Your First Fight

[monsoon malabar]

Reading these threads on fights has inspired me to make this. I remember my first fight, and I didn't get rocked, although I did get pretty beat. It was at a concert and this kid had been annoying the shit out of everyone so I would hit him in the ribs and disappear into the crowd. This happened about 3 times until later I felt someone punch me in the back of the head. I turned around and got another punch into the face. Stunned, and not expecting that kid to have actually done anything I just stood there. He hit me again in the chest, and it got broken up. After he was gone, I was pissed and went to go look for him. I found him, pulled him down and proceeded to hit him. Someone pulled me off, and he jumped on me, pounding at a number of different places. Eventually it got broken up, and I was just pissed, and just stood in the back for the rest of the show. I learned afew things
1. If you haven't fought before your probably not going to be good no matter fit you think you are.
2. THings happen fast. Casting the first punch is an advantage.
3. THings come back around.
4. Before you go and pick a fight, know how to fight.

So share some stories of your own. Oh, and go ahead and flame calling me a bitch because i lost and went after him from behind. Loosing a fight doesn't make you a bitch, although I will admit i got what i deserved from him and I am almost glad for learning those lessons.

[headshotphantom]

Number 4 is stupid...You don't really know how to fight until you've been in one. For instance the Marine Corps can train you forever, but you don't understand war until you've almost been killed.

Basic rules for fighting:
Fight to win, not for honor (Krav Maga)
Fight dirty^^^
KISS(Keep It Simple Stupid)
90% of fights end up on the ground

2 methods of beginning a fight are squaring off and trying to punch, and tackling. Hardest method to defend against first: punches. Punches are fast and accurate and decently powerful. It takes a high amount of skill and luck to consitently defend against them. The best way to defend against punches is to get inside their range. Once you're passed someones punches you can do some nasty damage with your elbows or take them down with a footsweep. My favorite method is to put my right forearm to the throat, my right leg behind their left leg, push with your forearm and pull with your leg and then fall with them with all of your weight on their throat when you land. People tend to not like to fight when they can't breathe. :)

If someone tries to tackle you there are many many very effective and much easier methods to defend against it with. Simply backup and side step while delivering some punches to their face and head. You can sprawl (Youtube it) or if you think the tackle won't do much more damage than taking you down,(aka they aren't that big) let them tackle you, but get them in a headlock (where they are facing down) and when you two land, wrap your legs around him and guillotine him out.

My first fight, some kid about 2x my size punched me in the back of the head in 6th grade. I don't remember why. I walked off acting defeated and when he sat down at the table talking all this shit how he kicked my ass I hammerfisted him in the side of the head. He was out cold. :)

[Valkyr]

My first fight was against this psycho kind in 8th grade. He tried to kick my knee out of its joint so i punched him in the nose ( his eyes watered up ) and kneed him in the gut. This kid got up (he was really tough) and tackled me and started laying punches into my chest (i was guarding my face). I managed to get my kneed under him and through him off. I managed to land a good punch square on his jaw which pretty much fucked him up ( he wasnt out cold but he stagered around. Then the teacher came and busted my ass but oh well i got heaps of worship off the smaller/younger kids.

Oh and about a month ago me and my best mates got shitfaced and i threw a punch at someone from 3 meters away (i missed obviously) and started a brawl but it was all forgotten and forgiven in the morning

[Varagner]

Its kind of hard for my to pinpoint my first real fight would have been about grade 7 though, the first time i really started punching would have been against my little brother, when got him on the ground he scrambled up grabbed one of the big kitchen knives and tried to stab me. i ran the fuck away and slammed a rather heavy front door on him. i ended up fine but turns out id broken a few of his fingers.

[hitnrun]

Never been in a fight... I'm passive for the most part, although I'm seriously contemplating whacking this one guy in the back of the head as i walk by him though...

[Ness]

My first fight was kind of unfair. I don't remember the specific details leading up to the fight but during a soccer game during recess, I became enraged at the other teams goalie and dropkicked him in the head. Then I jumped on top of him punched him in the head over and over until he was turtling on the ground covering his head. I didn't even get in trouble surprisingly. :confused:

[nostrumfiend]

do you know what a dropkick even is?

[Spyrall]

I practice taekwondo, but actually haven't been in a REAL fight, even though I do train on sparring..

Would using basic kicks (which also hurt a lot) to the ribs I use during sparring, work in a real fight?

[samguy700]

youtube human weapon you learn loads the kick would work but it would be better if you rotated your hips with your leg so on impact the guy has to stop your whole body weight rotating

[Afromonk]

I like the Krav Maga theory.
I mean to many people base a fight along honour guidelines.
As long as you win/don't die.
:P

[Trix Are For Kids]

I practice taekwondo, but actually haven't been in a REAL fight, even though I do train on sparring..

Would using basic kicks (which also hurt a lot) to the ribs I use during sparring, work in a real fight?

taekwondo sucks. learn to really fight. honor doesn't win a fight, neither does disipline. Clawing and scraping wins fights.

[Afromonk]

taekwondo sucks. learn to really fight. honor doesn't win a fight, neither does disipline. Clawing and scraping wins fights.

So does numbers and weps.
:p

[Ra5pu10]

taekwondo sucks. learn to really fight. honor doesn't win a fight, neither does disipline. Clawing and scraping wins fights.

I would have to agree. I took taekwondo for the longsest time and thought I was hot shit until I got into my first street fight and got my ass rocked cuz I was so used to honorable fighting. In practice taekwondo is great, but only in practice. When you spar, you are in a mutual agreement to fight on the same guidelines and many taekwondo students lose fights in the real world because thay cannot transition to fighting without the rules applying. Lets face it, if they don't fight fair, you shouldn't either. And if they do, well then its all the easier to kick their ass when you don't.

[macnolias]

How is talking about your first fight a bad idea? Try giving advice to the little shit that posted about not knowing how to fight in that other fuckshit thread.

[AdamSmokesCrack]

1. If you haven't fought before your probably not going to be good no matter fit you think you are.
2. THings happen fast. Casting the first punch is an advantage.
3. THings come back around.
4. Before you go and pick a fight, know how to fight.


1. True. Experience can only be gained through active full contact sparring/fighting.
2. This is false. Casting the first punch is only an advantage if they're not expecting a fight. I've seen too many fights, both online and in real life, turn around because the guy who threw the first punch over-extended or got swayed and countered or something.
3. Not true in many life circumstances. If you're in high school then yeah, a bunch of pussies are going to come after you with 1-inch convenience store-bought knives for slapping around their friend. If it's just a street fight, odds are you might never see the guy again.
4. Kind of true. You have to learn some time, right? Why not start a fight just to get your head in the door, if you're that set on getting some experience.