How to Win a Street Fight

It doesn’t matter how much you try to avoid it, but situations of violence do occur. The best way to stay safe is to be prepared to defend yourself at any time. This article is not intended to advocate the use of violence; rather it is designed to help you escape from a situation in which you are being attacked. These steps will show you how to efficiently and quickly win a street fight.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

1. Analyze the situation. How many people are involved? Do you have backup? Do they have backup? Analyzing the situation is, by far, the most important step. If you weigh 120 pounds, you will probably not be able to win a fight against three 400-pound body building ultimate fighters. Know your limits. If you know you can’t win, run away.

2. Decide to fight or fly. If you must fight, the idea is to eliminate the threat as quickly as possible. Put something between you and your opponent. This could be a car, your outstretched arms or some kind of blunt weapon.

3. Assume that your opponent is a trained fighter and wants to hurt you. This is the way you must approach any confrontation. Never underestimate the person you’re fighting or you could end up getting hurt. If a weapon is available, use it because your opponent certainly will. A weapon can be anything from a lighter wrapped in your fist to a baseball bat. If you are in a life or death situation, all’s fair. Use whatever is available to defend yourself.

4. Catch your opponent off guard. Attack as quickly as possible. If you have a weapon, aim for the midsection or the knees. Either of these places will immobilize someone if you hit them hard enough. This will also lessen the risk of hurting someone more than you intended.

5. Go for the quick knockout. If you don’t have a weapon, strike your foe with a closed fist in an upward motion. Try to connect at the point where the jaw bone connects to the side of the head. If you hit them hard enough, they won’t be getting back up.

6. Continue attacking until your enemy stops attacking you. When you are no longer in danger, you should stop attacking to prevent injuring your opponent any more than you need to.

7. Assess the situation again after landing a successful attack. Remember, in the eyes of the law once you have immobilized a person you are no longer acting in self defense. This means if you continue beating someone who is laying on the ground you will not be able to claim that you were in danger. If your opponent is no longer on his feet or is no longer attempting to engage, you should get away as quickly as possible.

8. Alert the authorities of the situation as soon as you can. If the person you fought with is badly injured, you need to call for medical help as well.

Tips & Warnings

• It’s a good idea to get some self defense training to be better prepared for times when you might have to defend yourself from harm.
• You may be a person of honor that would not take a low blow or a cheap shot, but your opponent probably is. Act accordingly.
• Don’t aim to kill. If you hit someone in the temple of the head, the middle of the chest or the throat you will probably kill them.
• Never engage in a fight somewhere where there are no other people if you can help it.

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[borrelli]

on 4/21/2009 "If you know you can�t win, run away" lol tell that to bruce lee or ali

[Temari-san]

on 8/22/2008 Hey,this is fine for sissies,but if you REALLy wanna fight,watch Naruto or Bleach! LOL,just kidding,good article!

[Deidara]

on 9/1/2007 *glares* I'd win that fight easily, yea.

[mickyc]

on 6/5/2007 if you dont have time to take self defence lessons i recomend that you buy a self defence DVD. trust me they work and you feel more confident. knowing that you can punch,block,kick properly.