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In my mind the number one reason that fight are won or lost if of course mindset. But what dose the proper mindset usually produce? Forward Aggression!
If you go onto Youtube and watch street fights, 99.9 present of the time, the person who wins the fight is the one who is moving forward and taking the fight to the loser.
Why is this? It is simple in the since that street fights are not sporting matches. In a combat sporting match, whether it is, MMA, Judo, Boxing, Tae Kwon do, wrestling or whatever, both parties are equal combatants. Both people showed up to fight and to fight under certain rules. Their mindsets are similar. They also have one objective, to win and to accomplish that objective they usually employ tactics. Retreating away from a punch, or a tackle is a good tactic. They get away with backing up and retreating, because the other combatant doesn't want to walk into a punch himself,or because he is also thinking tactically.
Contrast that to a street fight. Street fights are not about tactics, they are about emotions. If you back up, the other guy is just going to keep pressing forward and running you over. Why, because he doesn't care if you hit him, or he doesn't think that you will. In any event, he's mad or over confident and wants to hurt you.
In a street fight the two people are almost never in a similar mindset. Why? Because in all but the rarest occasions, they didn't both show up intending to fight. That means that somebody has to start the fight. And that somebody usually is the only one who REALLY wants to fight. So he is usually the one who is moving forward. Hum.....The guy who wants to fight the most, is the one moving forward and the guy who usually wins, no big surprise, right?
So why dose the guy who is backing up usually lose. First he is usually not the one who really wants to fight, so he doesn't want to hurt the other guy as much as the guy moving forward wants to hurt him. This is true regardless of size or ability. So now he is moving backwards and possibly eating punches. Now he really doesn't want to fight, so he usually gives up, falls down on purpose, falls down on accident(because he is moving backwards), or get's knocked out. All because he was never able get their emotionally/mentally, because he is reacting and not acting.
What dose this mean to me? It means that if and when I am assaulted, I will instantly move forward and start moving my attacker backwards, before I consider any technique. Because in a fight, either you are moving him, or he is moving you. Due unto others as they would do unto you, just do it to them better.
Now I can't expect to be as committed to the fight as the attacker at that moment(that's what makes him the attacker). So I'm not going to move forward out of emotion(which is what he is doing). That means that FORWARD AGGRESSION needs to be used as a tactic, an SOP if you will.
Now if he is an bully and has been in several fights, he most likely started all of them, which means that he was probably moving forward in every encounter. So by the simple act of applying the principle(notice I didn't say technique) of FORWARD AGGRESSION, I am completely taking him out of his game. Now that he is moving backwards, he is forced to think defensively to protect his balance.
Now you employ your tactics, whether they are John Wane punches, Karate, Judo, Wrestling, Boxing, or whatever. I prefer a throwing a lot of open palm strikes combined with FORWARD AGGRESSION, to get things started. My opinion is that having a personal SOP of applying FORWARD AGGRESSION the instant you are attacked is critical to surviving a street fight irregardless of style or lack their of.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but if you are still reading this, then you must have found it at least slightly interesting.
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P.S. Some might think that the fact that he is attacking you means that he is bigger than you and that moving him backwards isn't realistic. First of all the idea that he is bigger than you isn't always true, secondly with a little bit of technique, added to the principle of FORWARD AGGRESSION, a smaller person can easily and consistently move the attacker backwards. Although I admit that on a rare occasion, the attacker/defender's size is so different that moving them backwards would not be realistic. However in that case the defenders chances of winning are extremely low anyways. :thumb:
If you go onto Youtube and watch street fights, 99.9 present of the time, the person who wins the fight is the one who is moving forward and taking the fight to the loser.
Why is this? It is simple in the since that street fights are not sporting matches. In a combat sporting match, whether it is, MMA, Judo, Boxing, Tae Kwon do, wrestling or whatever, both parties are equal combatants. Both people showed up to fight and to fight under certain rules. Their mindsets are similar. They also have one objective, to win and to accomplish that objective they usually employ tactics. Retreating away from a punch, or a tackle is a good tactic. They get away with backing up and retreating, because the other combatant doesn't want to walk into a punch himself,or because he is also thinking tactically.
Contrast that to a street fight. Street fights are not about tactics, they are about emotions. If you back up, the other guy is just going to keep pressing forward and running you over. Why, because he doesn't care if you hit him, or he doesn't think that you will. In any event, he's mad or over confident and wants to hurt you.
In a street fight the two people are almost never in a similar mindset. Why? Because in all but the rarest occasions, they didn't both show up intending to fight. That means that somebody has to start the fight. And that somebody usually is the only one who REALLY wants to fight. So he is usually the one who is moving forward. Hum.....The guy who wants to fight the most, is the one moving forward and the guy who usually wins, no big surprise, right?
So why dose the guy who is backing up usually lose. First he is usually not the one who really wants to fight, so he doesn't want to hurt the other guy as much as the guy moving forward wants to hurt him. This is true regardless of size or ability. So now he is moving backwards and possibly eating punches. Now he really doesn't want to fight, so he usually gives up, falls down on purpose, falls down on accident(because he is moving backwards), or get's knocked out. All because he was never able get their emotionally/mentally, because he is reacting and not acting.
What dose this mean to me? It means that if and when I am assaulted, I will instantly move forward and start moving my attacker backwards, before I consider any technique. Because in a fight, either you are moving him, or he is moving you. Due unto others as they would do unto you, just do it to them better.
Now I can't expect to be as committed to the fight as the attacker at that moment(that's what makes him the attacker). So I'm not going to move forward out of emotion(which is what he is doing). That means that FORWARD AGGRESSION needs to be used as a tactic, an SOP if you will.
Now if he is an bully and has been in several fights, he most likely started all of them, which means that he was probably moving forward in every encounter. So by the simple act of applying the principle(notice I didn't say technique) of FORWARD AGGRESSION, I am completely taking him out of his game. Now that he is moving backwards, he is forced to think defensively to protect his balance.
Now you employ your tactics, whether they are John Wane punches, Karate, Judo, Wrestling, Boxing, or whatever. I prefer a throwing a lot of open palm strikes combined with FORWARD AGGRESSION, to get things started. My opinion is that having a personal SOP of applying FORWARD AGGRESSION the instant you are attacked is critical to surviving a street fight irregardless of style or lack their of.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but if you are still reading this, then you must have found it at least slightly interesting.
P.S. Some might think that the fact that he is attacking you means that he is bigger than you and that moving him backwards isn't realistic. First of all the idea that he is bigger than you isn't always true, secondly with a little bit of technique, added to the principle of FORWARD AGGRESSION, a smaller person can easily and consistently move the attacker backwards. Although I admit that on a rare occasion, the attacker/defender's size is so different that moving them backwards would not be realistic. However in that case the defenders chances of winning are extremely low anyways. :thumb: