I really Dropped the Ball on this one. I dunno why i put it up.
April 26th, 2009
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When a Technique just isn’t Enough.
April 18th, 2009
We’ve all been in this position before – I just pulled a technique off… now what? That is the question that goes in the mind of every beginner. And in fact i saw it happen before my very eyes the other day.
The Scenario:
I don’t know this guy, but for the sake of the story let’s call him Heiniken (named obviously after the 14 heini’s he’s drank). So anyways, I was at the bar enjoying a bevy or two, pre drinking before the hockey game and the table next to me has a bunch of rowdy rukus starting guys. No problem, they keep to themselves and are all happy and stuff. 14 Beers later (for them) they start getting real rowdy… and by that i mean they are getting aggressive. So the bouncer goes in starts doing his work and starts throwing people out. The bouncer grabs one guy right on the shoulders, to my surprise the drunk guy manages to pull a neat little escape (which i’m now teaching at my gym) but forgets to follow up with anything else and just stands there. So what happens? The bouncer decides oh this guy is trouble and starts throwing punches at him and the drama is over.
So the lesson for the day is to always finish a technique up with something. Don’t just stand there and stare cause you’re just going to get the person attacking you angry. If i ever pulled a technique I would do one of the following:
1. If i can run faster than him (or at least think i can), RUN. That is always step one.
2. If i didn’t disable him at all and just managed to escape, I would disable him with a reasonable amount of force and then run.
3. If there are more of them then you, I would probably hit the first guy just enough to intimidate and scare off the rest of the attackers. My line is usually, ” Hey Man, I’m half your size… I’m either crazy or dangerous I suggest you back off”… that way you can also help talk them down and de-escalate.
That’s all for today folks.
Enjoy