U.S Special Forces vs UFC fighters?
Special forces have to go through way harder stuff than UFC fighters. Special forces could whoop Ufc anytime
How much does height matter in a fight? Does a short guy have any advantages in a fight?
As you said Larry Merchant who is a boxing commentator (which boxing does not include the option of using knees, elbows and kicks, so it is a one dimensional discipline) a shorter guy has a slight advantage over a taller opponent, but tthe taller opponent will have a longer reach to compensate, which means he can draw the smaller guy in for closer quarters, and get more usage of his reach. in martial arts however, drawing the opponent in closer is more dangerous due to the second dimension of using kicks and knee strikes in addition to punching and elbow strikes that martial arts are known for. so while size has some advantages to the fighting discipline, it mostly relies on the experience and training regimen of the individual fighter and his strategy.
How do I fight someone bigger & stronger than me?
This kid in my schools been running his mouth on me, touching and feeling up my girlfriend, saying that when he sees me and her together hes gonna come up and grab her and kiss her. Been going on for too long now. Hes african american, if that matters, about 6'1" , Id say about 180-200 lbs hes got muscle, I know but it seems to be covered by I wanna say baby fat, his muscles aren't clearly defined basically. Other than this, I don't know too much, he seems like hes quick but at times he seems insanely slow, and laid back. Im, caucasian, 5'5" 130 lbs, however, Ive taken South Korean Akido, and American martial arts classes in my past, 1st degree black belt 4 years of training, yes that is serious. I would say im in above average shape, play hockey as a goaltender for my high school, been playing for a few years, and if been in a hockey fight one time, won it, if that can be taken into account :P Anyway, aside from all the background that I can give, what would be the best way to approach this fight, what style should I go for? How should I go about fighting him? I need serious answers and not the oh don't fight him thing, talk to an administrator, bring an adult involved. Nah, need legit answers from people who know their fighting techniques, and styles. Thanks
How many men could a trained fighter take on?
Well it depends on what kind of men they are, and what kind of fighter we're talking about. Let's assume the men are your average untrained civilians and are not hell bent on killing the fighter at any cost. A group of them just got into a fight with the fighter and want to gang up on him to beat him down, the fighter is any 5′ 10″-ish elite level fighter. It also depends on how they approach him. If they all surround him and attack at once I'd say it would take about eight guys to overwhelm him. Any less and they lose. Leg kicks and elbows are amazing weapons. If you haven't ever taken a full strength leg kick, you can never know how devastating a leg kick can be for an untrained, person who has never had a conditioning session. One hard leg kick, and they're on the ground, crying because they can't feel their leg but it also hurts so much. Yeah, that guy isn't standing up for a while. Same thing with an elbow to the face, it's the most low risk way to inflict the most damage. People don't expect a rush in and an elbow, they expect wild punches and slaps and wierd off balance kicks with the front leg, plus elbows are very hard and completely eliminate the risk of your hand breaking from a punch. Then there's your regular kicks and punches, any of which could put a guy out. The fighter can take a lot of damage and each hit of his is good enough to put an untrained guy out. The reason I can say this with such confidence is because I myself got jumped by six old bullies a few years ago and four of them ended up in the hospital. One of the two who remained needed immediate first aid because he was bleeding so much, the other ran away (one or two people always run away after they see the first guy go down). And I'm not even close to the level of elite UFC fighters. Thanks for the A2A.
Who would win in a fight/street fight , Professional boxer or Muay Boran/thai?
There is a pretty huge difference in someone who is good at fighting with their fists, and someone who has 8 weapons to use (trained using). Muay Thai is known as the art of 8 weapons (two knees, two legs (kicks), two elbows and two hands) Boxing is known as the sweet science BUT uses only fists and usually good dodging (rope a dope, bob and weave, defense) Never try and see which Art is better because it's not the Art itself thats "better" but the person using that particular art. So if the person sucks at Muay Thai and the boxer is quite good, odds are the boxer will triumph, and vice versa even though the Muay Thai fighter has training in 8 weapons instead of one. (Also Muay Thai has very good defense incorporated in training as you need to be aware of multiple weapons coming instead of just fists. A LOT of street fights clinch up at one point or another, I am not saying boxers aren;t good clinching up as a lot of pro boxers clinch up so they understand how that works BUT Muay Thai specifically trains the "MT clinch" which is used to throw the opponent off balance and to use that to throw knees, elbows and even low kicks, or just to throw them to the ground. If the MT fighter and the boxer are both great......... I would give it to the MT fighter as no boxer is capable of handling the powerful leg and body kicks from a good MT fighter, theres a reason the MT roundhouse kick is compared with a baseball bat.MT fighters train to take and defend punches as well and have that training so the boxer really has no advantage. The stances for both are different as well so the positioning for strikes would be off set by one another. I am not saying the boxer has no chance, a good boxer has good movement and powerful punches which are difficult to deal with. Muay Thai triumphs in my opinion. I train MT and boxing as well and I find the boxing more so compliments the MT because even though MT trains boxing as well (MT is sometimes referred to as Thai Boxing) MT more so focuses on powerful kicks, conditioning, powerful knees and a good ability to strike with the elbows, also the Thai clinch is a large part of training as well. So as a result most (with the exception of a few Thai's and most of the best fighters from the Netherlands) MT fighters lack the complete punching ability boxers alone have, due the amount of different things they train.
Why are high kicks considered ineffective?
A hard kick is only effective if it connects. The higher the kick the longer the distance to the target area and this translates to longer time from initiating the kick to actually contact. There is also the fact that to kick you have to make an adjustment to your center of gravity in order to balance on one leg and this movement even for a slight adjustment is very noticeable to a trained fighter. There really is no way to not telegraphy your intent to kick. And then there is the consequence if you miss or if your leg is caught - there you are on one leg with your jewels exposure among other things.
How do I fight an opponent who is seven feet tall and 300 pounds, using just martial arts?
You could curl up into a ball and prepare for your beating. That would be fetal-fu. You could use a weapon, which is absolutely martial arts (martial arts meaning arts of war or violent conflict). Gun-fu is an equalizer for size differences.But seriously, it depends. Does this hypothetical giant have fighting skills? What is this 300 lbs — more fat, or more muscle? Does he have speed and endurance? Skill, speed, and endurance make a big difference. Couple of examples.I’ve sparred (light, mercifully) a 300-lb former pro boxer learning Muay Thai. He had at least two inches on me, and I’m 6′2; the experience is very intimidating and would not end well for me in the ring. While I know the strategy — kick his legs until they start failing, stay out of the pocket and move a lot — he’s also aware of that and has the skills to deny me the use of it. He’d just keep cutting off the ring until sooner or later he traps me in a corner. Front kicks would do me little good to keep him at distance, because he’s so conditioned to taking body shots that he’d just eat them. If I were much more skilled in Muay Thai, in other words if our skill and experience were more equivalently matched, I could probably pull it off, however. So it depends.Next, search for Keith Hackney vs Emmanuel Yarbrough. That was UFC 3, in 1994. 200-lb, 5′11 Keith Hackney beat 6′8, 600-lb Emmanuel Yarbrough by TKO. Yarbrough was no slouch — he was a professional Sumo wrestler, so it’s not as if he didn’t know how to use his weight. Didn’t matter. Speed and striking skills won the day.If this 300-lb guy of yours has no fighting skills, then your best bet at ending this without taking damage yourself is skills at distance control and leg and body kicks. Damage his thighs — I’d suggest Muay Thai or MMA kicks — to limit his movement and then go for a liver kick as soon as he exposes his sides (which he will, if he has no fighting skills).Another option is grappling. All jujutsu variants — judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, traditional jujitsu — were designed to equalize weight and size differences. If you’re a good grappling player, weight difference isn’t the biggest obstacle. The only caveat is you’re more likely to take damage, even against an untrained opponent, as soon as he is in striking range of you. Any idiot can land an elbow or fist when you’re in the grappling range.
I'm a freshman about to Fight a Senior?
Okay so I'm about 5 7 130 and this senior is gonna fight me for no reason I tried avoiding conflict and I'm pretty sure it's gonna end in a fight I was gonna wait until he swang first so it was self defense and I need to know what type of punch to do to stun him or break him or mess him up? Ps. i was thinking of an uppercut but I'm not the strongest but I'm okay
What tae kwon do techniques are good for street fighting?
it depends on who is throwing it, Hee IL Cho can throw a better kick than me any day, but if he did traditional tae-kwon-do form techniques, he would be toast, that's why in his books he say that he incoperated western boxing into his style. You mention all these kicks, but what if you have no room for these kicks, your body is useless. If you look at the ufc fight between kenny florian and roger huerta, kenny's front kicks hit roger, but didn't even phase him, only slowed him down. However Cung Le's kicks broke Shamrock's arm in their fight. It all depends on the fighter, but in the matter of self-defense, the simplest answer is always the best. If I can blind your eyes before you can throw a kick, (which is almost universal, it would be very difficult to find a fighter who couldn't punch faster than his opponent kicking) than your kicks are useless. Answer-It depends, but realistically I say the side and round kick have any true merit, and even then your are relying on that you have the space to execute the technique, and the power to make sure that your opponent does not grab your leg.