Biting in a self defence situation??

[boxinghurts]

I've always wondered if it would be wise (if no other option came to mind) to bite someone who was attacking you? Or would it just piss the attacker off even more? Has anyone ever used biting in a fight?


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[Ronson]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with biting or using the other so-called "dirty" techs. If it's the only option you got, by all means use it. But it should come with a warning. In a highly adrenalized situation that a fight is, not everyone is going to act "normally" in response to such techs. Also having a good base or dominant positioning to launch said techs. is vitally important - I had mount on a guy and was raining punches on his face. He chose to bite my hand, which in turn led to a clean elbow strike flush onto his face. Surprisingly, he released the shallow bite on my hand

[jubaji]

I've always wondered if it would be wise (if no other option came to mind) to bite someone who was attacking you? Or would it just piss the attacker off even more? Has anyone ever used biting in a fight?


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Bad idea

[georgie]

Biting

i agree. use it when someone has a hold on you ( any bjj type locks or holds , headlocks etc.) if someone is striking you dont use it. learn to avoid strikes by blocks or parry's . use your teeth if someone has a hold on you. i saw someone bite a huge chunk out of a guys nose once. it was really gross but... it ended the fight right away. depends on the situation.

[Combat Cherokee]

Biting alone is pretty usless and will just piss the person off. Theres also to much of a risk of blood transfer. There are aspect of bites that can send a very strong physcological message if done right. Growling can really screw with someones mind while biting and not even sinking your teeth in. If you are gonna bite it remember just like an eye attack, it will not end the fight, but will get a reaction that will help further your attack.

[Ryu (JKD?)]

I've bitten in a fight before.

And have been bitten by kino mutai players in the JKD grappling field, including Paul himself.

If you're going to even attempt to bite someone who knows a decent amount of grappling, I'd advise strongly for you to be well versed in the grappling arts yourself. Grapplers train against "biters" too. It's not a foreign technique to them.

Biting needs to be done when you are in a strong position to do damage, and you yourself have to be protected. That means you're gonna have to have really good grip strength, keep your eyes and ears covered from any counterattack, and the bite itself needs to be uninterrupted and continuous. Kino Mutai stresses multiple bites in circular fashions together with grip strength, and strong grappling skills of your own. Biting this way needs to induce panic and bypass the normal response of "that son of a bitch bit me, now I'm going to tear his eyes out for it."

MOST opponents will be pissed off if you bite them. You're going to have to make sure you have them restrained enough to cause damage and panic, otherwise yes, they will be inclined to do the same (if not worse) to you.

In this day and age, diseases from blood are no joke.
"Biting" is definitely not something to go around thinking of as a martial art or great neutralizer.

[Hardball]

Blood borne illnesses, hepatitis, hiv, aids.................Only bite if your ass depends on it.

[Tant01]

I've always wondered if it would be wise (if no other option came to mind) to bite someone who was attacking you? Or would it just piss the attacker off even more? Has anyone ever used biting in a fight?
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Lets look at this... Is it WISE if the ONLY OPTION that comes to mind is BITING?


Sounds more like ignorance than wisdom to me....


It's often the first and last effort of the desperate and untrained.

[Sensei Saki]

I am agreeable to that.Ask again later.

Ask Paola
if it is.Yes it sounds like it to me too, .You're kidding.
often the first and last effort of the desperate and untrained is?

[Tom Yum]

I am agreeable to that.Ask again later.

Ask Paola
if it is.Yes it sounds like it to me too, .You're kidding.
often the first and last effort of the desperate and untrained is?

What the heck does Paola have to do with this?

I am not agreeable to that, but I will not ask again later.

[unclejoe357]

Blood borne illnesses, hepatitis, hiv, aids.................Only bite if your ass depends on it.

You beat me too it.

Now if, for whatever reason, I was completely locked up and I was in no position to use a headbutt then I would take a bite outta crime.

If you have to bite, then bite. I dont think sinking your teeth into flesh to cause pain compliance would work. You are going to have to tear something off, which brings us back to the pathogen part.......

[HappyJackSlade]

Bite,pinch,spit,scratch,pull hair,choke,armbar,kick,choke
I said choke twice as i realy like doing it.
What ever gets you home to your family.

[Garland]

use the incisors, take small pieces of flesh, don't try to tear large chunks, it won't work. Dumog style. Crushing the windpipe also works, use thumb and the smaller metatarsals (?) by your fingernails.(think carotid (trigger) larnyx (grip). Thumbs in the eyes. Slamming them by the hair and ears against hard surfaces. Tailhooking, fishhooking, ripping the ear, digging into the collar bone and under the arm pits...using your forearm to apply mass pressure on the throat...and, headbutts...elbows...rallying, just keep punching until the other person goes limp.

homo homini lupus.

Problem with biting is....blood. In this day and age, with healthcare and insurance/ pharmacuetical run by bourgoise pigs who care nothing about social welfare, HIV is a death sentence.

But, if you must, make sure you make it count, try and pull up the artery, get the ear, or nose.