https://www.fightwrite.net/attacked-by-more-than-one-person/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attacked-by-more-than-one-person A Writer's Resource for Fight Scenes, Action and Violence Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.fightwrite.net/attacked-by-more-than-one-person/#comment-827 Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:02:11 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/being-attacked/#comment-827 I had a friend who was bullied mercilessly when he was small and reacted by centering his life around martial arts. We were Marines in Okinawa in the late ’70s. He was practicing MMA before MMA was a thing.
He did all kinds of odd things for training, e.g. walking blindfolded on top of the pullup bars to improve his balance, intense strength training with weights followed by a minute stretching for every minute with the weights, and winning bets with his one-inch punch. He weighed about 180 and benched sets of 270.
I had some training with a blade so he asked me to spar, with him unarmed, using a Magic Marker as my knife. He was ungodly fast.
Once we were six feet apart, and suddenly he was twelve inches in front of me, brought a foot up between us, and caught me under the jaw hard enough to lift me off the floor. I think it gave me a minor concussion. Fair enough, I’d hit him with the marker over his heart hard enough to drive the felt part inside the plastic and draw blood.
That was over 40 years ago. No idea what he’s doing now. I’m retired and pretty disabled any more, too many surgeries and parts that don’t work right.

]]> https://www.fightwrite.net/attacked-by-more-than-one-person/#comment-362 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:33:05 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/being-attacked/#comment-362 I am so glad you are doing that. Of all the martial arts and fighting styles I've done, BJJ is the one I keep coming back to. And, when I teach self defense, it is one of the first I recommend. It takes away others' ability to intimidate you with proximity. Good for you, Rachel and your family!!! Find me on IG and let me know all along how it's going for you all. 🙂 @carla.c.hoch

]]> https://www.fightwrite.net/attacked-by-more-than-one-person/#comment-363 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:30:04 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/being-attacked/#comment-363 My family (9 kids, 2 adults)and I are learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu together. I've never been attacked but it's comforting to know I can defend myself should the need arise.

]]> https://www.fightwrite.net/attacked-by-more-than-one-person/#comment-415 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:39:36 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/being-attacked/#comment-415 Thank you for reading!

]]> https://www.fightwrite.net/attacked-by-more-than-one-person/#comment-416 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:50:38 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/being-attacked/#comment-416 Wow. Just wow. Thanks, Carla.

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