Attcked in Street (public), What do you do?. [VOTES]

I'm late 20s and stupidly when growing up I thought being tough or hard meant being able to handle yourself and standing your ground. In reality it means finding a deadly weapon and trying to use it on someone. Be it a knife, bat, gun or whatever. Ideally attacking from behind too.

DoozerT6 wrote: »

Wouldn't you just pity da fool??

Quick someone give me a knife .. and would you be so kind to turn around :pac:

If you are worried about what do then do some self defense classes or take up a martial art. MMA is the way to go because it covers all the angles, stand up fighting with punches and kicks, grappling and ground fighting. These are real world moves that can be used outside of the ring.

First of all attackers are cowards and are drawn to weakness so but if you look alert, you walk confidently, you keep your head up, you shoulders back and you appear relaxed, calm and in control you are very unlikely to be attacked.
A person pestering trying to suss out if you have a weak spot will usually go away if you tell them forcefully to go away.
If they refuse to go away raise your voice and finally if you are feeling really threatened shout or scream at the top of your lungs.

This will both gear you up for running to escape or fighting if you are cornered and have no other option but defending yourself.

1) If you feel you are about to be attacked the first thing you should consider doing is run if you see you have a clear path and as you run away shout for help.

2) If you path is blocked by two or more potential attackers and they want your phone or wallet then just throw them at them and then RUN.
There's no point in being knocked to the ground and kicked in the head or possibly stabbed to death for a phone or a little money or cards that can be cancelled and replaced.

3) If your path is not clear then shout for help and if you must defend yourself grab any loose change in your pocket and throw it at them which would be enough to surprise them for those valuable seconds you need to run. If that is not an option then you could use your keys as a weapon. Jab them in the hands or the arms and they might be surprised enough for you to have the option of running away.

4) Only if you have no other options will you resort to REAL violence. You don't need to have black belt to know that a kick or a knee in the balls or a hard open slap across the face or a punch on the nose will stun an attacker. An attacker might expect you to be too shocked at a sudden outbreak of aggression from a stranger and to freeze. They maybe think twice if you strike first and even if your blow does not land it may be enough for them to back off. An attacker is usually a coward and if they feel you are going to make them sorry they will back off.

5) If you are being physically attacked and you have absolutely no other option then you will have to fight.
A real world fight is not like a Bruce Lee movie or a boxing match in the ring. It is clumsy and there are no rules.
The person who lands and connects with his or her blows will win and that person must be more vicious.
If you don't have a black belt you don't need one to know you can clench your fists or to kick out and flail at your attacker and try and hit him (99.99% of attackers will be a man) as many times as possible and as fast as possible.
Your forehead is the hardest part of your body. Smash it into your attackers face.
Use elbows and fists and knees and kicks and deliver as many as you possibly can.
If you are scared then scream and shout while you are hitting your attacker.

6) If you are being viciously and violently attacked you have to prepared to be hit and hit hard but you have to continue fighting until your attacker backs off or you see an opening to run clear. Man or woman, if someone is on top of you (most prolonged fights will result in a struggle on the ground) try to pin you pinch, squeeze, scratch, tear, bite, gouge and stab etc.
Do whatever you have to do to survive.
If you genuinely feel your life is in danger pick up any weapon - bottle, chair, brick or rock - and use it.

As you can see there is a process of escalation.
You only need to use force and only the appropriate level of force for the appropriate situation.
You obviously do NOT use a weapon to beat some harmless drunk who is pestering you for a light.
On the other end of the scale if someone is a raving psychotic maniac you obviously do not try to reason with them.
If you can avoid using violence at all then do NOT use violence.
As I said if the option is there to RUN then don't mess about and RUN.

I think the best defence is to stay alert. If you can see beforehand the possibility of a situation arising, then take evasive action. This had gotten me out of potentially dangerous confrontations in the past.

NF said it. Kick in the knee.

Used to wear steel toes esp for this reason.

I picked "shoot him" on the assumption that doing so would give me a gun.

To date no gun has appeared.