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What's the MMA's position on sucker punches?

Multiple assailants?

Other than honorable strikes?

I use a combination of the two, but mostly I use these videos to show what a person's body language looks like when they want to fight. I can tell just by people's knees if they're actually going to fight or not, there are other small indicators too.

A lot of fighting is the psychology behind it, an able body will help as well but if you approach a situation intelligently -- you might actually get out of the fight which is generally my philosophy.

Strictly speaking, nothing is worth the chance of getting brain damage from a concussion, but it's good to prepare yourself for those who wish to do you harm.

I mean I get what your saying, but I've never been in a fight that I didn't somehow involve myself in... and there isn't a lot of defense against a sucker punch other than scaling up a person before they get in arm's reach. I could go to any social gathering right now and sucker punch someone.. I'd just have to portray myself as non-threatening... and then immediately hit you. In the matter of time you have to judge someone's stance, etc.. you could have easily removed yourself from the situation, usually by stopping your jackassery or getting away from their jackassery.

Multiple assailants is a different story though... you could get in a situation in which you had no where to go.. but I would look to other self defense videos for this... not fight videos.. it's a much easier and faster way to get to the information you may seeking by watching a fight video...

This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 11:20 pm

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Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

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Posted on 4/14/14 at 11:20 pm to NATidefan

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I mean I get what your saying, but I've never been in a fight that I didn't somehow involve myself in...

This is true. Most people put themselves in situations that can go wrong.

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and there isn't a lot of defense against a sucker punch other than scaling up a person before they get in arm's reach.

And this is false. The "knockout game" as it's called wherein random strangers come and hit you is a reality -- but most of the targets aren't young, able bodied participants for a reason.

You should always be aware of groups -- they're the most likely to start trouble (confidence in numbers).

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In the matter of time you have to judge someone's stance, etc.. you could have easily removed yourself from the situation.

I (thought) I had made it abundantly clear that the purpose of my "camp" was to instruct people how to get out of any given situation rather than to fight. That's as a last resort, and unfortunately sometimes you have to do it.

I suppose this is because I live in Mexico City, where retreat isn't always an option. It is the safest, best option, but if you need to fight: Understanding the mechanics behind it (as demonstrated in most of these videos) is necessity.

No one likes to get knocked out, but it shouldn't be when someone is filming you in vertical cam and your attacker is windmilling.