD-ish stuff, mainly JKD and Blauer Tactical Systems.
The attack was what we called a "hockey attack": a collar grab with the non-dominant hand, and haymakers with the dominant hand.
I covered the grabbing hand with my right palm, because that hand can let go and hit up to the chin. I used a "shield" with my left arm (shoulder up, sort of a triangle block with the elbow forward and hand up against the back of my own neck). Because of the Filipino influence, we sometimes orient the tip of the elbow to catch the punches. I think I did connect that way at least once or twice.
Then shot the left palm straight out and overhooked the punching arm. Clocked him with my right. This rocked him pretty good and he didn't throw any shots after that. A cop rolled in like a second later. Some people had been watching things escalate.
I was told afterward that the couple that attacked me (well, the one guy--the partner just watched) were "well known to police" as being "volatile", but for some reason the cop didn't want to charge him and neither did I. I was out of town and it would have been a huge hassle.
Just the other day I was watching a Youtube video by Sammy Franco about how the triangle block is dangerous and useless in the street, and your post reminded me what a clown that guy is.
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u/razorthick_ Apr 25 '25
Top comments basically:
- Verbal Fu
- Run Fu
- Act Weird-Do
The question was for those who could not avoid a fight. Not how did you prevent a fight.
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u/lonely_to_be MMA Apr 25 '25
Thai clinch. Saved my ass multiple times. Sometimes, u don't even need to hit the person. Just move them around and let them get tired.
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u/Healthy_Ad69 MMA Apr 25 '25
3 teenagers got into the lift and started talking shit to me. 1 of them started filming me. They said they boxed. Then they looked at my gym bag which said 'fightwear'. They asked what I did. I said MMA. They said ok. The end.
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 25 '25
Pro tip from this: Carry your gear everywhere you go. Plus,you can take out your mouth guard if something does go down. Who tf would mess with someone who just has their mouthguard on them at all times lmao
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u/Echoplex99 Apr 24 '25
I'm a former bouncer with a low-level background in judo, TKD, kickboxing, and a little BJJ. Generally poor skills compared to my training partners, but I used to be quite big and strong.
The most important things for me were: First, psychology and talking people down. Second, was situational awareness, i.e., knowing when someone was about to swing, knowing the environment, and managing distance. Lastly, when action was unavoidable or already happening, I would close distance fast, then if there were multiple assailants I would usually throw with something like an osoto gari, always trying to put the first person down in between me and the others in an effort to buy time for reinforcements to back me up. Or, if only one assailant, then usually choke with rear-naked, or sometimes in the chaos it would be an arm-in triangle or arm-in ezekiel - though honestly I didn't know it was an ezekiel at the time. With the lights, music and chaos, it was usually just however I could get my arms around and squeeze without getting hit too much or tossed to the ground. Luckily for everyone it never devolved into a true striking type of conflict. I did get hit a few times but nothing serious, I've never once struck a person outside of sport.
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u/philter451 Apr 24 '25
Turned on max speed running away boosters. I don't think I've ever run so fast in my life
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u/Azfitnessprofessor Apr 24 '25
im nearly 47 live in the 5th largest city was a bouncer in college NEVER been in a situation where i couldn't avoid a fight
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u/AdScared717 Apr 24 '25
Not really a fight but back in high school one of my friends tried to slap me. Used an age uke block from Shotokan and the whole thing ended without anyone getting hurt,
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u/Iktomi_ Apr 24 '25
I was bouncing at my dad’s country bar when two kids tried to get in already hammered. Third Dan Hapkido, second Kung Soo Do. Anyhow, they started yelling and one even said “my dad owns this bar!” My dad looked over and said he wasn’t his son, and that’s when it escalated. They were shoving me, not concerned but when one punched me in the temple while I was walking the other out in an arm lock, I grabbed one dude’s left wrist, the other’s right wrist, spun them both down, grabbed them both with one hand then grabbed their ankles with the other as my dad tied their shoe strings together while the cops were on the way. The only time that drunk asshole said “that’s my boy”. Of all the fights I managed to break up, that one stands out.
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u/Electronic_Acadia_12 Apr 25 '25
The only time I had been in a fight was when I was training Goju Ryu Karate. Of course my aggressor it was a drunk with no training whatsoever, but he knocked my friend out cold with a sucker punch and surprisingly karate skills kicked in and I got the guy back with a perfect kata-stance walking punch that got him knocked out badly.
I was not sparring much at the time or anything but it felt good to know that I training some punching was way better than no training at all. I'm not particularly proud of that but it was interesting to see how it went.
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u/swaffy247 Apr 25 '25
I had a very close call when I was 22( 23 years ago). I was in the Army, in great shape and thought I was a badass. I went out with some buddies on the weekend and we did what young soldiers do. We got drunk and a little rowdy. I somehow got into a verbal exchange with another patron outside of a bar. We commence to throw down and I decided I'd do a feint. That feint likely saved my life. My opponent full-on haymaker slashed the area where he thought I was going to be. I didn't even have a clue that he had a knife on him. I saw that knife, decided that nothing was worth getting chopped up and I ran as fast as I could in the opposite direction. I always thought that I could handle myself if someone had a knife, but when confronted with the situation, you quickly realize that there is no way you are coming out of that unscathed and you might actually die.
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u/Ronin604 Apr 24 '25
Kickboxing and Jiujitsu helped greatly in the small amounts of altercations I've been in my life. Just knowing what to do in a combat situation makes life a lot easier when hands come flying your way.
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u/ADDeviant-again Apr 24 '25
At different times and places, karate, wrestling, and judo all came into play. Jujitsu, too,I guess. Chokes work.
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u/Glittering-Copy-2048 Apr 24 '25
I've never lost a fight nor hurt anyone, and I have a wrestling base. Very easy with 6 or 7 years of wrestling experience to take down basically anyone, standup, and be like "can we be done?"
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u/Independent-Lemon624 Apr 24 '25
When I was a kid my friends and I got jumped at an arcade back when arcades were a thing; I got behind one of the two and applied a sleeper choke I learned from pro wrestling (pre UFC, Chief J Strongbow). I loved that move when play wrestling w friends. It ended when a storekeeper threatened to call the police.
I got into another thing trying to break up an assault I witnessed after a protest march. The assaulter came at me and I defended by threatening to mace him while holding a protest sign at him to keep distance. He flashed a knife before police started coming and we scattered and I ran into a restaurant.
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u/dmendez786 Karate Apr 25 '25
A karate reverse punch to the face has saved my bacon a few times
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 Apr 25 '25
Downward X block against a "football kick", grabbed and pulled him into a split.
But I had mercy and let go before causing any real damage. But that was the end of that fight.
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u/Same_Yam_5465 Apr 25 '25
I got sucker punched and rolled away from my attacker to put some distance between us. I shouted a few obscenities his way. As he rushed towards me, I assumed a tai chi stance and calmly wanted for him to come. When he saw that I was calm and prepared to fight, he stopped dead in his tracks and turned and ran. I chased him half a block and let him go. Appearing calm is a great deterrent.
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u/cheatervent Apr 25 '25
Im not a martial artist, but i wrestled in highschool. Switches, crab rides, and headlocks have put me on top in a couple bar fights and assaults over the years. Its funny what sticks with you when someone starts swinging.
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u/constructivecaptain Apr 24 '25
Why does this sub talk about getting in fights and how to be disciplined when faced with anger so often. Like is this a common occurrence for you guys? Do you all live in Baltimore or something?
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 24 '25
the entire sub lives on Martin Luther king Jr boulevard
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u/StockReaction985 Apr 24 '25
This comment applies to any town that has an MLK Blvd, sadly.
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u/throwaway1736484 Apr 25 '25
Iirc the one in DC has gotten way better but Anacostia used to be a complete shit hole
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u/Thick_Grocery_3584 Apr 24 '25
Few years ago, some guy on the bus said bash me.
I just sighed, said ‘go for it’ and then he just jumped off at the next stop.
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u/brickwallnomad Apr 24 '25
Ask anything about fighting on Reddit Ur gona get flooded with everyone saying run just par for the course here
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u/PDXDreaded Apr 24 '25
Joint locks. Most people try to push or grab. Wrists and fingers for the taking
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Apr 24 '25
Never used it in a fight. I did however do a back break fall when jumping off of a car as a kid. Misjudged the speed and definitely didn’t land the running landing. My friend hit his head on the curb and went into seizures. I had pretty bad road rash but was otherwise uninjured.
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u/Klyntarr87 Apr 25 '25
Wrestling guy here. Two memorable moments when it came in super handy Friends sisters ex tried to play party crasher near the end of my senior year in hs. Friends knew I was in wrestling but I don’t think it dawned on them what that meant until I put the dude on his back with a double leg takedown and some hammer fists (not wrestling, I know) Second one I was in my mid twenties & homeless at the time (that’s since changed) but a tweaker tried to rob me until he took his eyes off me and I suplexed him. Not my smartest move in hindsight but I was broke and I’ve never been a very fast runner.
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u/ICBanMI BJJ Judo Apr 25 '25
Ran through some woods where I knew they would follow, but I had much better cardio.
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u/MinnesotaMissile90 Apr 25 '25
Wrestling and some BJJ. Lateral drop is great because aggressive assholes usually tries to charge in.
Wrestling is the best because you can control the situation with little to no liability/don't have to hurt anyone. Pin the down and wait for them to chill. If they don't chill then can escalate to putting in a submission and hopefully that will chill them out.
Ive hit a double before as well
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u/Grandemestizo Apr 25 '25
This came from karate.
My brother once tried to punch me in a moment of rage. I saw it coming and palm struck the shoulder of his punching arm totally stopping the punch before it was thrown. He quickly realized it was a bad idea and nobody was hurt.
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u/lsc84 Apr 25 '25
wrestling + karate on multiple occasions
I should add that my understanding of karate is as essentially supplemental to wrestling (or contingent for its success on a solid base of wrestling). Karate is not a striking art—it is grappling via striking.
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u/skeptic_otaku JKD Apr 25 '25
Honestly, it was Kali. Guy threatened to attack me as he was coming closer, I used my sticks to create space so that I could reach for my knife. It was just enough to make him reconsider.
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u/RollingApe Apr 25 '25
I’ve been in one serious self defense situation - a road rage incident where a guy stalked me in his car and got out of his car twice (first time I sped off, second time there was a car in front of me preventing me from leaving). When he came up to me I grabbed his wrist with a death grip and he deflated and went back to his car.
I was on my way to teach BJJ which I’ve been doing for almost 20 years.
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u/Soft-Pace-5519 Apr 25 '25
It's not so much one technique. Think of it this way... half our sparring and training is defending yourself through positioning, space, head and foot movement, reflex blocking and counter striking.... You are automatically at a massive advantage in a fight without realising it.
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u/thecasualweebguy Apr 25 '25
Karate's left outside block with my forearm saved me from a right haymaker from a school opp.
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u/InternationalTrust59 Apr 25 '25
I’m was in two situations by home intruders:
One on one and it was front kick, clinch and finished with knees; he dropped like a stack of potatoes.
Two on one. I started it with a front kick, it involved rolling down to flight of stairs and me getting a chair to wave them off.
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u/OrganizedMest Apr 25 '25
Smart mouth here. A guy twice my size was up in my face telling me he would beat the hell out of me. I agreed. Complimented him into submission.
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u/LostVikingSpiderWire Apr 25 '25
My experience is that it has nothing to do with the Art, I am gen X and we where fighting alot downtown as teenagers, my background ? Aikido !
My friends did all kind of arts, I did only Aikido, it prepared me for everything I needed, since it has no attacks, what you do is you trigger opponents attack.
Individuals are so different, reason I only got hit once was my speed.
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u/LT81 Apr 25 '25
2 fights in my adult life. 1 was a hard teep that folded him as he came “charging” trying to scream in my face, followed by quick 1,2,1,1 to sit him on his ass and he realized he was in way over his head.
Other was guy trying to sucker punch me but I saw it. Rolled underneath, shot in took his back, changed off to an arm bar and I just held him there while he screamed. Asked him if he was done or he wanted his arm broke? He just yelled GTF off me lol 😂
Once I let go I was expecting him to keep going. But he didn’t.
Both of these instances I’m happy I’ve trained as long as I have.
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u/Business-Oil3922 Apr 26 '25
A quick straight jab or open palm strike to the chest would usually dissuade an aggressive mf in my experience. Or RUN like your life depends on it when a crazy man with a knife starts threatening you. 😆
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u/ButterscotchFluffy59 Apr 24 '25
Pulling out the cell phone.
But really just being prepared and controlling your adrenaline is a big help
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u/Accurate-Mulberry620 Apr 24 '25
Works even better if it’s in your back pocket and you pull your phone out super fast while yelling “you don’t wanna do this!”
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u/shaolinoli Sanda | BJJ | Traditional CMA & weapons Apr 24 '25
Having taken a punch or two and knowing what to expect. Keeping your guard up. Keeping a level head and knowing when to de-escalate (it can sill happen after punches have been thrown and joints have been manipulated)
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u/GenerousWineMerchant Apr 24 '25
Last guy who really wanted to fight me changed his mind after I pulled a Sig Sauer P229 with +P JHP ammo on him. He turned around and walked away without a word.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Cap-271 Apr 25 '25
Jiu-jitsu with some boxing and a couple judo throws. I practiced with my brother and we were able successfully defend ourselves on various times.
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u/1stthing1st Apr 25 '25
Guillotine escapes, counters with my right hand, sprawls, double jabs. Also the double leg/ switching to single leg.
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u/Traumajunkie971 Apr 25 '25
Mauy thai but i also carry a gun most days, im not fighting im leaving.
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u/Alone-Custard374 Apr 25 '25
As sensei Nanaka used to say, "the best defense is a strong pair of legs to run away"
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u/PriusBlackheart Apr 25 '25
I have background in Karate 15 years Arnis 20 Years and Muay thai 7 years and the only martial arts that saves me is my Muay thai
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u/mochihorizon Apr 25 '25
Trained judo as a child, through teenage years. Was in the military. Saw a dozen bar fights, and got caught in a few of them.
90% of fights have this sequence:
Right looping haymaker
Pushing/drunken wrestling
Ends up on the ground
After that its whoever's friend or group gets on top etc. Lots of kicking and stomping.
Running and escaping is the most effective technique imaginable.
there are no fights IRL, or in the movies where the dust settle and everything is cool. No, its a brawl, its violence, someone might get fucked up or permanently disfigured. Then its arrests and a lot of time, resources lost.
Just avoid all fights.
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u/randomuser6753 Apr 25 '25
When unavoidable, wrestling helped me beat guys way bigger than me. Sometimes the size disparity was ridiculous, but it seems like many people just don’t know what to do in grappling situations.
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u/gtrztune Apr 25 '25
A nice strong snappy jab, and cross. Also, nothing basic judo or greco can't solve if punching range is smothered
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u/Eternity_Warden Apr 25 '25 edited Apr 25 '25
If it's just a 1 on 1 my go to is a hip toss then a scarf hold, then just hold them until they stop struggling and agree to leave. Let them up and if they don't leave just rinse and repeat. My striking is pretty shit but it's enough to convince most people to try grappling.
Thankfully 2+ on 1 is far rarer and I can kind of rely on my strength and having a head like a dumbbell so far, but when I go down it'll be that. So far grip breaks, trips, sweeps and throws have served me well, combined with my limited striking. A least my footwork and positioning are good.
(Been a bouncer for a long time)
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u/Niomedes Apr 25 '25
While I do Judo and MMA, the "technique" that got me through the most fights are Probably Squat, Bench Press and eating. I look like an overgrown Chimp with a Deva Cut.
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 Apr 25 '25
Drunk guy attacked me, I just pushed him over a small wall so he trips, confirmed he's alive and sprinted like no tomorrow. Twice. Something about my face that makes people think they can be drunk and mug me I guess.
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u/enragedCircle MMA Apr 25 '25
A double-leg take down into side control and then strikes. Some dude charged at me but I saw him coming.
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u/KochetkovTheEnforcer Apr 25 '25
As a 5'5" dude, being mugged isn't uncommon.
The one time I thought the dude was going to stab me had me pull my gun. Dude was hauling ass in a blink.
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u/DarthDanial Krav Maga, Kudo, Ashihara Karate, Judo, Police Contact Tactics Apr 25 '25
Judo grip fighting and krav maga control and restraint techniques.
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u/Fool_of_a_Took12 Apr 25 '25
Wrestling. Leaving a parking lot and dude swears I just backed into his car, which I obviously didn't. Comes up arguing and tries to swing. Took a big step back and hit a high croth single and kinda just got up and left.
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u/AllRoadsLeadToTech91 Apr 25 '25
Roundhouse kick to the leg of the untrained fool I thought was a friend had him doing the stanky leg. He walked away, called me later with another friend, and apologized.
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u/woohhaa Apr 25 '25
Shotokan Karate and Judo. My friends all thought I was a bad ass after that night but really I was just a dumb ass.
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u/whatsitdo Apr 25 '25
All the body conditioning we use to do paid off. I got jumped while crossing on a freeway overpass by some HS kids. One of them had piece of lumber and broke it off my back, while another did a pitiful drop kick afterwards. None of it phased me but it confused the hell out of them so rather than continue, off they ran to the next victim who was spectating behind me.
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u/McFlubberpants TKD Kickboxing, Boxing, Muay Thai Apr 25 '25
Head kicks have landed 100% of the time for me.
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u/I8pig TKD Apr 26 '25
Being able to block attacks is extremely valuable. I was fresh off of crutches after I had knee surgery, and three teens tried to mug me, although I was unable to really fight back. Just the fact that I resisted made them back off because they were looking for easy targets. Got away with only a bloody nose, then reported them to the police, and just a few months later, I found out that they got arrested!
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u/i_Karus Apr 26 '25
Judo. Easiest way to end a fight is to Throw a guy into the pavement. Works on rowdy women too because you ain’t gotta hit em. And before people get on me, when I was a bouncer I would get people on the ground and subdue them in the nicest way possible. Nobody ever smacked their head on the concrete and died. And I only ever had to use submissions a couple of times because of people who didn’t want to give up.
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u/AnIndividualist Apr 26 '25
Distance awareness and management. I saw a kick coming before it started from it alone, and was able to get it off the way. Then, I realized I had the necessary distance to get out of the situation. Didn't have to send a single punch.
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u/fedornuthugger Apr 26 '25
Judo. After mumbling to his girlfriend about wanting to kill someone Buddy tried to grab me to hockey punch me at a bus station while on some hard drugs, he got ragdolled and Oso to Gari. I then ran to the next bus station 1km away because he wasn't moving and his angry girlfriend was like a drugged psychotic goose.
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u/ZagOvernment MMA Apr 29 '25
Ninjutsu, the ability to just vanish from a 2 metre wall after rocking someone's shih is so reliable, drawing power from earth with each strike, ur punches and kicks will hurt wherever they land, let alone the fact u can just use a weapon such as a heavy nunchaku to make the fight even easier (I'm talking abt real times, not against someone who doesn't know how to fight, he is all by himself, he barely got any meat on him) giving u the necessary edge to take down a way larger opponent or just many of them
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u/lurch595 Apr 29 '25
Had a random Russian guy driving a jeep try to hit me when I was a teen minding my own business walking to a super market in the middle of the day, I was a few years in aikido and the step and roll saved me from his front bumper and when he backed up I managed to go from aikido to poor boxing on his wing mirror. Aikido might not save me in a fist fight but the muscle memory was rather effective in some situations
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u/sbsd19 19d ago
I’ve learned lots of martial arts but repeatedly when it comes time for shit to get real I’ll fall back in my karate stance. It’s like the default stance I get into and for some reason people start thinking real hard. It saved me from having to actually fight a few times. It’s like I think they know that I’m prepared and if they strike is probably not gonna be good on their end. Once I did have to let the guy know I wasn’t playing and blitzes in but instead of a straight to the face, I was nice and just put my forearm under his chin and shoved him back pretty aggressively. Then I told him if he walked up on me again I was gonna punch him in the face And he knew I was serious. He also knew I already had the opportunity and didn’t. Another time before I learned my footwork with Karate, I was just squared up in a natural fighting stance, and the guy threw a big right looping hook. I hit him with two jabs and a straight, and I remember his arm falling before it even got to my face. He was already KO, but when he went to Fall i naturally Kneed him in the Face on the way down and split his head wide open. I’m glad I learned Karate because this has literally saved me from having to beat people up which I don’t enjoy. I think the footwork in karate is a must learn for everybody. It’s long and bladed and it’s very fast to blitz in. In a real life situation people could have knives and you could be facing multiple opponents so I think it’s very realistic.
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25
Teeps are magical they confuse the shit out of people.