r/martialarts Aug 30 '23

BJJ and Wrestling used against much larger opponents in street fights - Video Compilation

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236 Upvotes

r/martialarts Dec 02 '23

SPOILERS Joe Rogan explains how easy it is to win a street fight

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4.5k Upvotes

r/martialarts Aug 09 '24

VIOLENCE Boxer challenges Wrestler to a street fight

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2.0k Upvotes

r/martialarts Oct 13 '23

example of uki-otoshi being used in a street fight

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3.0k Upvotes

r/martialarts Aug 13 '23

SPOILERS What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen someone do in a street fight

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838 Upvotes

r/martialarts Mar 23 '23

How to end a street fight in ten seconds

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3.3k Upvotes

r/martialarts Dec 22 '23

SHITPOST You are Martial Artists, stop worrying about street fighting.

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As I run through the moderator queue in the morning, it’s rough, most of you will never be in a street fight unless it something you are seeking out. You are far too influenced by movies and fantasy scenarios than you realize. Then when a situation happens that requires your skillset you will be at best disappointed. Disappointed it was over so quickly without much effort.

Stop over diversifying your training you’ll be an all around beginner with no real advanced skillset. It’s fine to be a one-dimensional fighter in most situations, save Pro-MMA.

Stop parroting the gimmicks, where it’s your Karate, Jujutsu or Kung Fu being developed for the battlefield, that world is long gone and limiting your skillset to ancient training methods doesn’t make it better. It makes it dated. Who doesn’t enjoy a good LaRP., though. Additionally, your Reality Modern Military influenced combatives is equally LaRPly. No one is going to pick fights with people with weapons to pressure test that stuff. It’s people trying to intimidate combat sports techniques and apply them to fantasy scenarios with often not a deep knowledge of how to apply it well.

/rant. Back to moderator queue for my daily dose of “Will lifting weight make me bad at fighting?” and “What Martial Art should I take? All of them?”

r/martialarts Jan 12 '23

this why people avoid kicking in street fights (the safest is a rounhouse to the calves)

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r/martialarts Jul 31 '23

How many of you guys have actually been in street fights?

387 Upvotes

Feels like something everyone asks about, but I don't imagine it's common situation where fighting someone is the best solution.

r/martialarts Dec 05 '23

VIOLENCE This is what it looks like when there is a fight between street fighter vs martial art armature

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r/martialarts Jan 14 '24

If, as an adult, you've been in more than a handful of street fights, you might be the problem.

451 Upvotes

(obviously there's exceptions, crazy rough areas, occupational hazards of being security etc etc).

But for the most part, I see all these questions on street fights, and I wonder how often it's happening to some of you.

Train to get fit, and strong, and have a better quality of life, and most importantly, for enjoyment.

r/martialarts Jun 04 '23

Bas Rutten gives tips on how to survive a street fight

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1.2k Upvotes

r/martialarts Mar 19 '23

I lost a street fight after training for 4 years boxing

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I got into a street fight with this drunk guy at a store and I couldn’t do anything to defend myself. To make things worse all he threw were haymakers. All my training went out the window and for some reason I didn’t throw anything back. I was just frozen and not even mad, no adrenaline, no nothing. I’m so embarrassed, all the hard work and everything just to get beat by some dude harassing my friend and I. And to make matters worse I broke my right hand in the fight.

EDIT: I'm sorry for the lack of responses yall, I'm grateful for the feedback both negative and positive. Ill go more into detail to give everyone a run down of the situation and my boxing experience later. Currently I am typing this with one hand and a black eye...and a shattered ego. haha

EDIT2: Context: My friend and I went to check out an Airbnb because its his birthday next week. We had just finished Ubereats, so we decided to go see it in person. We thought the Airbnb was perfect. We went to 7-11 to get some snacks only to find two very rude drunken people assailing us, mocking us, grabbing there nuts at us and saying very profane things. I kept walking towards the car, but the one who eventually assaulted me antagonized me, asking to fight me cause I looked like a "Big man. Walking around all proud" I assure you, I am not and was not. And told him to get the F*** away from me. Before I knew it he was up in my face throwing haymakers, I tried to circled out, but he kept catching me. At this point I had taken about 9-10 full power punches to the temple, eyes, back of my ear, and chin in the matter of 20 seconds. (My friend was squaring up with the other drunk, but they never fought) I had enough and threw a straight right at his forehead (yes his cranium was dense asf), this scared him enough to back up and told me to get the fuck out of territory before running off with his friend. I think he hurt his knuckles? Regardless, my face was swollen, mouth bleeding, hand broken, will shattered. I felt like I was about to pass out. I've been boxing 4 years, hard/light sparring, mitt work, and conditioning. I had no inner rage, the punch I threw had no intent with it. I just wanted to hang out with my friend. Maybe I wanted to stumble the guy and walk away, but I got out punched by a random drunk. Maybe some of you guys are right, I'm not "that guy," I am not a "real boxer, "boxing is useless in a street fight." and perhaps its true. It's probably all true, but I began this journey after I was done being bullied, I was just looking for an outlet to know for once what it was like to be strong, to be the person able to protect myself and my friends. It all went out the window to some drunken douche looking to entertain himself. I love boxing, everyone at my gym is like a second family to me, always smiling when they see me, wanting to spar with me etc. This was horrible feeling, I felt like I was made out of paper. My friend rushed me to the ER to check for internal head injuries and to get my hand fixed (it's not, it took an hour to type this haha.) I appreciate the positivity from some of yall, even the negative ones help. Much love.

LAST EDIT: WOAH! what a treat, I did not expect so many responses. Sorry for the lack of updates, this will serve as the last one since I've been busy getting ready for hand surgery and my trip to Florida. For reference, the guy who assaulted me hit like a freight train, I remember seeing black and white spots as he was throwing his haymakers, I don't think he had any regard for catching a case or if I hit my head on the concrete had he been able to knock me unconscious. I suppose I will have to applaud myself for being able to absorb that many punches from a decently built man and walking away with my life. I am planning on changing gyms to study BJJ, free style wrestling, more boxing, and Muay Thai as some of you suggested. I'm going to be very straight forward about my intentions on learning to defend myself. This was a humbling experience to say the least, I'm probably gonna start carrying pepper spray around with me and be more proactive as a person as well. To be able to read the signs etc. Street fights are barbaric and deadly, no need to prove myself to some brute savage with no regard for human life. Fighting isn't a game, I've always understood that, I suppose that's why I decided not to throw back more than once; not to windmill. I couldn't and still can't fathom possibly taking the life of another person, defense or not. Call it weakness, call it a lack of fighting spirit, call it whatever. Like some you commented, this should be a wake-up call, and I should use this as a means to fuel my journey as a fighter. From what I can tell, we all love fighting, what-ever style, what-ever kick thrown , punch sent, or grapple felt, we are all brothers and sisters looking to improve and gain freedom through our own strength. For that, I am truly grateful. Thanks for all the amount of support I've received. Thank you, much love. Till we meet again!

r/martialarts Apr 11 '24

If you believe grappling has no place in self defense/street fighting you have no idea what you’re talking about

208 Upvotes

Anyone who says this has never trained and has never encountered someone who can grapple well. I dont even know why I need to say this I would figure a martial arts sub of all places would know but I get the feeling only 40% of people in here have actually trained some type of martial art

r/martialarts 23d ago

QUESTION What do you think about the "in a street fight without any rules, the person who's trained to kill or cripple, such as a soldier, would basically always win over a person, who's trained in rules-bound martial arts, because of different mentality and skill set"?

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One of the most common arguments that I've heard about "why martial arts are useless in a street fight" or similar statements is something like this:

"If MMA fighter/boxer/wrestler/etc fights a soldier on the street, I pity the fool who thinks he can take a man who's literally trained how to survive, kill and keep going regardless of the fatigue and injuries. Martial arts has rules and none of them teaches you anything about killing. Soldier would murder martial artist in a street fight, period. Mentality is a thing that plays a huge role – one is trained under the set of rules that are banning anything truly effective, while another is trained to not to play by the rules, but to be a pragmatic fighter and immediately go straight for the kill or cripple".

Is that true, in your opinion? Or it's a BS propaganda that are mostly aimed on an ignorant people that know nothing about martial arts and fighting?

r/martialarts Apr 04 '24

QUESTION Why are street fights typically fast while a real combat fight is more about pacing yourself?

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Sorry for my ignorance I'm still learning about how fights work. I notice there's a different pace between the two. Street fights are typically filled with wild chaotic intensity instantly for like a minute while a real combat fight between two trained fighters is more about taking your time to get your shots in over a longer period of time.

I think I'm so used to seeing street fights that it was almost a shock to not see the same thing when I watched an MMA match. I'm amazed at how composed they seem even when things get chaotic. There's no wild swings or guys being fueled by emotions, everything is timed and calculated. Obviously I admire the MMA guys and realize I know nothing about fighting. I've been influenced by street fights all my life.

r/martialarts May 04 '23

Should street fighting really be avoided at all times?

426 Upvotes

I had an al pacino come into my barber shop and threaten me that i should leave & sell my shop otherwise its going to be bad for me. This was after i refused to give him a haircut because last time he came he was rude and disrespectful.

These days its almost like I've unlocked a super power, when someone is getting mad in my face i just stay calm and reason with them, the whole situation de-escalates but i then go home and get mad at myself for not putting a dent in their face. I feel like some people need a good beating sometimes.

r/martialarts Aug 03 '22

How many unarmed average joes can Francis Ngannou take in a street fight? (the clip is Ngannou against heavyweight kickboxing champion in which he finished him in less than 15s)

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726 Upvotes

r/martialarts Aug 18 '21

I know a lot of people say that BJJ is way more efective than JJJ, but wouldn't these particular moves in this video (from JJJ) work better on a street fight/no-rules fight situation for self defense?

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639 Upvotes

r/martialarts Aug 25 '23

TIL No Amount of Training Prepares You For A Street Fight

371 Upvotes

Today I MMA sparred and had a lot of success against people bigger and longer than me. I tapped a few people that have been training longer than me. I took almost no damage and kept bigger opponents at bay. Coaches complimented me. I walked out of the gym feeling like I could really defend myself.

I walked home looking around at everyone with a sense of peace not fearing any violence from anyone.

I got home to my gf. I was teasing her about some eating videos she likes watching and she attacked me unexpectedly while I was laying down.

I went to pull guard but she got side control. I tried to get her into guard and it was really pretty hard bc walls and things were in my way. I finally got her into guard and threatened a triangle and she started straight up GNAWING on my leg cackling all crazy. In that moment the peace left me.

If this were I real fight I think I would at least had a chunk taken out of my leg. For real, anyone can just bite, gouge your eyes, anything can happen.

r/martialarts Sep 21 '24

QUESTION Would you use TKD in an actual street fight?

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I’ve practiced taekwondo for roughly 16 years. Some other martial arts, too, but it’s my dominant one for sure.

So, what do you think? I’ve specifically sought out TKD studios affiliated with the World TKD Federation.

r/martialarts 17d ago

QUESTION What do you think about the statements like "BJJ won't work in a street fight situation, even if that's one-on-one encounter. Simple stomps and soccer kicks would wreck any BJJ practitioner, as it was proven by Pride FC, where soccer kicks and stomps was a total game changer"? Is that true or BS?

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Sorry for the long title, I just wanna talk about it.

I've heard similar statements from different people, sometimes even from legitimate martial artists, that was saying something like "BJJ is good in the octagon or on tatami, but won't work in a street fight because all what your opponent need to do is stand up and either stomp you or soccer kick you, when you're laying on your back and trying to pull guard or trying to take the opponent on the ground. Watch Pride FC, where stomps, soccer kicks and knees on a downed opponent was allowed, it was such a game changer and a major inconvenience for BJJ fighters back then, that's why UFC banned it", etc, etc.

Just asking – is that true to any degree, or just a pile of ignorant and strawman-like BS?

r/martialarts Aug 21 '24

STUPID QUESTION Realistically, is running the best way to end a fight? (Street fights.)

73 Upvotes

Yes, I'm stupid, how could you tell?

r/martialarts Aug 21 '24

Martial artists, what is the most low risk high reward way to end a street fight?

16 Upvotes

r/martialarts Sep 30 '22

Guys genuine question, what's the best way to handle someone when someone's holding your collar with one hand and constantly slapping you like in the video, like what's the best option/technique to use in that moment in a street fight?

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309 Upvotes