Get out of a Fight Unharmed
Template:StubHave you ever been in a fight and you come out beaten to a pulp? Well there are ways to get out of or even win a fight without being injured severely, or at all. What it requires is patience and a touch of wit.
Steps
- Avoid the fight, if you can. Many fights can be avoided by not provoking or doing anything to provoke your attackers. Do not seem disrespectful, and try to keep your nose out of messy/dangerous situations in the first place. Fighting brings no accomplishments, only trouble and sometimes pain.
- Move Stealthily away from the situation before fighting ensues. The number of people against you greatly affects if this is plausible, but always attempt to make a sneaky escape if at all possible.
- Run! Again, while the number of people you're against will affect this step, running is the simplest and most effective way to escape a fight. Often, though, this is easier said than done. If you are only fighting with one person, and no one will try to stop you, shove or disable your attacker in some way and run. Disabling your opponent shouldn't actually "disable" them, but should give you just enough of a distraction to run it away from the brawl. A good distraction always depends on the situation, but could consist of a punch to the nose (to temporarily blind them), a hard shove (enough to put them at least five feet from you), or a kick to the groin (mostly for females evading men).
- Talk your way out of it if step one proves useless. Do not look weak or too aggressive or you will fight, like it or not. Look them straight in the eye and say "Get away!". They usually will be intimidated.
- Call for help. If you don't have a "reputation" to worry about, calling for help can sometimes get you a few extra hands to free you from violence. At minimum, the attention it attracts if often enough to drive away your foes. Usually, a simple "HELP!" will suffice.
- Get into a room with a higher authority. Most of the time the assailant will back off.
- If all of the above don't work, wait for the assailant to strike first. Not only would it give you the good excuse that you were defending yourself, you will have the advantage. A quick reflex could grab the assailant's arm and be able to get in a punch to the face or a knee to the stomach before he can react. Usually after the first blow, either the assailant will back off or he\she will be angered.
- If the assailant doesn't back down, hit a pressure point. You know how sometimes your friend will squeeze your neck and it hurts. That is a pressure point. you can also use a pressure point in the side of their neck. This is on their right, your left (If you are facing them). Pinch it for a bit, they might knock out. This is because the action cuts off the supply of oxygen to the brain, which comes from an artery you are using to your advantage. After a few seconds, the body's reaction is to become unconscious. A punch to the nose or a karate chop to the neck should surprise him and that is an opening for you to react again.
- Hit him/her in a weak spot. If you can manage to hit the assailant in a soft spot they will be pretty injured and probably unable to fight. (Example: Stomach, solar plexus, groin, etc.)
- Walk away. The assailant will probably be in pain, so it will give you the opportunity to just walk away. Avoid unnecessary attacks.
Tips
- If you take a martial arts, that would work better to get out of the fight.
- A saying of the one of the most deadly fighting styles, Muay Thai, is "Kick loses to punch, punch loses to knee, knee loses to elbow, elbow loses to kick"-----Try to remember it and you will have a good advantage.
- Defense is the greatest offense. When you block the first punch you usually will have an open area to hit such as the face or the stomach.
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