You’re out and enjoying life with your friends or a certain young lady. But some knucklehead is determined to end your fun by trying to punch your lights out. What can you do?
There are some simple self-defense tactics that even someone who’s not in great shape or has any special training can employ:
First of all, wake up!
- Who’s watching you?
- Look around, is someone giving you a hard look? Or alternately, does someone quickly avoid your gaze?
- Watch people’s hands as you are walking, don’t look away when you pass.
- Cross the street if you have to avoid a group of punks.
- Don’t get too drunk.
- Are you doing something stupid like hitting on someone’s girlfriend at the bar?
- Are you in the habit of boasting about your fancy watch, car, apartment?
- Point out the troublemaker to the bartender or doorman.
- If the negative vibes get too intense, leave.
Remember, it’s always easier to STAY out of trouble than to GET out of trouble.
Second of all, keep from getting hit in a vital area!
- Get your hands up in front of your face to protect your head.
- Keep your mouth closed with your teeth clenched. When your mouth is open you are ripe to get your jaw broken (which means you should forget about ‘talking trash’).
- Circle away from his power side (circle to the right if he has his right hand cocked back, circle to the left if he has his left hand cocked back).
- You need to be either two arms lengths away from him (outside of his kicking range) or all the way in tight against him (holding him in a boxing clinch). Anything in between puts you in range for his punches and kicks.
Third, use your strongest weapons against his weakest targets.
- Use the proverbial knee to the groin when you are clinching.
- Smash him with your elbows in the face, throat and neck.
- Kick him in the knee, groin or lower abdomen. Kick straight ahead using the bottom of your foot like you would kick in a door. Or kick straight back like a mule using your heel. If you are untrained, resist the urge to kick with the top of your foot like you are punting a football, you will probably use too much of your toes instead of your shin (ouch!).
- If you try to trade punches with him, you’re probably playing right into his game.
Finally:
- Get a barrier between you and him (even if you have to run around a car).
- Yell for help. You can’t count on people coming to your aid, but he might think someone will render assistance.
- Use a weapon. Hose him down with your pepper spray. Use a chair like a lion tamer. Throw ashtrays at him.
- Make your escape. Lose your ego and your attitude. Retreat and escape. Live to go out and party again next weekend.
- Better yet, start training tomorrow in a self-defense art or program.
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