We can definitely spar with gloves on in grass or something. There is no real risk, I used to do it with my friends all the time. They would get drunk and want to fuck around and find out and I would just line them up and I would just take them down and submit them over and over. That said there were some scrappy people who could give me problems. It’s actually a lot of fun and nobody ever got hurt/mad. I wish I had video from back then.
There become an inside joke when a girl who came over said I looked like Austin Powers because I was shirtless and had a hairy chest/shaggy hair. Thus my big scary looking room mate brought me his mothers blouse for the whole Austin Powers thing which I wore, and later that night him getting drunk and trying to tackle me and repeatedly getting tossed and submitted in his momma’s blouse. Good times.
I’ve heard that self-reported life-satisfaction in lower-body paraplegics is comparable to the general population after ~5 years. Data aren’t available for multiple point-blank shots to all major bone joints; I suspect that may be a better bet for ‘a fate worse than death’.
I think so, I can’t even really think of a situation where I had to do anything either strange or even particularly ‘wimpy’ to avoid one. Mostly it was situations where I’d think, “oh, that’s guy’s a moron, guess I’d best avoid him.” Which wasn’t really a loss given they were morons.
In junior high school, there were some kids at the cafeteria table behind me taunting me.about something I don’t recall. At the crescendo, some kid came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. It’s possible he was trying to be sympathetic, but I swung without looking and popped him in the nose. A few more blows were exchanged, then I cried my way out of discipline.
I’ve also gotten physical with my sister a couple times as adults when she attacked someone else.
Growing up in the ghetto it’s super normal. I got in tons of fights as a kid, having started 0. Lots of times people just test you, want to fight for no reason etc. Hell my oldest sister once made me fight another kid I didn’t know to toughen me up when I was like 9 lmao.
0 fights as an adult though. One thing I learned after training is being extremely calm and confident scares people. Super easy to de-escalate from there.
And the police will always 100% of the time take the word of the bouncer on what went down. Bouncers as a group are barely better than police in the type of person they tend to attract. Would not shock me if there is a fair amount of overlap between cops/bouncers on a ton of shit.
Toss that on top of bringing electronica music into the mainstream and you have one of the most influential bands of the last 30 years.
I’ve seen skull crackers looking for any excuse to fuck up some drunks and ones with almost Christ-like restraint. A hugely diverse group of brick shithouses.
I don’t know how to shoot someone with the intention of making them a quadriplegic.
I might just be lazy and shoot them in the dick. People like to talk about how they would use guns to defend themselves. When I bring up shooting someone in the dick, they don’t really want to talk anymore about shooting people. Something to think about if you get annoyed by gun nuts but don’t want to out yourself as anti-gun.
Same here - ghetto-adjacent. I lost about 2/3 of my fights. Only won against shlubbier white guys.
Got in one massive bar fight as an adult where I was rolling around in the middle of 4 lane Main St. in KC. Some of my friends got it pretty bad. Some dude with a cast pummeled one of my friends with it. I got off easy. All started by the two littlest guys in each crew of course.
I would be at a big disadvantage in a street fight, because unless it was someone who did something unspeakable or something, I would not be able to punch them hard in the face or throw them down in any way without trying to keep them from slamming their head on the ground. Like I said, I had thousands of fights with my brother, but it was always clear that a little hurt is ok, but nothing serious.
The best part of the video is at :30 when the guy who just finished taking a piss gives about 1% effort to break up the fight by lightly tugging on Askren Jr’s shirt and then just steps over them and walks away.
I recommend training BJJ. Super fun, very technical, cerebral, great for little guys taking on big guys, gives you an incredible amount of confidence, and you can easily subdue people without hurting them. You can take someone down and either restrain them until they calm down or choke them out. No permanent or serious damage.
Draw back is people who do it for a long time end up with injuries. Knee problems etc, so better to have good health insurance. Although you can always ask your team to roll ( spar ) lightly if you’re worried about that.
Started just before pandemic and totally miss it now. It’s a real commitment though. Like you said, the moves are really technical and IMO take a lot of practice outside of class to do well. Not really something to do if you’re not willing to put in the time.
I did Krav Maga before that and for people looking for something more simplistic, it’s probably the best way to go since you pretty much learn something new every class. It’s a lot more gross motor skill and not super-reliant on technique more than it is kicking people in the balls a lot.