Before you contact your lawyers and sue me for causing you grievous injuries for resisting a criminal gang intent on mugging and robbing you, let me go on the record as saying that the best defense is a fast escape.
Police are trained and paid to fight with street animals. It is always best to let them earn their pay and for you to run away.
That being said, sometimes situations arise where innocent citizens are surrounded, accosted, and even ambushed by roving gangs of men that have just been released from jail by Soros-elected district attorneys.
My very first karate teacher assured me that even the best karate fighter is liable to get his clock cleaned by an experienced street fighter. Memorize this fact.
But, if you find yourself in a situation where handing your wallet, keys, and jewelry over to an individual or a cluster of people who prefer a life of crime to honest work still isn’t enough, look for an escape route. Let’s face it: some people simply look like victims and not everyone wants to end up like Bernard Goetz.
If there is no escape and you do not feel like curling up on the ground like a pill bug, there are sometimes options.
A man with a gun is a formidable enemy. You must always assume the gun is loaded when he aims it at you and your best bet (and most natural reaction) is to wet your pants and hope that the smell and the sight disgusts your attacker to the point where he laughs at you and lets you live.
If a man attacks you with a knife, you can be pretty sure your attacker is a dangerous mental case and if you can’t run, hopefully you are carrying a gun. Otherwise, you will end up in a hospital or dead.
Most of the information I want to share, here, was already explained and demonstrated in the Sandra Bullock movie MISS CONGENIALITY.
Bullies are usually bigger than you and, as they teach in boxing, you need to get in close to that person or his reach advantage will leave you crying in the gutter. So, bend your legs, keep your fists up, move in, and stomp on the bad guy’s instep as hard as you can.
Another popular option is to kick or knee him in the groin. A blow from a knee or from an elbow is almost always faster and harder than a kick or a thrown fist. It’s hard to think in a situation like this, but, if you can, spin. That gives an elbow strike the advantage of centrifugal force, adds the weight of your body to your power, and an elbow strike almost anywhere hurts terribly.
Years ago, at a Kuk Sool Won contest in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, I saw the Grandmaster control a trained karateka simply by grabbing hold of his finger. If you are lucky enough to grab your opponent’s finger and twist it in an unnatural direction, you might bring him to his knees. You might also get hit with his other hand. You never can tell.
I’ve always found the famous side-of-the-hand “karate punch” to be completely useless. Most fights turn into boxing matches or wrestling matches. Remember: on the street there are no rules. If you can cup your hands and slam them down on your opponent’s ears, that might stun him. Two straight fingers jamming into a person’s throat can be deadly. Fingers or thumbs in the eyes end a fight quickly. If you are fast and lucky enough to slam the heel of your hand upwards into a bad man’s nose, you will break it. Believe it or not, a hard punch to the sternum will take a man’s breath away and have a negative effect on all his internal organs. The famous “rabbit punch” is nice and so is an uppercut to the chin.
That’s all that I can think of at this moment. My best advice is to stay away from sketchy neighborhoods and if you feel threatened and have a suspicion that someone nasty is watching you, walk tall, look confident, and, if it’s legal, carry a pistol.