Hello just trying to get some ideas on what would some people get into a fight for.Fighting at school when you are a kid has compleatly different reasons than when you are an adult IMO, but I would like to know what would make you now get into a fight of course after trying to avoid it is not possible,in my case I'll try to avoid conflict always but if I feel my family is in danger thas another story.
Depends how pissed off I get. When you get EXTREMELY pissed off you don't exactly think "should I avoid the fight or not?" Your mind shuts down and you just "DO".
All the fights I've had were either because some guy was pissed at me and wanted a piece of me so I had to fight him/them off or because they got me extremely mad (harmed my father).
I'm 17 (allllmost 18). When I was 14 I got beaten up at school, so I asked my Dad to teach me how to box (he learnt how to fight from on the street experience).
About 8 months ago I started to learn JKD, mainly because I sucked with my kicks/elbows/knees and wanted to learn an actual martial art and liked the look of JKD (no wasted movement, yet staying graceful appealled to me).
Around my area there are lots of little teenager gangs. Not really dangerous, just annoying pricks who roam around and pick fights only when they outnumber the other people 2-1.
I try and talk my way out of almost every fight, except when its one of those teenager gangs, half of my friends have been bashed up by a pansy, wussy gang at some time or rather.
Yeah man, know what you mean we got loads of little gangs with the big rings on their hands and big parka style coats. Alot of people usually are either drunk or canned so don't even know themselves why the want to fight. Others just feel more confident so feel they need to prove something. I dont drink and find it funny when people start when pissed up as their reactions are slowed and arent really any threat. I avoid conflict at all times unless it affects my family or girlfriend.
If my martial arts instructor was killed by people from a rival (different ethnicity) martial arts school... wait that's the plot of "The Chinese Connection."
Seriously, only good reason for me would be if I'm being attacked and can't get out of it or have to defend a loved one. I haven't been in a fight since high school.
I train for excercise and because I really enjoy it. I neither expect to get into a fight nor teach.
Im at college at the minute and when me and ma mates were waiting for the college bus we were messing around with a walking stick and it got caught on this big second year basketballer's shorts, Im an average 6'1" and this guy towered over me, he turned around looked at me and I just walked of but the day after one of my friends who's also in the basketball academy told me that the big b-baller had been saying he was going to hit me and then happens the really annoying part where everyone thinks that you are scared and don't believe that you can use your martial arts and 'gameness' to beat a bigger opponent. So when I see him I will confront him about the matter you never know he might actually be dumb enough to try and swing for me. That is the kind of thing that would make me want to fight, when someone is disrespecting you by saying that they'll sort you out. I will always fight if any of my friends need my help, if someone pissed me off (seriously pissed me off) Im not the type to go off on one just because they called me something, an exchange of abuse is safer than an exchange of blows lol. Having said this there was a time when this guy tried to hit me and then ran off so I chaced him and sweeped his feet in kinda 'round-house-kick-on-the-run' (kick boxing style not karate) and despite the fact that I was seriously pissed off and the guy was the same height as me I walked away because I could tell he was one or two years younger than me and was trying/failing to hold the tears back. I will try to avoid conflict most of the time but sometimes I have a hunger for it usually coursed by the opponent.
16 - (let ya know how it goes with the b-baller if anyone's interested)
Well definitly to defend myself or someone else who is unable to do it themselves like someone knocked out or a woman being attacked by a man. I do believe Jiyasa has a good point though.
Someone looks at me wrong, I walk away
Someone calls my mom a name, I walk away
I catch my girlfriend or wife cheating on me, I either drop the chick like a bad habbit, and or file for divorce, still no reason to fight.
Im in a bar and someone hits on my wife, I smile because shes going home with me, no reason to fight..
Someone hurts my daughter, I attack them with rage filled anger and disregard consequences
someone swings at me while im minding my own business, again i attack
I get challenged with no option but again to fight.
basically any sitution were there is no way out I suppose i have to fight...
Imagine a world with no violence everyone would be peaceful hippies ^_^
My reason for fighting is however you see it, actually very reasonable. I'm kind a protective towards everyone who are weak and cannot help themselves. I wish to fight for others, so that I could defend them and protect their happiness.
I promised to my loved one that I would protect her, and so I will. I use my skills to defend others.
I'm gonna have to agree with Deathrobe on this one.
Anyone who goes out of their way to pick fights is an idiot. And anyone who resorts to fighting because of name calling or other such immature tactics must have an equally low IQ.
The only times that one should get into a fight is when it is unavoidable. Either you are at the recieving end of a violent altercation or someone you care about.
This message has been edited by ElMastero on Dec 13, 2003 7:12 AM
