Well in the third punic war Rome slaughtered something like 500k men, women and children in Carthage. So there’s some precedent.
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I am the middle child and a natural peacemaker with a hero complex. I would protect my younger brother from my older brother. One time my older brother did too much picking on my younger brother (5 years younger than him) and my little brother starting swinging a fire place poker around. I got it from him and then me and my older brother had to hold him down for like 20 minutes while his rage got exhausted.
You don’t want to play fight with the guy who might go berserker.
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The Mongolian Army would sometimes kill everyone they could and all the animals too. In one battle a son of Ghengis Khan’s was killed. After the city was taken about 100000 people were taken and killed in front of his wife. According to Dan Carlin anyway.
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Lol idk whether to take that as a compliment or what
Basically I’m coming to the conclusion that whenever it’s strategically valuable to kill civilians, it will be justified and carried out one way or the other.
But in modern times you better do it from an airplane or a drone - or you could face war crimes charges. But if from the US, Trump will just pardon you anyway. So go crazy!
That’s a trained fighter.
I’m not trying to be shitty, but it’s clear lots of people in here don’t have any actual experience in any type of fighting. All these people who are like " i will break their fingers and poke their eyes out " are completely delusional on how a real fight would go.
Unless you’ve trained/spared with someone who is actually fighting back you really don’t know. They don’t just stand there and let you tear our they eyes or break their fingers. They’re moving and punching and everything is happening super fast.
Now poking someone in the eye is definitely legit, as is kicking them in the nuts. But it’s not easy when someone is trying to kick your ass back. Unless you surprise them and hit them in the nuts/eye before the confrontation begins you aren’t going to do those things to a better fighter once its going down. If it’s a close match up those things will definitely give you a big advantage but otherwise not really.
Being crazy is an advantage, but it’d be more in grabbing a weapon or something nearby.
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In the only fight I’ve been in, I went for the base of the jaw quickly and connected. Who strikes first in most of these encounters will win. Assuming no training.
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I believe in planning ahead of time. If you have a pre-programmed idea of what you’re going to do and don’t panic, that gives you an advantage in a fast-moving fight. I also often look around and pick out items that can be used as an improvised weapon whenever I enter a room.
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lol what a weird way to live. Just go do some training so you can relax, get in shape, and not have to worry about catching attempted murder charges if shit ever goes down.
We’ve got our very own Jason Bourne apparently, but without the fighting ability.
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Yeah this is mostly true. If you find yourself in a situation where you know violence is inevitable and you aren’t trained it’s def advantageous to strike first. Though you will have to worry about catching charges afterwards if you hit first.
No offense meant. You do talk about your temper and such a bit.
The crazy thing that is most taboo is biting. Watch a video of either a praying mantis or a wolverine killing something.
That’s something else that might happen when the little brother goes berserk.
You really want to fuck someone up headbutt them in the nose/mouth. Your head is hard as fuck and its basically a lock to break their nose/mouth. You can use it from the bottom too, wrap them up with your legs, grab their arms so they aren’t punching you, and just headbutt the fuck out of their face.
I’ve actually seen this up close in a real fight when I was younger. I was hanging out with a girl I liked and she had some psycho friends, and I guess one put his dick on another guys face while he slept and dude woke up, they fought for a bit and then guy who was sleeping headbutted him in the face. Dude was KO’d from one headbutt and his face looked like it was hit by a train.
Well, in that case you really need to stay away from that bogan
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Yeah jesus, those would absolutely fucking destroy you. Even with training and decent athletic ability I’m pretty scared of fighting people super high on certain drugs.
Sounds like a pretty good counter. Assuming most guys are right handed they will almost always try to throw a big overhand right thrown from their back pocket and if you anticipate that you can be ready for a good counter.
Sounds like you have solid fighting instincts.
When I was a kid the best defense I had from my middle brother 3 years older was to tell my oldest brother (show bruises). He was 6 years older than me and would beat up my brother while yelling at him that you don’t hit girls.
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I can’t say I’d do better than she did. But at least I know I can’t sing.
So while we’re on the topic, let’s say I want to learn how to fight, what’s the best way? Mid 40s dude with no fighting experience, physically/athletically average, and no real interest in fighting except as an absolute last resort. There is a Krav Maga gym on my way to work, and that was going to be my solution if I ever got arsed up to do it, which is 50-50 at best. You have any better ideas?