Street fighting is not just about learning and doing the right moves to overwhelm the opponent or to survive your opponent. Since street fighting is essentially a spontaneous and often violent confrontation, no rules apply. Hence, there are certain things that you need to remember more than just doing the right grip of your weapon or in making your fighting stance.
When you are out in the streets with your assailant, one thing you should do is avoid reflexive blinking whenever a kick or punch is thrown at you. In split seconds, depending on how skilled your assailant is, you may be hit or immobilized, so much for your chances of surviving. Blinking can make you become vulnerable at the shortest range of time. Though blinking is a natural reflex, having enough training, sparring fights or simulated full contact fights can help you control your blinking reflex. Maintain a conscious effort of keeping your head clear, forward and focused with your eyes open even as you deal flying blows. Remember that to be an effective and great street fighter, you need to have the basic fighting skill – courage.
No matter how choked up you may be, remember to breathe. Every breath comes with an opportunity to strike back and overwhelm your opponent. Though breathing is often overlooked with street fighting techniques and training, maintaining breathing helps a lot. It basically increases the oxygen supply in your body. It relaxes the muscles and increases the speed and power of your attack. Maintaining proper breathing allows your cardio/respiratory system to quickly recover after receiving multiple blows. Actually, one way of increasing the power of your hits is by exhaling whenever you execute a striking street fighting technique.
Another useful tip is by keeping your chin angled during the fight. Keeping your chin slightly angled to the ground with your fighting stance will keep your vulnerable spots such as the eyes, nose, jaw, throat and chin, from being hit. But don’t ever force your chin too low as this will inhibit the mechanical fluidity of your movement and therefore slow down your strikes.
If you are going to strike, remember these three target zones: the head, the torso and the legs. Targeting the head zone, which include the temples, eyes, nose, chin and back of the neck will sure give you an advantage as striking on this zone will inhibit your opponent’s senses. Striking the torso, which include the neck and groin, will effectively inhibit your opponent’s breathing. Hitting the leg and feet zone will effectively immobilize your opponent, or even put him to the ground. But whichever zone you strike, remember to protect your centerline or the areas where your vital impact targets lie.
Just like in any fight, never judge the abilities of your opponent during a fight. Do not every underestimate an opponent for that could become your point of weakness. Street fighting has no room for surprises. You must remain focused on your stance. To be on the safe side, it is better to assume that your opponent is an expert in all forms of street fighting techniques and highly experienced in combats. High stress situations are no place for you to assess the combating proficiency of your adversaries.
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