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Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor
Ron Donvito teaches "There are no rules. Just be prepared to receive what you dish out. Eye Pokes and biting may give you an advantage in the short run...just be prepared for your opponent to learn quickly and use them right back at you."
When in doubt... round-house kick to the FACE!
...that's what Chuck Norris would do. 
JM |
I started studying Isshin Ryu karate shortly after I graduated the police academy in 1976. My sensei, a seichi dan, was the defensive tactics instructor there ... and remains my sensei to this day.
I've survived several notable brawls during my career: 4 to 1 and 16 to 2, which I was the winner (they went to hospital and then to jail) and a large number of mano a mano encounters (it was a 32 year career). All my fights were extremely short, lasting well under a minute. As I told my officer's in training, "you don't get paid to lose -- there is no referee." Consequently, I've broken bones and drawn some blood. Most of the time I owed my success to situational awareness ... I knew what was coming and used any and every tool whether it be open hand, snap kick, pr-24 (tongfa), or asp baton to win. But not every one ... in the 16 to 2 fight I would have had my ass kicked if a town marshal (a former marine) had not covered my six so I could take care of business.
And sometimes the other guy just got lucky. I was blindsided by an inmate (he was awaiting trial for attempt murder of a city police officer) in a cell block who hit me from the side with a metal fragment he broke off a pail. Fractured my left lower orbit and knocked me to the ground. What he didn't expect was that I would get up with my face half hanging and crowd him down into a corner so I could kick him to death. Unfortunately for me, other officers arrived and surrounded us both so I couldn't finish the job since he was "bought and paid for."
My rule is always win. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line so I'm not normally going to kick above the belt and I'll usually go for the knee caps first. It makes my opponent much shorter and easier to finish off.
If that's cruel and unusual, too bad ....