I have a family member that is a Krav Maga instructor. There's a pretty humorous tale about him facing off with a BJJ competitor.

Long story short... The BJJ guy complained that my family member "cheated"... My family member simply reminded him that in a fight for survival, there are no rules, no referees, and no 2nd place.

Mike

In my opinion the more you know the better which is why my kids take both BJJ and kickboxing and eventually I want to get them in a Krav maga class.

My kids all had a least a few years of BJJ.
One STOPPED getting in fights once he really learned HOW to fight.

One of my brothers wrestled in HS and college, boxed, and later, kickboxer.

Was a pretty well rounded fighter.
Bounced for a few years as well.

But getting blindsided upside the head with a fire extinguisher trumps all fighting disciplines.
Ie, there's ALWAYS somebody better. Or sneakier...

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Have you ever had your bell rung unexpectedly? The kid was most likely out of it after the first hit not counting the continued strikes. I have given a lot of guys more than they expected but i also have taken an unexpected hit to the side of my head that has been fractured and had 3 bad concussions. I flat got my head thumped and another concussion out of it. Probably not to far off from that kid. I turnd around into a hail marry right hook and I stayed vertical but had no idea what was going on as he keep thumping my head. It's easy to look at and make assumptions but I have been there and I was not able to think about defending myself or think at all
. I guess a technical ko but not put to sleep.

Don't forget today's climate. If the white kid had done anything at all he would end up in trouble. At most that kid attacking him gets suspended a few days maybe expelled. But most likely a slap on the wrist.


Reverse the race and it would be on national news as a hate crime and the kids would be in juvenile detention and waiting to be tried as an adult.

WOW,,you never had a good sucker punch I see.

Boxing is the best for self defense. All fights I've had first hand experience have been won or lost on your feet and with fists. You become very vulnerable on the ground. Every fight I've been around has been over with very quickly usually one or 2 blows being the deciding factor. How to deliver hard fast accurate blows will give one a big advantage. Without gloves who ever delivers the first solid shot usually wins the fight.

WWE is a great teacher. Won a few fights in school with a headlock and hip toss.

While I don't disagree that enrolling your kids in some kind of martial arts program is a good idea, it's kinda sad it's come to that for Americans.

30 years ago every boy over the age of 7 knew how to fight, or learned real quick.

Yes both unexpectedly and expectedly. He just didnt look knocked out to me, his bell was definitely wrung though- Im probably wrong though. A little bit of defense would have went a long ways saving him some lumps and pain.

It’s a a fairly common thing with girls and even adult women, I have trained more then a few in basic and not so basic self defense and can’t begin to count how many times I have seen them stop when they think they might have hurt who they are sparing with, it can be a liability if it ever comes down to the real thing and should be addressed by the instructor, but then again I have seen a few times when a young woman I have been working with has had to put that training to a real world test and and even though in training she would stop and ask if her sparing partner was ok after landing a blow ect when it came to real world application of it took it all the way home

Incant believe more people arent commenting on the hate crime that this was. Mario needs tossed off a bridge.

.... the signing of mandatory white kid self defense classes at Appomattox...

Yeah DWC.. or a log chain ride behind a 84 Chevy heavy half with glasspacks and bfg mud grips