I hope you all took the opportunity to look over Greg Ellifritz's most recent Weekend Knowledge Dump. He had his usual selection of good and interesting articles, including an article on the S&W's Model 19 combat magnum as the "ultimate cop revolver", uses for a triangular bandage, an article from Grant Cunningham on why you might choose .380 over 9mm, an interview with Louis Awerbuck, and more. But the one I really want to focus on is "Hard Lessons: Fighting and the Consequences Thereof" from ISG, which I believe is such a must-read that I'm breaking my general rule of not providing a direct link to articles that Greg cites just to make sure you read it.
Just as an example, the article early on discusses how you win fights. From one perspective, you win a fight be not being involved in a fight--avoiding it, walking away, whatever--because that results in no injuries, no arrest, no lawsuit. But if you are in a fight, winning means that you stop the attack. In that regard:
So how do you “win”?
If you asked 100 experts, you’d get as many answers, and we’re no different… but it largely depends on the type of fight. Are we talking some chest thumping at the bar, or a knock down-drag out domestic violence brawl? Is it shooting your way out of a carjacking in South Africa, or fighting off Taliban in Afghanistan?
We asked ourselves this same question among our peer group, professional friends, guys with some experience in brawling, and here’s what we came up with… no matter what you want to call it, when all other things are equal, the fighter who wins is the one who is the most:
- Technical
- Fit
- Aggressive
- Lucky
The article continues by discussing pre-attack indicators, avoidance, warning against getting involved in other people's business (as the article notes, you cannot understand the logic of a crazy--even temporarily crazy--person), and what to do when forced into a fight. Check it out.
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