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Originally Posted by WC_Lun  I fully trust that you know how to grapple. You sound very knowledgable on the post I have seen. However, leaving the back open is not a good idea. The back of the head, especially at the base of the spine is a very bad place to be hit and can cause unconsciousness. Then you have the kidneys, which if are bruised can be incredibly painful, to the point of incapacitation in a lot of people. Being struck in the spine can cause instant paralysis and/or make you pass out. There are also numerous pressure points on the back that can cause a lot of pain and even seal the breath if struck correctly. This is my opinion and take it as such, but any "plan" that includes leaving yourself open for unmitigated strikes is faulty.
You are a ground fighter so I assume you know some stand up grappling as well. I believe a better approach would be to use your grappling skills to keep one attacker between the other until you can incapaciate one with strikes, a break, or throw. Granted, against two attackers anyone is at a big disadvantage. |
Oh I agree that anyone facing two attackers is in a bad place. My opinion is that you do whatever it takes to avoid any physical altercation ANYWAY, but in this situation you either talk your way out or turn and run. By no means am I saying that I think I'm bad ass enough to beat up two dudes!
While I do agree that back of the head is not ideal, it's a little safer than the front. A LITTLE. Obviously you don't want to get hit at all, but if I have to take a shot I will try to make it go where I want it to go, not where my opponent wants it to go. My description of the fight is obviously not full proof....I was really just trying to detail what my instincts would be. Might work, might not.
But to answer yoda, I MEAN 47MartialMan: I am confident that against most people who want to fight me I can be safe. By that I mean I think I can do well to not get hurt. That being said, I know from experience that I can also keep people where I want them most of the time in a fight and pick and choose how violent I want it to be. If I want to break someone's arm who has never seen a straight armlock it's really not very hard to do it. So I would say I am confident, maybe I am indeed over confident but the only way we could say for sure would be if I get jumped by two guys on the way to my car tonight and I get my ass kicked.
Which could totally happen, BTW and trust me, I would be the first guy to come on here and tell you guys cause it would be funny considering that trash talking I been doing!!
