Self Defense Situation - What Do You Do? - Part 18 : Fighting Against Multiple Attackers

Welcome back to Self Defense Situation - What Do You Do? - Part 18. In this series of posts, we talk about different situations and what to do in that situation to defend yourself. In case you have not read Self Defense Situation - What Do You Do? - Part 17, you can read it now so that you do not miss anything.

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When there is one attacker, it is easy to face that situation compared to fighting against multiple attackers. At the time of defending and attacking the first attacker, other attackers hit you from behind.

Let's watch this video.

From 3:17 to 3:43 Minutes

When you have to fight multiple attackers for self defense, it is going to be different than fighting with a single attacker. In this video, you see two guys are standing both sides. The attackers will exploit every opportunity to attack and hurt you.

So while you are fighting, you are going to be attacked from behind. The other guy will not wait so that you can turn to become face to face. To avoid that, you should try to position yourself so that all attackers are in front of you. You can see them, and it would be easy to defend against their attackers.

You can attack the first guy and hold him in front of you and use him as a shield. As a result, other attackers find it difficult to attack you. You can use your surroundings in your favor. For example, you can stand in a place where attackers cannot come and attack you all at once. They have to come one by one. Then you can counter-attack and fight with them easily.

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In the second situation, there are two guys holding the knife. When someone holds the knife in from you, and the other one holds the knife from behind, this is dangerous. Don't make any silly moves. Give what the attackers want. If you can distract them for a second, you can make your move to defend yourself.

If you do something when they have the full attention to you, they will not think twice before stabbing you. You can attack the first one who is in front of you. And make the distance while attacking the first guy so that the second attacker cannot attack from behind.

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From 3:43 to 4:12 Minutes

In this situation, again, you see multiple attackers. Now they have a knife. First, one guy holds the knife to her throat. If you are in this kind of situation, your first attempt should be removing the threat. Here the knife is the primary threat. The girl makes a smart move and first move the knife away from her throat and makes him fall to the ground. Then she fights with other guys.

You can always use what you have as well as your surroundings. The girl hits one guy's head on the car. You can do the same like pushing the attacker against the wall. When you fight any opportunity to run and get out of there, you can run. It is not that you have to keep fighting until the end. If you can get out of there and be safe, that's all that matters.

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