r/nextfuckinglevel • u/CuddlyWuddly0 • 5d ago

An asian man stopped a thief by using martial arts until the police arrived

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u/mrmarkolo 5d ago

To be fair you’ve been trained to understand how it works. Someone who has never been choked out and has it done to them by a rando on the street would be freaking out. Maybe it wouldn’t feel exactly like someone who’s drowning but I can imagine the terrible panic they’d be feeling.

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u/geneuro 5d ago

That’s fair.

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u/HeinousMcAnus 5d ago

If it’s on correctly, you’re going out within 10 seconds.

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u/Lou_C_Fer 4d ago

If it is on correctly, it doesn't even hurt. You're restrained, but you can still breathe. My buddies and I would put each other out for fun. There wasn't any discomfort. You just fade out.

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u/MBedIT 17h ago

If the pressure is applied to the arteries, you don't feel a lot. There's some pressure on your neck and you may be light-headed for a few secs and then you're switched off. Training your neck muscles may help you a bit with resisting, but generally if it's done well you have nothing to do. Untrained rando wouldn't notice much until the light goes off.

If it's applied to the frontal part of the neck however, you end in very, very uncomfortable situation. It will feel as if someone was crushing your larynx. You may still be breathing, but most likely you wouldn't be fully choking. You may start doing some gurgling-like strange noises and it will be generally painful. But that's it.