Best Fighting Style for Taller People?

Sentoguy · July 19, 2010, 2:57am

[quote]rasturai wrote:
Hey Sento…yeah it’s just most people aren’t trained…for them their thought is going to be directed towards the knife…not the attacker. I’m looking more at the average population…not someone who is conscious of these things or does training. But yeah there are defianetly better places to take hits other than what you mentioned.

I feel most people’s thoughts aren’t trying to get the attacker out of commision. It’s like if they see someone inside their house…most people run. Most don’t go straight up to the attacker with the mindset I’m gonna fucking kill this guy for coming in my house. No people get scared and run away…cause their mindset is adjusted to…bad guy breaks in house, get away from bad guy he will do bad stuff.

With the gun…I’d say yes people if they see a gun they are even more scared because a gun can definaetly mean instant death with one right shot. A gun can deter a situation with people backing off…not saying that a knife can’t…carry both to be safe ;).
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In reality if fleeing the scene is an option, then yeah definitely do so. I’m not saying that if there is room for you to just stay out of range and run away that you shouldn’t do so. In actually I’d say that’d be one of the smartest things you could do.

I was more referring to situations where you either cannot simply utilize range to stay out of harm’s way and run, or when the attacker is already right on top of you before you realize that they have a blade. If you’ve got to engage, then you want to stop the opponent’s attack and the fastest most direct way to do that is to in some way take away his ability to see, breath, or think with a quick powerful strike.

Then once you’ve got them dazed, momentarily blinded or gasping for air, get the heck out of there.

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That’s awesome that you told that story…that’s a crazy story man, pretty cool stuff that you got to go through that kind of training. If you don’t mind me asking are you in the law enforcement business or just practice this all for the experience and knowledge/prepardness.[/quote]

Experience and knowledge/preparedness, I just got lucky I guess and happened to have access to some of the best reality martial artists out there.

FrozenNinja · July 21, 2010, 4:51pm

FrozenNinja · July 21, 2010, 4:53pm

How do you let two jansport toting kids and their ring leader follow you all the way from the subway to your apartment? Awareness fail.

kmcnyc · July 22, 2010, 2:10am

Frozen - you are truly a catalog ninja.
You need to get out here with this
c’mon son.

First shansou.
then Krav demo’s
why not just go all out and go 36 chambers Kung fu?

c’mon son.

now you want us to think your ‘aware’

c’mon son.

people who jack people- dont play and will bust shots
regardless of how they might hold the gun or have zero technique
they will bust shots with no regards.

you want to risk that with your kicks and sanshou take downs.

stop handing out crap advice.

Sento good points as usual.

its kind of hard to shoot anyone- who isn’t standing still, unless you excel in doing that.
its hard to shoot someone running away too.

think of how many police get hurt via ‘friendly fire’

FrozenNinja · July 22, 2010, 5:19am

KMCNYC

IDK what your problem with me it, as I don’t have one with you. But if you insist on flaming me go ahead. It doesn’t really matter.

You have a right to your opinion and everyone does. I’m not handing out crap advice, but if you think telling someone to get involved in a martial art/self-defense practice of their chosing is crap advice then Im guilty.

There has to be a reason these arts have been effective and have survived as long as they have. I’ve already gone into using what you can which is practical from your chosen method of self-defense so Im not going to go into that again.

As far as being a so called “Catalog Ninja” its just a nickname, but I think your’re refering to the fact that I think I know it all or something…which I clearly don’t. I also think your’re calling me that cause you think I’m some internet wannabe badass who goes around telling people false exploits of his “fighting” prowess.

That’s not the case either. You wanna know the truth? I grew up in Crown Heights,Brooklyn New York. My family experienced the violent tension between the Jewish and Caribbean community when a kid got hit by a car. My brother and I distinctly remember waking up to gunshots in the middle of the night, finding bullets in our backyard, and hiding from some crazy jackass with an axe running through our neighborhood while playing outside. We also remember screams one night and then walking outside in the Am with blood all over our porch.

Our house was robbed, and my Dad stopped a robbery in progress at our house again by chasing the guy who jumped into our yard up the street. I remeber a kid who went to our school who was stabbed for a key, a gold key. One day there was a drug raid near our school and cops were running around with guns everywhere, we could’nt leave the grounds for 2hours.

When my brother and I got dropped off in the school yard in the AM, we used to play fight with our friends to toughen ourselves up. The clicking point for me however was one day when I was older, and my Dad at this point was disabled. A guy had an arguement with my father and got very verbally abusive with us at the tip of being physically violent. I remember feeling helpless, not being able to defend myself or my Dad who has been defending me all my life. THATS WHY I got involved with martial arts and fighting.

I know its all true. You can believe it if you want or not it doesn’t matter. Thats why I train and encourage others to learn to defend themselves as well.

My posting the above video was to state one of self defense 101 basics. Always be aware of your surroundings. Even people who don’t fight can gather that much. I think him walking ALL the way from the SUBWAY…to his APARTMENT without noticing anyone following him is pretty ridiculous. Granted anything can happen to anyone in any situation, but had he been a lil more SELF-AWARE it couldve possibly been avoided.

FrozenNinja · July 22, 2010, 5:23am

I also never suggested any of the above you stated for this video. The gun was to his head, it was already too late. Never in my above statement of posting the video did I say for him to shoot the dude into a takedown, or do any “sanshou and or Krav” techniques.

The point was it was already too late. 3 on 1 and gun to his head. He did the right thing in giving them what they wanted. A lil more self AWARENESS and he couldve avoided the whole thing possibly. Nothing in this life is a guaranteed lock, but people on the whole need to pay attention to whats going around them a tad bit more.

FrozenNinja · July 22, 2010, 5:31am

I had a good friend who was walking home late one night a year ago in central park. It was like 2am. Before he knew it he was talking on his cellphone…and then had a gun to his head. He gave them his wallet, his phone and everything.

The first thing he told me was “Had I not been a dumbass walking out there so late it wouldn’t have happened.”

You always have to put yourself in the best position to avoid crap like that from happening.

Sentoguy · July 22, 2010, 1:11pm

[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
Sento good points as usual.

its kind of hard to shoot anyone- who isn’t standing still, unless you excel in doing that.
its hard to shoot someone running away too.

think of how many police get hurt via ‘friendly fire’
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Haha, very true about running away. Accuracy will also greatly decrease beyond a certain distance.

kmcnyc · July 22, 2010, 1:52pm

[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:
KMCNYC