Suppose you were attacked and had to defend yourself with MMA. I often hear from all the styles about techniques that you shouldn't use. I'm wondering what offensive techniques you could use.
What strikes from boxing and/or Muay thai would you use for stand-up?
What techniques from wrestling, judo and/or sambo would you use to throw your opponent on the concrete?
IF the fight did end up on the ground, is there any subs or chockes you'd use? or would you just try to get right back up.
thanks,
Perry
Everyone is going to have a different opinion and mine is if you can legitimately submit someone in practice, that same technique will work on the street. The reason being that you apply the technique to its full potential like choke to unconsciousness, break a limb etc. This is of course assuming it is one on one with no weapons involved.
punch the motherfucker in his eye
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I just do what i normally do, stay calm and set up the KO with the jab, highkick style.
Personally, I think a lot of what you can pull off in a real MMA fight would work "in the street". I mean hell, of a lot of what you practice in training is hard to pull off in the cage against another fighter. Things like flying armbars, omoplatas, etc are typically MUCH more common against training partners than a guy you're really fighting. In that case, you always fall back to the basics, or at least what you're good at - your bread 'n butter favorite techniques if you will.
Having said that, certain techniques aren't suited for situations with factors such as multiple opponents, weapons, etc. Wrestling skills as far as groundwork and takedowns probably wouldn't be as beneficial as good takedown defense. Same with most BJJ. I'd say that Greco Roman wrestling and Judo would be the most usefull forms of grappling because they work mostly from the clinch while standing and deal with throwing the guy without going down yourself. As far as striking goes, boxing and muay thai are good choices. I'm not a big believer in TMA's for real world scenarios. If you want to use techniques you've trained with for a fight, you've got to practice like a fight (or at least as close to it as within reason).
"it's good but his hands are free, and he may take something out of his pocket, like pen for example and stick in into your eye!"
Though it is something to look for.. if you get in a rear naked choke deep.. the person should be in so much pain and so uncomfortable that his first reaction would be to grab your arm and try to alleviate the pressure..that waste about 7 seconds as he attempts this...goodnight Irene from there
though it is hard to sum up exactly what will work in a particular situation I think is impossible because there is usually no predetermined particular situation...flow wit da go my friend
The rear naked choke from standing is the best street sub, yea i think it's good but his hands are free, and he may take something out of his pocket, like pen for example and stick in into your eye!
my money says the "perp" will use both hand to try to get your arm away
been there done that
Attacked? The only time I have ever been attacked on the streets was when I lived in a ghetto and a huge group of brothas decided to jump me. Nothing you can do but try to get away quickly and hit as many as you possibly can to do so. But you guys act like it happens alot. Never and I repeat never has one person ever walked up to me and attacked me. That only happens to women. I'm not talking about muggings either, cause that involves guns or knives, in which, you give up the cash. The idea of somebody walking up to you and attacking you is the kind of fear that martial arts schools try to instill in people to get them to take their classes. In real life, you only get attacked in situations where techniques dont mean shit. Groups, knives, guns, etc. Now if your talking about a fight, then it depends on the body type of the person your fighting.
Just like in an mma fight, I would take whatever opening I would get, and that is for me mostly basic stuff, and of course you will be more likely to use your favories since they will feel more antural and you will see the openings earlier.
I think the main thing I'd work on is defending haymaker rights and lefts. In just about every streetfight I've seen...that's the common attack. Learn to recognize if the guy is a righty or lefty pretty quick and be ready to counter appropriately.
If you're a striker, be ready with a step in counter and if you're a grappler be ready to close the distance.
To me on the street the main thing to do is avoid getting killed yourself and worry about doing damage later.
I've seen very few street fights (none I can think of offhand) where a guy mounted wins or even gets out of that position before the fight ends.
Louco
Except for that one time you must have been living in a peacefull place or been lucky. I have not been in abuch of fights either, but it has happened a few times.
True the average Joe does not know mountescape.
I guess when i said "attacked on the street" I didn't necessarily mean in the ghetto. In my life the best chance would be outside some bar or some ex-boyfriend.
90% of the time a untrained person "fight starter' is going to throw a sloppy right hand
I start by flinging my poo and if they get close enough I bite them too.
Hit & run. The whole point of MMA for the street is that you'll be hard to grab and hard to take down.
I'm reminded of Frank Shamrock telling a story about how some guy accosted him in a 7/11. He knees the guy in the face, the guy pulls a knife, Frank takes off and doesn't look back. That's the model, boys. :)
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