RobP2 wrote:We did a workshop about 5 years ago on the "top ten UK street attacks" according to police figures. AFAIR the list was
1. Push to chest, followed by striking to the head.
2. A swinging punch to the head.
3. A front clothing grab, followed by punch to the head.
4. A front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a head butt.
5. A front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a knee to the groin.
6. A bottle, glass, or ashtray to the head.
7. A lashing kick to groin/lower legs.
8. A broken bottle/glass jabbed to face.
9. A slash with knife, most commonly a 3 to 4" lock blade knife or kitchen utility knife.
10. A grappling style head lock.
Don't know how up to date these figures are, or how wide the survey was, but they fit in with my experience. I suspect ashtrays (smoking ban) and glassings (plastic glasses) are not so common now
AllanF wrote:Just to clarify I wasn't knocking BJJ. It is something i may do when i get back to Scotland it is as useful as any other martial art in a fight...even dare i say it taiji! It was the idea that street fights typically go to ground which is today taken as gospel!
kshurika wrote:Gosh, isn't it interesting how spineless administrators edit a longer thread, move the controversial stuff to another forum, and post it under someone else's name as the author - in fact, MY name? RSF has now officially sunk to the level of the current Empty Flower - just more empty.
Shooter, your view? I'm on pins and needles.
Any street fight (as recently as Boxing Day...so apt) i have been in i have made dam sure i never get taken to the ground, or if i am then i bounce back up ASAP. For the simple and obvious reason that you don't know how many people will get involved or if there will be weapons. On your feet you can at least run away!
kshurika wrote:RSF has now officially sunk to the level of the current Empty Flower - just more empty.
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