People who have been in fights: how do you win one?

I was in a lo of fights when i was young. Won some. Lost some. There is no time to think. Apparently i hit hard. I always went straight for the heaf. Usually worked. When it didnt was against a bullrush. Then youvwind up on the ground poking the othey guy's eyes out to save youself. I quit fighting after my first near arrest for battery - i was defending myself but the other guy looked pretty bad. Nothing good comes of fighting. Jail injury etc. Once you reach your 20s you shiuld stop. Also dont fight with peoplecwho carry knives or guns.

I've only been in one . Just put my fists up in front of my face when the bro came at me, stayed calm and knocked him right in the face. Then it was over

By entering into a fight, you've already lost, on some level.

Klok av skjede wrote:

By entering into a fight, you've already lost, on some level.

Not if you want to fight

stealin wrote:

I was in a lo of fights when i was young. Won some. Lost some. There is no time to think. Apparently i hit hard. I always went straight for the heaf. Usually worked. When it didnt was against a bullrush. Then youvwind up on the ground poking the othey guy's eyes out to save youself. I quit fighting after my first near arrest for battery - i was defending myself but the other guy looked pretty bad. Nothing good comes of fighting. Jail injury etc. Once you reach your 20s you shiuld stop. Also dont fight with peoplecwho carry knives or guns.

This. I am over 30, and anyone my age who wants to fight has to have so little going for them, so little to lose, such a poor handle on society that I would question their sanity and self-regulation (or sobriety in that moment, which affect both).

You may be able to hit a guy with a good combination, knock him down or embarrass him. But that doesn't stop some idiot from pulling a knife or gun, coming back with friends or running you down with a car in the streets.

Here's a nice story: Olympic gold medalist swimmer gets in an altercation at a bar. Other guy runs him down with his car outside afterward. Kills him. Other guy goes to jail. 30 years later, other guy is going back to jail for shoving a 70 year-old down stairs at a bar and killing him, too.

I would rather fight a 250-pound kickboxer who possesses some honor than a 150-pound dirtbag who will come at you with a knife etc.

pacifist wrote:

Serious question...I've never been in any kind of actual fight before and just started wondering what I would do if I ever got into one. I'm 6'0" 160lbs and decently strong, but I feel like weight would be more of an advantage than strength. What do you do to get the upper hand? Throw rapid punches or hard ones? Take it to the ground? Go for your opponent's neck, stomach, nose...?

Avoid rather than check, check rather than hurt, hurt rather than maim, maim rather than kill. For ALL life is of value... and no one has the right to take it away!

I haven't been in a fight since middle school. Looking back, all of them concerned stuff not worth fighting about. Only scenario I could imagine now is if someone jumped me but I generally stay out of places where that would be likely.

No one has mentioned it so far but a punch to the throat will usually end things immediately. Hell, not even a punch. Tap your own throat with the side of your hand and you'll see. I full punch to the throat could possibly kill someone or seriously injure them. eyes and throat shots end things quickly.

As a runner, a good strategy would be to run. If they give chase, run it out of them for 1/4 mile and then turn and beat your exhausted opponent senseless.

I disagree with those who say wrestling is a bad choice Someone trained in wrestling is more than a match for your self-taught street fighter. Of course, the wrestler needs to have a finishing move. Just watch the old UFC fights and how the wrestlers/grapplers dominated. They ended up dividing it into divisions soon thereafter.

great answer. Exactly right. Quick, unleashed, rule-less, unscripted violence wins.

Or run.

I got into a lot of fights as a kid. My best advice would be to avoid them. Do what ever you can to avoid one. Chances are you will end up being hurt weather you win the fight or lose. It is just a matter of how hurt you get once the fight actually starts.

If you can not avoid the fight at all costs, hit him in the nose or jaw but aim for about 6 inches past your mark. With inexperienced fighters the first good hit usually wins. Make sure it is yours. If that doesn't work get them off balance and keep them off balance. Ride them around like a pony if you have to while constantly blasting them.

I'd do everything I could to avoid a fight. It is just not worth it and who knows what it could escalate into. It'd be better to just walk away.

I fought off a mugger who tried to take a camera off me in Mexico once. I am 6'0 170, not huge but was much larger than the person who came at me. I stiff-armed him in the face and used mass/momentum to shove him into the ground, he went down hard, scrambled, got up, and ran. I never had a chance to throw a punch. In this situation again, I would immediately go for the face -- eyes, nose, with little hesitation.

In 2017, you know the law and make a video of the threats and call Pd on the speaker phone. Nothing like seeing the idiots lose on facts in court. But that entails some forethought that many do not have in the.moment.

The vast majority of fights you might get in are going to be bar fights where it is just a couple of haymakers being thrown before it gets broken up. My advice there is just to throw as many hard straight shots as you can get off and you will probably get the "W" unless the other guy hits hard enough to knock you out.

Any other time, make sure you don't end up on the ground regardless of whatever training you may have unless you are 100% sure it is a one on one situation. Otherwise you are just asking for a boot to the head.

"...Anyone my age who wants to fight has to have so little going for them, so little to lose, such a poor handle on society that I would question their sanity and self-regulation (or sobriety in that moment, which affect both)."

"CUT OFF THE NOSE TO SPIDERFACE."

What if someone gave an unwanted slap to the butt of one of your family members? I'm a man, I'm 40, and I would wreck that person.

frank dux wrote:

Close distance.

Use elbows, knees, top of head, palm of hand. All these can give damage while remaining functional.

Aim for nose, eyes, nuts, kidneys

Fight dirty. Eye gouge, knee in the nuts, ear slaps, ear rip and pull, pinch like a girl, stomp on feet.

Get away as fast as you can.

This! Closing distance is the hardest part in your attempt to win. I've been in several fights and never once was I hit first. Granted I probably could have talked my way out of most of them but it's always best to punch first. Most people haven't fought and if you can draw blood with the first punch, that takes the starch out of most guys.

I "won" a fight once and ended up in the hospital despite never being punched. I broke my hand on his face and had a cast on for 8 weeks. So fighting is best to be avoided.

I got in fights as a fiery young man. I won some and lost some. The ones I won I struck first and didn't mess around with jawing back and forth.

As someone who is a bit older and wiser now, I have learned its pretty much never worth it to get into a fight over words. As many have said, you win, you go to jail, you lose, you could get killed over words, which basically is a result of your ego. That being said, there may be the rare situation when you actually have to defend yourself or a loved one, and not just based on words. In that case, refer to my first paragraph-strike first, and the only way to incapacitate someone is if they can't see or breath. Thus there are only two primary targets. Everything else, even the balls, is a secondary target, especially if they are on drugs or whatever. But I would caution you-you have to know when you are dealing with your ego or an actual life and death situation. Most likely it is your ego, and thus not worth fighting.

Interesting thread. Have no idea how to win a fight ('cept for striking first and breaking the other guy's nose).

Never once have I ever been in anything other than a shoving / wrestling tussle and that was back in grade school. Never punched someone in the face, never been punched in the face. WIN.

I was a hockey player so I've been in several fights. 20-25 I guess. It's a fairly safe situation in which to get in a fight because there is a code and you know you are only dealing with punches. Like a boxing match I guess, except bare knuckles

A few things I learned..

- getting punched in the face hurts.. it's best to take the punch on the side of your head than anywhere near the nose or mouth

- punching someone hurts..

- any fight I ever won was just by pure luck and by throwing a 'lucky' punch that landed or by throwing the other guy off balance

- I found that if I just threw punches without worrying about defending myself the other guy would generally back down. This backfires if the other guy decides to employ the same strategy and then you just end up hammering each other

Just "make a muscle" as my grandma used to say. When they see you flexing your biceps they will probably die laughing. You win!

imamanim40 wrote:

What if someone gave an unwanted slap to the butt of one of your family members? I'm a man, I'm 40, and I would wreck that person.

Fine, then this family member can visit you in jail.