HARDEST PART

Hardest Part Q&A

Q: So how hard would it be to beat up a "street fighter"?

I mean the lowlife scum who inhabit the streets of the US, resort to dog fighting and hitting women, the same guys who talk a lot of trash and usually sell drugs. I am the type of guy who rarely fights, but lets say a situation occurred where I was walking in my safe suburban neighborhood but some guy from the "bad part" of town also happened to be there. Now I am walking with my girlfriend and the guy starts talking trash and harassing her, and then he challenges me to a fight, how hard would it be for a typical suburban guy to knock him out?

A: GOOD QUESTION, youve let a lot open to interreptation though. So this is how I interrupt it. I dont have a Blackbelt, Im not some big tough guy and I dont believe in the term "streetfighter", but what you discribed is my circle growing up. Not some homey G "ganstas" or spoiled white kids who watch to much MTV, but a bunch of Irish and Italian kids who dropped out of Chicago public schools, involved in illegal activities and a good number of them ending up doing time. They wouldnt even look twice at most suburbanites, much less get into with one. Generally speaking that guys going to eat you for lunch. Your thinking in your mentality. The challenge to a fight, mono eh mono, in the school yard with people cheering on, well thats not how these people like that handle it. They hit hard, hit fast, hit unexpected and if need be keep hitting and they hit with whatever is available. They dont go to unfamiliar surrondings and start running their mouth to people they dont know (like your situation of this guy being in burbs and harrassing you). These guys dont talk shit, they take care of business. If its going to happen, there is not going to be a bunch of yelling its going to come out of nowhere. Heres the thing, most guys like that are not worried about being percieved as a wuss or a tough guy. They dont care whats fair or considered cowardly. Groups, weapons, these are not seen as cowardly in that world. 3 on 1 is fair, baseball bat on an unarmed person is fair. Actually if you go to those lengths its seen as a good thing, it means you know how to take care of business and are willing to go the extra step. These guys dont see winning a fight as making you tough, its only a means to an end. In that world its sometimes you come out on top, sometimes you dont. It doesnt make you tough, because I guaruntee they have been on both the winning and losing end more than a couple times. Violence is a tool no different than a hammer or screwdriver, it achieves their goal. They dont need to test themselves to prove anything. And they sure as hell dont want people watching and cheering them on, those are called witnesses. The fact that this guy deals with violence on a more regular basis means he is prepared for it, probally more prepared than you will be. Ask yourself this do you deal with violence on a regular basis? Have you been stabbed or stabbed someone? Have you been jumped AND jumped someone? Do you have to look over your shoulder when you leave your house because your worried about people coming back for revenge? Have you been to jail or juvie? Have you been in situations with guns involved? Have you had someone close to you die from violence? Have you had to run from a group of people because they want your shoes? Have you been to the ER from a fight? Im not even one of those beasts, but Ive been through all of that before I even turned 18. So imagine what a real, hardcore animal is like. You might beat him up or knock him out. There is a good chance youll be shot or stabbed or worked over with a chain or head bashed in with a ballpine hammer in the process. Even if you "win", that guys probally going to come back and when he does hes not going to play nice. The fact that he is involved in gambling (dog fighting) and drugs means this guys got connections and back up. If you think your going to teach him a lesson, well this guys taken plenty of ass beatings in his lifetime. Your probally not the worst hes ever had to deal with or the scariest situation hes been in. He can handle what you dish out, its not going to break his ego. Can you handle what he can dish out? I know this probally not what you want to hear, but think about it. Heres a tip copy and paste this in the law enforcement section and you might get a different point of view. You see those guys are dealing with these guys on a regular basis. Most martial artists dont have regular dealings with these type of people, much less get into fights with them. The fact is these guys are in a different circle and your circle and his rarely overlap and when they do, how often is conflict going to come out of it. He was more important issues to deal with in his own circle than the ones in yours.

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