Whenever anyone says Bruce Lee in any martial arts circle, heads bow and knees genuflect as you hear a celestial choir of angels gently sing in the background. We are talking about an icon here. We’re talking about someone more than a man and a little less than a deity. Yeah, right! Bruce Lee wasn’t all that great. Uh oh, I see some of you getting red in the face at the audacity of my statement, and I know that my talking trash about Bruce Lee is the closest that anyone can get to committing a martial arts sacrilege–but–there are 5 facts why Bruce Lee was not all that and a bag of chips.
Fact #1 – He Chirped – Aaarrr! Wooo. Woooo! What the heck is that about? Oh, yeah, I guess making those sounds really gets me scared.
Fact #2 – He Always Fought 20 (Fantasy) Attackers Who Surrounded Him With Weapons – Hey, give me 20 extras in a movie, hand them all nunchakas, bo staffs and clubs, give them a script, and tell them to pretend to be beaten up by me as the camera rolls and as I move in all cool and everything, kicking and knocking everybody out with a single blow, I guess that it would make me look like the greatest martial artist to have ever lived too.
Fact #3 – He Used Too Many High Kicks – Though as spectacular and impressive as they may have appeared as the audience, wide-eyed, mouth-opened went “Wow!” as he did his signature high and flying kicks, this is exactly the kind of kick you should NOT be doing in a real street fight. High and aerial type kicks are the most ineffective for real life street combat for many reasons. If you are too close inside your opponent’s body, the high kick becomes totally ineffective and can easily be caught leaving you hopping on one leg and vulnerable to your attacker’s kick to the only leg that is holding you up, either breaking it or knocking you to the ground. How many times do you find yourself in real life fighting situations that are closed quarters? You’re not going to be doing any high kicks, really, without banging your legs up against furniture or other objects in your environment.
Fact #4 – He Made Too Many Weird Faces While He Was Fighting – Who do you know who fights like he’s constipated or about to pass gas? Have you ever seen the way Bruce Lee twisted and contorted his face every time he was face-to-face with an opponent. (Opponent! Yeah, right! Rather the scripted actors in front of him with all of the choreographed moves.)
Fact #5 – He Licks His Own Blood To Get Mad – Remember that scene in Enter The Dragon were the other kung fu guy claws him across the chest with these artificial bear claws. Bruce Lee rubs his hand across his slightly bleeding chest, and licks it. This is not martial art. This is. This is. Well…just plain weird!
Look, answer me this. What makes you believe that Bruce Lee is qualified to be called the greatest fighter to have ever lived? Before he started to make movies, did he ever work as a bouncer? Did he have extensive body guard experience? Have you ever seen him in a street fight – or anybody that you know who has seen him for that matter? No, I didn’t think so.
If you want to praise great kung fu artists, you don’t have to go to the past to look for some over-glorified movie actor, and a bad one at that, to find kung fu masters, you can find them not on the movie screen but in kung fu schools all over the world. There are two that I personally know who could blow Bruce Lee out of the water, you may have heard of them. One is Sifu Armando Sainz of Florida specializing in Wing Chung kung fu and Sifu Ken Gullete of Illinois. I am sure that there are many more, but we never hear about them.
Just remember one thing, Bruce Lee was primarily a actor, and all of the bad guys that I have ever seen him fight were actors as well. Do I still need to say more? Oh, you’re still mad, aren’t you? Because I am dis-sing the immortal Bruce Lee? Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee can kiss my… Don’t you just love Bruce Lee?
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If you can understand the difference between sports fighting and reality-based street survival where anything goes and there are no rules, you will get the most out of this article.
Because of the high visibility of the sport of Mixed Martial Arts and the brutality of some of the clinching situations where you see this huge, fit, muscular behemoth pounding away mercilessly against the head of a pinned opponent, you get the feeling and the impression that this is the simulation of a real street fight. Looks are deceiving.
I never said an MMA can’t be brutal and intense, but by the mere fact that there are rules, rules out the fact that it is a real street fight. In the street, there are no rules. In the street, anything goes. As well, in a real street fight, there is no such thing as dirty fighter – only an educated one, that is, there are no illegal blows.
My take is that the best fight is the fight that you were able to avoid. But life is not always so easily predictable or prettily packaged.
With that said, how would you fight, if you had to, an MMA guy in a real street situation?
5 Secrets To Defeating An MMA Guy In A Real Street Fight:
Secret #1 – Play Timid – Then Punch To The Throat – Look these guys are usually young, strong, fit and muscular. They are aggressive, willing and ready to fight. Then don’t have to think twice about going into attack mode. The more you use your mind, the less you get kicked in the behind. Disarm him psychologically, by playing timid with you hands up in the “I don’t won’t any trouble, buddy” position when “Bam!” you punch to the throat. The fight is all over then because now he is grabbing his throat and gasping for air. His thoughts are only on “Oh, no, I can’t breathe! I need to breathe!” At this point, he is not thinking about fighting only getting control of his breathing again. Depending on the situation, you can follow up with further strikes.
Secret #2 – Play Timid – Eye Gouge – Then Knee Stomp – An alternative to a throat strike is a finger eye gouge followed up by a 45º angle knee stomp. Your opened fingers fall down across the eyes and rake them. The movement is similar to how you get accidentally raked in the eye when playing basketball when the other team player tries to slap the basketball out of your hand as you go up for the jump shot but misses and rakes your eyes. Only in the case of street fighting, you are doing it intentionally and with force followed up by another strike to the knee. Continue your attack . Remember, these guys are used to taking a lot of punishment and they have a high threshold for pain. You can chop down this oak tree but not by welding one axe swing.
Secret #3 – Avoid Close Quarters Fighting – Kick To The Shins – MMA fighters are expert close-quarters fighters and they love to clinch. Keep your distance and execute damaging low line shin kicks that will start them hopping on one leg. Continue banging away at their foundation. Eventually, they will fall.
Secret #4 – Be Ready For The Takedown – Shoot Your Legs Back – MMA fighters love the takedown, so the probability is very high that they will shoot for your legs in an effort to take you to the ground. Watch for this. When you see it coming – shoot both your legs back and manage to fall on top of them smashing their face on the ground when then miss. Then immediately get back up. The ground is not your friend.
Secret #5 – In A Clinch – Bite Whatever Is Available – Uh! Oh! You slipped up and got yourself in trouble. You find yourself in a clinch. Do you want to freak an MMA guy out real fast? Bite him. Yes, bite him on whatever is available. His cheek. His forearm. His nipples. His groin. And growl! – for dramatic and psychological shock value. I promise you that that fool will let you go and will be totally freaked out because you will have taken all of the fight out of him. But sorry, too late for pity. Get back on your feet, and continue busting him in the shins with another and yet another front kick.
So, there you have it. Stay safe. Avoid the confrontations that you can – but when you can’t – kick some gluteus maximus to the max!
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Charles – Today, David is going to give us 3 important tips of ground fighting for police officers. How are you doing today, David?
David – Well, Charles, as always, I’m doing well. How about yourself?
Charles – Just great. Just great. Okay, David, we need to know this because this is the real deal. Tell us. What are your 3 best tips you can give for ground fighting for police officers.
David – Well, Charles, we’ve spoken before, and you know my stance on ground fighting.
The 1st Tip on Ground Fighting for Law Enforcement Is – Avoid It! – Don’t do it. Don’t go to the ground. Alright, with that said, if you need to, I want to on to tip number 2.
Tip # 2 Is – Make An Immediate Recovery From The Ground – Don’t stay there. Don’t fight on the ground. If you wind up on the ground, get back up. Stay mobile. Your feet are your salvation. You need to be able to move around.
The 3rd Important Tip Is of Ground Fighting for Law Enforcement Is – If You Wind Up On The Ground, Keep Control of Your Firearm – Keep control of your weapon. If you have to keep one hand on if and if you have to fight with the other hand, do not let your suspect get their hands on your weapon. They will pull it from your holster, and they will use it on you, and you will die. Keep control of your weapon. I can’t say that enough.
Charles – Wow, well that really makes it nice and clearly understandable. As always, David, thanks so much for these insights.
David – Thank you.
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