I'm 66 years old and I've never had to fight in my life. I've never had to "protect" myself with a gun or my fists.
I've been running for over 53 years and I'm very healthy and happy.
So the answer is- keep running and don't fight.
I'm 61 and probably have been in 12 fights in my life that I can remember. Some I won and some I lost. I've never looked for trouble but I will never let someone bully, or disrespect me or my family. This is life.
I'm 66 years old and I've never had to fight in my life. I've never had to "protect" myself with a gun or my fists.
I've been running for over 53 years and I'm very healthy and happy.
So the answer is- keep running and don't fight.
I'm 61 and probably have been in 12 fights in my life that I can remember. Some I won and some I lost. I've never looked for trouble but I will never let someone bully, or disrespect me or my family. This is life.
Neither would I let anyone disrespect my family, friends, or me. I've been lucky enough to be able to win that "fight" with my words.
But kudos to the man who defends with his fists if he has to.
Why would you need to fight if you are good at running?
So what would you do if you were at the bar and somebody slapped your GF on the ass?
I’m actually a straight woman and my BF doesn’t hang out in bars, so I don’t think you would have many opportunities to slap him on the ass.
Scenarios where fighting is the best defence option are as unlikely as a meteor hitting me or my loved ones, so I tend to focus on more relevant threats and more effective methods to address those threats.
Friendly advice: try practicing running 🏃🏾♀️, it will give you a huge boost in self confidence (if you are lacking it) and/or reduce your agressive tendencies (if you feel you need to fight other people).
I'm 66 years old and I've never had to fight in my life. I've never had to "protect" myself with a gun or my fists.
I've been running for over 53 years and I'm very healthy and happy.
So the answer is- keep running and don't fight.
I'm 61 and probably have been in 12 fights in my life that I can remember. Some I won and some I lost. I've never looked for trouble but I will never let someone bully, or disrespect me or my family. This is life.
In how many of those 12 fights were you the aggressor?
Being 12 times the victim sounds to me as unlikely as winning $100m at the lottery without even playing.
Even if get you didn’t laughed out of the bar, none of the male patrons there would ever respect you again.
You’d be viewed as the emasculated fool who has to rely on other men to protect his own woman.
I think the problem is your value system and need for shallow peer approval.
Why be at a bar at the first place? There’s nothing good or healthy about bars. If your girlfriend insists on going then she’s shallow and ignorant and it’s time to dump her and get a real lady.
Assuming poor decisions have led you to be at a bar with your girlfriend anyway, once there and after she’s been the victim of sexual battery, starting a fight is the most stupid thing you could do. You and your girlfriend could be physically injured and you could be charged by the police for fighting and drunk and disorderly conduct.
The smarter and more courageous thing to do is to leave with your girlfriend and call the police outside in the car. Who cares if the idiots inside don’t respect you afterwards? If they are that ignorant they are not worth any fuss.
There are times for defensive violence. When the threat of outside harm to you and your family and friends is inevitable it’s time to fight to deter the aggressor. The example in this thread of a benign butt grab in a completely avoidable situation and location does not fit self defense criteria.
I'm 61 and probably have been in 12 fights in my life that I can remember. Some I won and some I lost. I've never looked for trouble but I will never let someone bully, or disrespect me or my family. This is life.
In how many of those 12 fights were you the aggressor?
Being 12 times the victim sounds to me as unlikely as winning $100m at the lottery without even playing.
Like I said I've never looked for a fight and I never claimed to be a victim. And I don't play the lottery. The end.
I know plenty of fighters who can't run well at all! As a former MMA coach I do find that the endurance from distance running transfers well to MMA training. It's the ability to take punches that needs to be there.
I know plenty of fighters who can't run well at all! As a former MMA coach I do find that the endurance from distance running transfers well to MMA training. It's the ability to take punches that needs to be there.
what's the point of being able to fight if you can't run?
There are times for defensive violence. When the threat of outside harm to you and your family and friends is inevitable it’s time to fight to deter the aggressor. The example in this thread of a benign butt grab in a completely avoidable situation and location does not fit self defense criteria.
What’s the big deal about a butt grab anyway? I’ve never seen a butt damaged because someone grabbed it. Grab all you want. Even our president encourages it.
no, you're imagining one on one duels as how fights happen in the real world. It's just not.
If you had played football, or been in one real brawl you'd understand. There are just plain no rules. Noone knows what anyone is going to do. Noone can watch their own flanks or back. Noncombatants yell, scream, interfere, throw things. It will not take 1 round or half a round to be over, it will be over in a few seconds, and 9 times out of 10, noone will be significantly injured.
This is where a runner actually has the advantage - pre race adrenaline jitters seriously impair race performance so you learn to manage them perfectly. The general public can't do that. An MMA fighter might, but your advantage is they are trained to observe MMA rules. If you played football, you can run them over and be on your feet before they can react, then the whole thing's done.
But again, if you are in a bar, don't get in a fight. Not even a step-outside fight. Drunk people will fight just as unfairly against you.
Lol. A football background is probably better than nothing, but I agree with the other poster that you don't understand how much training in a legit, full contact combat sport like MMA, boxing, wresting, BJJ, judo, etc. prepares you for an actual fight.
Unlike you and the other poster, I've been in enough actual fights to know what I'm talking about
The odds are near zero that any wrestling or striking sport will come in useful in a random everyday scuffle. You're not in a confined space, not on a soft wrestling mat, you don't keep going until someone lands a knockout blow or gains a submission hold, you don't keep going without interference.
9 times out of 10 it's a few spastic seconds, occasionally a black eye or damaged lip on someone, and then everyone separates. If it's a bona fide, serious fight, it will escalate quickly. In particular, most men in the US carry knives. There is no striking or wrestling sport with an advantage over that. If you reveal yourself a "martial arts expert," someone will brandish a weapon.
Don't get into fights. They'll throw you in prison. Legally, you must evade as much as possible, and if you don't, it's an affirmative defense. You have to prove a reasonable person would have done the same.
