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guys after reading many posts with "street fight" and "street scenario" mentioned as a way of comparing MA's to real life situations I'd just like to know what exactly are your ideas of a street fight or a street situation?
I have been in a lot of stupid punch ups with mates, drunk people while myself also being drunk and simply just because when you're young it was a fun thing to do, but! although I have come across guys who can actually fight none of them can be compared with a trained Martial artist who have dedicated many hours, years to developing their stanima and physical strength in order to either fight competitively or for fitness, be they from conventional boxng or chinese boxing they all will dominate in a one on one street figth (so long as the guy is a fighter at heart, obviously if he is a pussy with a 3rd danblack belt then that means shit)
What I feel is a street situation is far from anything athleticaly challenging nor would I say it is technically dificult. A street fight, street situation is not a graceful event and doesnt scare me. The people who usually grab chairs, bottles or other objects have at an instance proven their worth once lifting an object to hit someone with it..... and in my experiences usually the trained fighter never really fights in others stupid brawls. So why is "street" so commonly mentioned? is to invoke a kind of fearful atmopshere or something? I mean street figths are dull to watch, sometimes, very rarely, quite hillarious when you see a couple drunks going at it with no cordination and balance, I mean how can any of these types of street figthers be used to compare the toughness of martial arts by saying "well in a street situation.... bla bla bla"???
Thugs and drunks and muggers are all street fighters, most have no athletic training and sure as hell dont know how to hit somone correctly thats why they usually attack in groups. Dont think just because its street defence then it atomatically mneans its "hard as nails".... naturally you will always get guys who are "hard as nails" with or without any kind of traning but the majority of street fighters cant fight and sure as hell dont scare me..... so why not compare with some scary fighters who actually can fight?
The best martial art to win in a street fight is the plain old martial art of running like a champion! If you're dumb enough to stay and take a hiding then fair play to ya! If you are alone then thats the only disadvantage you have in a street situation.
so what is a street fight to you?
getting mugged? is that a street situation? I mean I dont care who you are or what you have trained in, the sheer surprise of a mugger pulling some knife out on ya or even a gun is enough to make even the most thouroughly trained martial artist shit a brick! Its the dark alley, total surprise and being alone while getting attacked by 2 or more idiots with pointy objects that is hard to compete against and there aint many guys who could handle that situation.... I mean very few guys who could! The muggers aint gonna let the guy knock one of them out and then attack after he's down, the both of them, maybe 3, are gonna attack at the same time very hard and very aggressively giving the guy very little chance to move. The only thing MA's provides in this situation is the physical strength and conditioning of the body to take the beating! but what i always say is so long as you hurt at least one of them then its cool.
I have been in a lot of stupid punch ups with mates, drunk people while myself also being drunk and simply just because when you're young it was a fun thing to do, but! although I have come across guys who can actually fight none of them can be compared with a trained Martial artist who have dedicated many hours, years to developing their stanima and physical strength in order to either fight competitively or for fitness, be they from conventional boxng or chinese boxing they all will dominate in a one on one street figth (so long as the guy is a fighter at heart, obviously if he is a pussy with a 3rd danblack belt then that means shit)
What I feel is a street situation is far from anything athleticaly challenging nor would I say it is technically dificult. A street fight, street situation is not a graceful event and doesnt scare me. The people who usually grab chairs, bottles or other objects have at an instance proven their worth once lifting an object to hit someone with it..... and in my experiences usually the trained fighter never really fights in others stupid brawls. So why is "street" so commonly mentioned? is to invoke a kind of fearful atmopshere or something? I mean street figths are dull to watch, sometimes, very rarely, quite hillarious when you see a couple drunks going at it with no cordination and balance, I mean how can any of these types of street figthers be used to compare the toughness of martial arts by saying "well in a street situation.... bla bla bla"???
Thugs and drunks and muggers are all street fighters, most have no athletic training and sure as hell dont know how to hit somone correctly thats why they usually attack in groups. Dont think just because its street defence then it atomatically mneans its "hard as nails".... naturally you will always get guys who are "hard as nails" with or without any kind of traning but the majority of street fighters cant fight and sure as hell dont scare me..... so why not compare with some scary fighters who actually can fight?
The best martial art to win in a street fight is the plain old martial art of running like a champion! If you're dumb enough to stay and take a hiding then fair play to ya! If you are alone then thats the only disadvantage you have in a street situation.
so what is a street fight to you?
getting mugged? is that a street situation? I mean I dont care who you are or what you have trained in, the sheer surprise of a mugger pulling some knife out on ya or even a gun is enough to make even the most thouroughly trained martial artist shit a brick! Its the dark alley, total surprise and being alone while getting attacked by 2 or more idiots with pointy objects that is hard to compete against and there aint many guys who could handle that situation.... I mean very few guys who could! The muggers aint gonna let the guy knock one of them out and then attack after he's down, the both of them, maybe 3, are gonna attack at the same time very hard and very aggressively giving the guy very little chance to move. The only thing MA's provides in this situation is the physical strength and conditioning of the body to take the beating! but what i always say is so long as you hurt at least one of them then its cool.
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