I often hear men say they would love to learn how to defend themselves but lack the proper time and money. This guide is filled with simple, proven, and effective techniques to help you better survive a fight. It wont turn you into the next UFC champ but it will give you an edge against drunk tough guys and other idiots.
But remember, street fighting is dumb and best best to the insecure boneheads that feel like they need to prove themselves. That said, every Wolf needs to know when to show their teeth to defend themselves.
My Credentials
I dont claim to be an expert. That said, I have over two years experiance with kick boxing and brazilian jiu jitsu. In addition, I have a close buddy who is a former special operations soldier and he has shown me many things. I also have real world experiance with street fighting. In my younger days I had a two year period where I was a total hot head and I ended up getting into a few fights because of it.
With all that said, lets begin with the guide.
THE THREAT LEVELS
1) Green - No threat
2) Yellow - A Person Is In Your Face Or Threatening Attack
3) Red - You Are Being Attacked
THE THINGS TO TAKE OUT IN A FIGHT
1) Vision
2) Mobility
3) Breathing
Take out one of these things and your chances of winning increase, take out two or three and your almost guarenteed a victory.
THE "SSA" APPPROACH
1) Surprise
2) Speed
3) Agression
Offence is better than defence. If a fight cant be avoided make sure you use the element of surprise and be the one to strike first. When you strike, strike with speed and agression. Continute striking in an agressive manner until the threat is
nutrealized. You don't have to kill the guy but make sure hes not going to continute fighting back.
VITAL TARGETS
1) Ears - Cupped Ear Blow/Ripping Ear Off
2) Eyes - Strike To Eyes/Gouging
3) Neck/Throat - Chokes/Throat Strikes
4) Groin - Any Strike But Knees Work Well
5) Knees - Stright Kick Hyperextends Knee
6) Small Joints - Break Them
Most of your attackes should target a vital spot. You can punch a guy in the face and gut several times and he can still come after you. Strike his eyes, knee his groin, and chop his wind pipe, however, and hes probably not going to continue his assult.
DECEPTION AND OODA LOOP
In a self defense suitation deception is your best friend. Make him think your not going to attack and then do so. A good way to confuse and deceive an opponet is by resetting their OODA loop. All this bascially means is that if possible, before an attack confuse your opponet. Once he is momentairly confused you surprise him with an attack. Due to his confusion your surprise attack will almost always work.
Resetting the OODA loop is easy. Right before he is ready to attack (threat level Yellow) say something completely off the wall such as "I love you." Because this is such a weird thing to say at a moment like that your opponet will be momentairly confused. As soon as the words get out of your mouth, strike. His focus and mind will not be on the fight and your attack will be succesful. Be sure that when you strike first you strike to a vital point.
CORRECT WAY TO STRIKE
When it comes to street fighting you do not want to punch but rather use chops, palm strikes, and hammer fist. Elbows,
forearms, shins, and headbutts work well too. Do not use kicks above the waist.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
In a self defense suitation you do not want to get fancy. Use the "SSA" approach to strike a vital target and then get out of the danger area. No kung fu or ninja shit!
DIRTY FIGHTING
"The only unfair fight is the one you lost." - Unknown
If you want to fight "fair" then become a MMA fighter and step inside the cage. If, however, you want to survive a self defense or street fight suitation then use everything to your advantage, specially dirty tricks.
Improvised weapons are your friend. Got a pen in your pocket? Take it out and stab them with it. Kick/throw sand, dirt, gravel, or anything else in their eyes. Pick up a beer bottle and smash it in their face. Take off your hat and throw it at them. While hes distracted with the hat deliever a kick to his groin. Pick up a rock and smash it in his face. Spit in his face then follow it up with an attack to a vital spot. Bash his head into a wall or table. Take coins out of your pocket and throw it in his face and follow it up with an attack. Train yourself to recognize weapons and use them.
Almost everything can be used as a weapon. A book, your belt, a chair, ect. The best weapons to use are things you and throw at their face/eyes to blind or distract them or something hard you can hit them with.
The one big dirty tactic I'm not a huge fan of is biting. I don't want to get some guys blood in my mouth because who knows what kind of diseases he has. However, if you have no other choice, bite him.
THE FENCE
The Fence" is one the of best concepts ever invented by the self defense community. All the fence is is bascially you holding your hands straight out at face level in front of you. Not only does this look non threating which wont provoke a fight but to other people (witnesses) it looks as if you are trying to verbally de-escalate the suitation. However, the fence is actually a great defensive and offensive tool. If he throws a punch your hands are in perfect position to block but whats even better is that your in a perfect suitation to attack.
Many fights start off at level Yellow with a guy in your face. When this happens deploy the fence, reset his OODA Loop, and then surprise strike him to his eyes. Follow up with an agressive array of strikes such as a knee to the groin and then a throat chop or several hammer fist or elbows to his head and face area. This will effectivly end 99.9% of all fights that start with a guy in your face.
DIRTY FIGHTING TRICKS AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
- Hockey Game technique. Pull his shirt over his face and deliever elbows and knees to his head.
- Throw stuff in/at his eyes to blind him then follow up with strikes to vital areas.
- A surprise throat punch (not to hard or you can kill him) will make a bigger and stronger guy much smaller and weaker.
- Hard lateral kick to a hyper extended knee can put a big guy on the ground fast.
- Breaking small joints is a good way to end a fight.
- Something as simple as a Sharpie marker or pen can make a hammer-fist strike all the more effective.
- A good open hand slap to the nerve bundle right behind the jaw to the side of the neck will knock most people out.
- Don't fight bare handed if you can pick up a weapon, improvised or otherwise.
- Steel toe boots are great force multipliers.
- The eye jab from "the fence" is as natural as rolling over in your sleep.
- The violence starts when the talking stops so act while him or you are speaking.
- Flashlight works as both a blinder and as a baton.
- Hair pulling works for men too.
- If you can hit your opponent while he's in the middle of a sentence or a word, you have the element of surprise.
- Knife-chop to the side of the neck will often drop them.
Jeff " Warped Mindless" Stanton
1) Vision
2) Mobility
3) Breathing
Take out one of these things and your chances of winning increase, take out two or three and your almost guarenteed a victory.
THE "SSA" APPPROACH
1) Surprise
2) Speed
3) Agression
Offence is better than defence. If a fight cant be avoided make sure you use the element of surprise and be the one to strike first. When you strike, strike with speed and agression. Continute striking in an agressive manner until the threat is
nutrealized. You don't have to kill the guy but make sure hes not going to continute fighting back.
VITAL TARGETS
1) Ears - Cupped Ear Blow/Ripping Ear Off
2) Eyes - Strike To Eyes/Gouging
3) Neck/Throat - Chokes/Throat Strikes
4) Groin - Any Strike But Knees Work Well
5) Knees - Stright Kick Hyperextends Knee
6) Small Joints - Break Them
Most of your attackes should target a vital spot. You can punch a guy in the face and gut several times and he can still come after you. Strike his eyes, knee his groin, and chop his wind pipe, however, and hes probably not going to continue his assult.
DECEPTION AND OODA LOOP
In a self defense suitation deception is your best friend. Make him think your not going to attack and then do so. A good way to confuse and deceive an opponet is by resetting their OODA loop. All this bascially means is that if possible, before an attack confuse your opponet. Once he is momentairly confused you surprise him with an attack. Due to his confusion your surprise attack will almost always work.
Resetting the OODA loop is easy. Right before he is ready to attack (threat level Yellow) say something completely off the wall such as "I love you." Because this is such a weird thing to say at a moment like that your opponet will be momentairly confused. As soon as the words get out of your mouth, strike. His focus and mind will not be on the fight and your attack will be succesful. Be sure that when you strike first you strike to a vital point.
CORRECT WAY TO STRIKE
When it comes to street fighting you do not want to punch but rather use chops, palm strikes, and hammer fist. Elbows,
forearms, shins, and headbutts work well too. Do not use kicks above the waist.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
In a self defense suitation you do not want to get fancy. Use the "SSA" approach to strike a vital target and then get out of the danger area. No kung fu or ninja shit!
DIRTY FIGHTING
"The only unfair fight is the one you lost." - Unknown
If you want to fight "fair" then become a MMA fighter and step inside the cage. If, however, you want to survive a self defense or street fight suitation then use everything to your advantage, specially dirty tricks.
Improvised weapons are your friend. Got a pen in your pocket? Take it out and stab them with it. Kick/throw sand, dirt, gravel, or anything else in their eyes. Pick up a beer bottle and smash it in their face. Take off your hat and throw it at them. While hes distracted with the hat deliever a kick to his groin. Pick up a rock and smash it in his face. Spit in his face then follow it up with an attack to a vital spot. Bash his head into a wall or table. Take coins out of your pocket and throw it in his face and follow it up with an attack. Train yourself to recognize weapons and use them.
Almost everything can be used as a weapon. A book, your belt, a chair, ect. The best weapons to use are things you and throw at their face/eyes to blind or distract them or something hard you can hit them with.
The one big dirty tactic I'm not a huge fan of is biting. I don't want to get some guys blood in my mouth because who knows what kind of diseases he has. However, if you have no other choice, bite him.
THE FENCE
The Fence" is one the of best concepts ever invented by the self defense community. All the fence is is bascially you holding your hands straight out at face level in front of you. Not only does this look non threating which wont provoke a fight but to other people (witnesses) it looks as if you are trying to verbally de-escalate the suitation. However, the fence is actually a great defensive and offensive tool. If he throws a punch your hands are in perfect position to block but whats even better is that your in a perfect suitation to attack.
Many fights start off at level Yellow with a guy in your face. When this happens deploy the fence, reset his OODA Loop, and then surprise strike him to his eyes. Follow up with an agressive array of strikes such as a knee to the groin and then a throat chop or several hammer fist or elbows to his head and face area. This will effectivly end 99.9% of all fights that start with a guy in your face.
DIRTY FIGHTING TRICKS AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
- Hockey Game technique. Pull his shirt over his face and deliever elbows and knees to his head.
- Throw stuff in/at his eyes to blind him then follow up with strikes to vital areas.
- A surprise throat punch (not to hard or you can kill him) will make a bigger and stronger guy much smaller and weaker.
- Hard lateral kick to a hyper extended knee can put a big guy on the ground fast.
- Breaking small joints is a good way to end a fight.
- Something as simple as a Sharpie marker or pen can make a hammer-fist strike all the more effective.
- A good open hand slap to the nerve bundle right behind the jaw to the side of the neck will knock most people out.
- Don't fight bare handed if you can pick up a weapon, improvised or otherwise.
- Steel toe boots are great force multipliers.
- The eye jab from "the fence" is as natural as rolling over in your sleep.
- The violence starts when the talking stops so act while him or you are speaking.
- Flashlight works as both a blinder and as a baton.
- Hair pulling works for men too.
- If you can hit your opponent while he's in the middle of a sentence or a word, you have the element of surprise.
- Knife-chop to the side of the neck will often drop them.
Jeff " Warped Mindless" Stanton
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