Don't let yourself or someone you care about get caught up in something like this!

This footage from the Daily Telegraph web site is worth looking at for the following reasons:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/mass-brawl-erupts-in-front-of-goldfish-kings-cross/story-fn7y9brv-1226375777100

1. It shows what happens in a typical street brawl
2. Notice the lack of impact that the strikes actually have
3. Notice the lack of balance and footwork.
4. Notice that most of the punches are wild haymaker style and don't actually hit.
5. Notice the chaos of the situation.

The people on the receiving end of these strike were lucky, however had one of two of the strikes made contact it would have been a different story. In this situation you must make a decision:

1. Avoid - always a good idea if you can.
2. Escape (run) - also a good idea especially if you are outnumbered, even most important if there are weapons involved.
3. Defend yourself - suggested as a last resort, You have a greater chance of success if you have had physical self defence training.

Imagine you happened to be walking by as this brawl erupted and you were caught in the middle, imagine that you wife or partner was with you. Imagine if this situation occurred when you had children with you. What could you do in this situation.

1. Use your trained awareness skills to spot the situation building up, this will give you the opportunity to take some sort of action to avoid the situation. If you have undertaken an 'Awareness Development' program such as 'Execsafe' or 'Be Your Own Bodyguard' you will have the skills to do this.

2. Use your physical self defence skills to counter any of the punches shown in the video with a straight line jab punch combination. This is also part of the 'Execsafe' and 'Be Your Own Bodyguard' programs

3. Watch this video to see how punches should be delivered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNV4RQiRQ4 The video is provide by the Bukido reality based street effective self defence system.

Training will provide you with the ability to respond to violence in a disciplined and control manner. In the first few seconds of combat disciplined reaction to the suddenness of the violence determines who prevails, who is injured, who lives and who dies.

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