Most effective techniques in real life scenario - Top 16

To paraphrase Geoff Thompson, learn to hit really hard.

 

Yeah that's a good point. I got into a fight a few weeks ago, and I got out just fine, but the next day I couldn't walk on one foot because it had taken too much damage. It's still hurting a little bit now, although in a more "small nuisance" sort of way.

 

Do you know what damaged it?

 

If you can use "single leg" to take down everybody on this planet, you don't need anything else. What you will need are:

- different ways to set it up.
- different ways to finish.

 

He just started targeting it and I didn't bother covering because I thought he had aimed low. After three of them I picked up on it and countered. It looked like a seriously sprained ankle but in reality there was no internal damage like a sprain so it healed quickly and I was back to running after three days.

 

Pop your runs in our thread mate! It'll help motivate me.

 

Oh god no it was so embarrassing. I will start up in the thread again soon though.

 

Can't be worse than my granny crawl around the woodland trail! Haha

 

It was 2 miles at about just under 10 minutes per mile

 

First one back is always the worst. You'll be putting me to shame again in a week no doubt.

To bring it back to the op: running and general fitness are definitely solid self defence skills.

 

Ha ga ha - That's not too far off my PB...

 

I've been running 10-15 miles a week for over 10 years and 10min/mi is always my standard for steady training. (I just realised there is a lot of 10s in there).

it's a good standard, don't feel ashamed of slower than normal runs accept them like you do light rolling/sparring days

 

A real street fight? WOW. I wonder what happened to the other guy...was he also a trained fighter? If you don't mind my asking, of course.

 

Poor wording. I WAS in a fight. Just a kickboxing match. 8 Oz gloves.

 

I don't think he said anywhere about ground fighing, mount or anything like that he mentioned a take-down where you dump him on the floor and you stay standing there's a world of between that and advocating taking mount?

I'm pretty sure the guy who answered challenge matches for one of the best fighters to come out of China, and who grew up in a country where brawls were frequent and weapons used a lot knows the difference between self defence sparring and fighting

 

Is the sprawl the only defense against take-downs?

 

No. It is one of the key elements though. Like throwing with a punch and you have to hit with your knuckles. It's almost always essential.