Would you survive a 1 on 1 streetfight? What if he had a knife? A gun?
Would you survive an unevened odds streetfight? What if they were armed with the assorted street weaponry (bats, knives, car tires, chains)?
This is assuming you are at your weakest point, as in you are not armed and surrounded. Can you hold your own enough to escape? Would your current style or styles you have had studied in the past aid you?
What if there is someone with you that you need to protect and now things suddenly become much more desperate? Can you hold them off long enough to let that person escape?
Yesterday after attending a Systema class, my fantasy that I can hold my own in a streetfight was shattered. I can probably take one, unarmed assailant, but fighting off more than one person? No.
The Systema class didn’t introduce anything new to me, but it put me in a postion where I had to fend off one to multiple attackers. I couldn’t.
I don’t know what the case would be if I had to protect a loved-one, or even a helpless stranger, but on my own I’ll probably end a bloody mess.
I am extremely demoralized, but at least I know where I stand.
How about you?
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