When was the last time you got in a fight?

CruelCoin · 21-12-2015 01:57PM

Never been in a fight.

Tend to be very conflict adverse.

21-12-2015 02:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I am actually horrifically boring. .....

You are making yourself pretty identifiable there, Maynooth is not the biggest place

AnonoBoy · 21-12-2015 02:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I live with two girls. Its not obvious or apparent when we are out. But on occasion when someone cops this dynamic for whatever reason - there are people who get abusive over it.

Years ago I used to go out with a girl who was extremely good looking (far better looking than me) and I would get abuse from random dudes in the pub over it.

People are strange.

dd972 · 21-12-2015 02:04PM

I've always found it revealing that the the most deadly sort of people in these situations like Special Forces soldiers, elite boxers and martial artists are usually completely lacking in all that surly, burly hardman posturing.

21-12-2015 02:05PM

riffmongous wrote: »

You are making yourself pretty identifiable there, Maynooth is not the biggest place

I think if anyone wanted to find me they would have a long time ago. I have given enough information to do so on a number of occasions. I am well known enough around the area. For example a few times I put up a notice in the local college advertising free guided meditation classes. And I got a nice mix of people who come to them every time I do them. Some once or twice. Some quite regularly. Even had a local priest in Training come for a long time - which brought no end of angst to my neighbour who is a complete Religious Nut Job and really - really - does not like us for obvious reasons

I throw a frequent house party which was crashed by a couple of boards users once. They never did tell me their usernames or admit to it being them on here though. I still wonder to this day

Whoever the hell you were - own up lads! Ah - they were sound enough blokes too - they'd be welcome back.

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Years ago I used to go out with a girl who was extremely good looking (far better looking than me) and I would get abuse from random dudes in the pub over it. People are strange.

Yeah like I said above - I suspect there is some type of person in the world who think that they can somehow win the girl(s) off you by kicking the crap out of you. Do not know what is going on in their heads. Some Cowboy Western where they put down the guy and the girl(s) leave the bar through the swing door on the guys arm or something. The younger of the girls generally attracts a _lot_ of attention of a night out. The moment she leaves the group to go to the bar or the toilet or whatever they zone in on her like moths to a flame. I was once offered a number of camels or some such for her in Morocco which was simultaneously the most hilarious and most worrisome event I can think of.

21-12-2015 02:08PM

dd972 wrote: »

I've always found it revealing that the the most deadly sort of people in these situations like Special Forces soldiers, elite boxers and martial artists are usually completely lacking in all that surly, burly hardman posturing.

Depends, remember that american SF sniper guy who made up a load of hardman nonsense

21-12-2015 02:26PM

dd972 wrote: »

I've always found it revealing that the the most deadly sort of people in these situations like Special Forces soldiers, elite boxers and martial artists are usually completely lacking in all that surly, burly hardman posturing.

I guess it is a common human trait in general. When someone feels they are bad at something - they sometimes attempt to convince others they are good at it. Over compensating for their deficiencies I guess. So you find that when someone gets combat training they no longer need to posture abilities they do not actually have to others.

But there is also another type of person who is genuinely scared inside of violence and such - so the hard man posturing is a front they feel might prevent others from trying it on. Which - quite possibly - does genuinely work. Until they inevitably meet someone who is all too happy to not back down.

I am by no means a martial arts expert - far from it - but I have enough training and abilities that I know there is a certain inner confidence and calm with knowing that if something does kick off - you likely will be able to handle yourself to some degree. I do hate ever having to defend myself though. Even if I in no way initiate or cause a confrontation - I still find myself racked with guilt and depression for days after having to use violence though. Always second guessing myself as to whether there was some way to diffuse or escape the situation which I did not see or take.

hairyslug · 21-12-2015 02:30PM

Got punched once about 15/16 years ago, out of the blue on a night out, by the time I was up off the ground he was gone.
Threw a punch maybe 25 years ago, I snapped after being bullied in school.

Apart from that it's only been sparring but havn't done that in a few years

Joe prim · 21-12-2015 02:32PM

The sun was just dropping below the horizon when I first spotted them, their khaki and sh1t-coloured fatigues almost blending with the sun-scorched sand of the wadi;Hadjis! And armed to the rotting, unbrushed,betel-chewing, decaying teeth, AKs, Scimitars and those special , sharp little knives they use for close-quarter fighting, oh, and for ritual beheadings.
"Incoming", I whispered into my headset, "send in a squad of cleaners now!" No response-too many blank spots out here in the boiling hell-hole that we call Hell-mand, I was on my own against a fanatical and savage group of battle-hardened killers!
As far as I could see,, there were at least five of them, closing rapidly on my position.No time to waste, I raised my Marine-issue 303.Spunkhauser to my shoulder and fired three shots in rapid succession, and was rewarded with the sound of loud cursing and screams (Arabic cussing is a special type of cussing, with a lot of glottal stops), but three of the approaching figures had dropped-the other two were still coming, but now at a crawl, and prone in my foxhole, I just could'nt get another clear shot off.
Suddenly, I heard a rustling behind me, slightly to my left-Sh1t, the motherfukcers have outflanked me!

(Tune in next week for part two of this exciting netseries)

timthumbni · 21-12-2015 02:33PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I think if anyone wanted to find me they would have a long time ago. I have given enough information to do so on a number of occasions. I am well known enough around the area. For example a few times I put up a notice in the local college advertising free guided meditation classes. And I got a nice mix of people who come to them every time I do them. Some once or twice. Some quite regularly. Even had a local priest in Training come for a long time - which brought no end of angst to my neighbour who is a complete Religious Nut Job and really - really - does not like us for obvious reasons

I throw a frequent house party which was crashed by a couple of boards users once. They never did tell me their usernames or admit to it being them on here though. I still wonder to this day Whoever the hell you were - own up lads! Ah - they were sound enough blokes too - they'd be welcome back.

Yeah like I said above - I suspect there is some type of person in the world who think that they can somehow win the girl(s) off you by kicking the crap out of you. Do not know what is going on in their heads. Some Cowboy Western where they put down the guy and the girl(s) leave the bar through the swing door on the guys arm or something. The younger of the girls generally attracts a _lot_ of attention of a night out. The moment she leaves the group to go to the bar or the toilet or whatever they zone in on her like moths to a flame.

You see you say you are boring in one post and then post something like that. That sounds interesting to me. Yes you get plenty of clowns in bars who think acting the tube will attract the ladies. The sad thing is that some girls are actually attracted to these type of idiots. I find that 99% of agressive bar type fighters never actually fight as they are held back by their mates or bouncers etc.

If you ever have the misfortune to be in a fight then a bar isn't actually a bad place to be. Plenty of people about, bouncers etc. the incident I was in I hadn't got that luxury. No one to stop it. I managed to not go unconscious from repeated stamping on my head. I managed to get up and defend myself and I have absolutely no doubt that action saved my life. It wasn't a case of winning a fight. All I wanted to do was survive and see my kids again. Hollywood has a lot to answer for. It isn't like road house with Patrick swayze getting an ice pack from a hot nurse after getting a beating. I looked like the elephant man and my partner couldn't stop crying as the hospital doctor told her I was at high risk of brain damage.

everlast75 · 21-12-2015 02:39PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Most people don't seem to realise that a weapon is only as effective as they are. You have to be even faster and more adept than usual to use a weapon effectively, particularly against someone who has, shall we say, certain skills.

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21-12-2015 02:43PM

timthumbni wrote: »

You see you say you are boring in one post and then post something like that.

The great thing about a forum like this is it can distil the interesting parts of you out of the rest and make you appear more interesting than you actually are

But thank you for the compliments all the same. My ego will use it for fuel no doubt.

timthumbni wrote: »

I find that 99% of agressive bar type fighters never actually fight as they are held back by their mates or bouncers etc.

I do remember witnessing a funny one in a bar once where this guy was being held back by three mates. Doing all the "I'll kill yee" stuff. Then the mates decided just to let him go. The guy stood there completely lost. It was not meant to go down like that. He was meant to be held back - that is all part of the show/act - not allowed to actually get into a fight. He basically stood there hovering entirely uncertain what he was meant to do.

Sorry to hear about your incident though. Yea "real" fights are nothing like most people imagine them. They are gory and awful. The fighting styles I am trained in are less to do with fighting and more to do with pins - holds - or throws that are designed to buy time until someone stops the fight - or the attacker calms down - or to give you that 1 or 2 second edge you need to basically haul ass out of there.

The muscle bound gym guy I mentioned above for example I "beat" by essentially using a hold that basically got more and more painful until he called mercy. There is no other way on this earth someone my size was gonna get out of an encounter with someone his size any other way. I was certainly not gonna throw punches at him that were going to do anything more than make him giggle.

timthumbni · 21-12-2015 03:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The great thing about a forum like this is it can distil the interesting parts of you out of the rest and make you appear more interesting than you actually are But thank you for the compliments all the same. My ego will use it for fuel no doubt.

I do remember witnessing a funny one in a bar once where this guy was being held back by three mates. Doing all the "I'll kill yee" stuff. Then the mates decided just to let him go. The guy stood there completely lost. It was not meant to go down like that. He was meant to be held back - that is all part of the show/act - not allowed to actually get into a fight. He basically stood there hovering entirely uncertain what he was meant to do.

Sorry to hear about your incident though. Yea "real" fights are nothing like most people imagine them. They are gory and awful. The fighting styles I am trained in are less to do with fighting and more to do with pins - holds - or throws that are designed to buy time until someone stops the fight - or the attacker calms down - or to give you that 1 or 2 second edge you need to basically haul ass out of there.

The muscle bound gym guy I mentioned above for example I "beat" by essentially using a hold that basically got more and more painful until he called mercy. There is no other way on this earth someone my size was gonna get out of an encounter with someone his size any other way. I was certainly not gonna throw punches at him that were going to do anything more than make him giggle.

Aye the hold me back types are normally actually quite funny. I've actually saw ones who make a point of walking behind their group of mates and walking into them before shouting the "I'll kill yeeeee" nonsense.

I could have done with knowledge of some of those holds you mentioned. If there was a video of my incident it would put most people off their dinner. You know things are bad when time seems to slow down and I could actually hear my blood spatter across the ground. Not just see it but actually hear blood hitting the ground. You also don't realise how soft your eyeball is until someone gouges it. That was a real eye opener to me. (Or eye closer in my case)

There is certainly nothing cool about violence and fighting. There is a certain love in with a fair proportion of Irish fellas about the idea of fighting. Thankfully with most people it's just all talk without putting it into practise. It's not big and it's certainly not clever.

wexandproud · 21-12-2015 03:23PM

fedor.2. wrote: »

Either you're full of **** ( probably ) or you should be prosecuted for assaulting that man.

do unto others as they would do unto you , only do it to them first

AnonoBoy · 21-12-2015 05:19PM

If I just curled up into the foetal position does it count as a fight?

harry Bailey esq · 21-12-2015 06:04PM

Bout 3 years ago,outside that lovely kebab shop at the cross in Waterford city.A member of our 'indigenous ethnic minority' about half my size decided it would be funny to sucker punch me in the jaw,he got battered in front of all his friends, who then proceeded to batter us both.Him for gettin slapped around by a 'buffer' and me for having the cheek to defend myself against one of 'them'.I took a good batin' that night,A broken nose and a ripped shirt was all I was left with, could've been a lot worse.

21-12-2015 06:07PM

Last fight was when I was half way through secondary school, nearly 20 years ago. Met that guy in the pub a few weeks ago, he had a big welcome for me. I still don't like him though, I'm a bitter and childish yoke;)

Buona Fortuna · 21-12-2015 06:14PM

Boxing in the Army (early 80s) - not by choice.

A proper scrap - about 2004 - I'd apprehended someone who clearly didn't want to be apprehended - he got 2 years - out in about 8 months.

When was the last time you got in a fight?

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