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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snoweel" data-source="post: 658012" data-attributes="member: 4453">Re: Is this a troll? Eh, whatever, like I care...Some good advice here, but I never thought I'd see this:And I'm not surprised it comes from an Aussie.The best advice my father ever gave me was this:Of course, my dad also took me to the local Police Boys' Club at the age of 11. I believe his exact words were "With a mouth like yours, you'd better learn to put 'em up."Besides building my confidence massively, the only practical thing boxing has taught me is how to keep at bay, a guy who wants to bash me and whom I really don't want to fight.Because when it comes time to actually fight, the only thing that matters is, as Fourecks said, who wants it more.Of course, if I was attacked by 5 guys, one with a knife, my first option would be to leg it. Get out of there.I've been threatened by a knife-wielder before, and I (figuratively, not literally) wet myself. Luckily for me it was at a party where I knew people who knew him, so at least he didn't have the protection of anonymity.Anyway, he only wanted to scare me - to make me look bad in front of everybody, since he was a bit socially disfunctional, and I was the life of the party on this particular occaision.As it happened, I couldn't escape or back up; I was against the wall, so I tried to look calm, to which he slowly inched the knife toward my face (he was saying something at the time, but I couldn't hear anything other than my heart, which was in my throat). When it got close enough that I was about to burst into tears, I instinctively grabbed his knife-hand, which could've gone horribly wrong, and my buddies instantly punched the c_nt out of him.I'd say that he ultimately made both of us look bad.Anyway, point is, unless you've done some serious unarmed training against a knife-wielding opponent, don't try to punch on with a knife-guy. Run. And if he catches you, give him your wallet.But if you really wanna duke it out, just throw punches and keep on throwing. Kick, gouge, bite. Go the squirrel grip. Whatever.It's not the size of the dog in the fight (or how many years that dog has been learning Kung Fu) - it's the size of the fight in the dog.Of course, a good big man will beat a good little man any day of the week (and twice on Sundays).But I find that I feel a lot better about myself if I've had a go and lost than if I've run away.Then again, I live in Oz - we're a lot less likely to kill each other down here. If I lived in the States, I'd assume everyone had a knife or a gun, and so I'd carry one too.</blockquote>

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