Fighting Multiple Opponents - Self Defense 2

Street fight is different and difficult. And it becomes more difficult when there are multiple attackers. When you fight with one guy or girl, he or she is in front of you. You can see the attacker's movement and it is easy to keep an eye on everything.

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If you have to fight multiple attackers for self defense, it is a little difficult to keep an eye on everyone. The attackers who are in front of you, you can see them. If some of them are on the side, you can also see them, but the attackers behind you, you cannot see them unless you can move your head.

If you are interested to know more about how you can face a situation like you, you can read the Fighting Multiple Opponents - Self Defense 1 first. If you already read that post, let's move on.

When there are multiple attackers and you are in the center, that's a vulnerable position. The attackers can attack you from all sides. So move away from the center so that all attackers are in front of you. The thing is, when you move, you see the attackers also move, again you are in the middle.

So what can you do to make the attackers be in front of you?

When someone attacks you, you can defend and counter-attack and at the same time, move to the side. The attackers come towards you and you see you are not in the center position anymore That's better.

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When multiple attackers strike you at the same time, that becomes difficult to block. What you can try to do is, make them come towards you in a straight line. Then they cannot attack you at the same time. Well, it sounds good to hear in theory, but in real life, that is not going to happen. If that happens somehow, that's a luck.

So what you want is to make them available in front of you, not behind you. Now it becomes little easy to deal with this situation.

Use the attacker as a shield to defend yourself, meaning, when someone attacks you, you defend and strike him, and at the same time, you can hold him in front of you. Then other attackers find it difficult to attack you. You can push him towards them and move away in another direction.

Now what I'm going to say, you may not like it that much. When you fight multiple opponents, expect to get hit. Someone can punch you or kick you and you might get hurt by their strike. If you practice martial arts, you can absorb that and fight back. When you have the mindset that you can get hit and that's okay, you can fight back. You will not be surprised if that happens.

At the time of fighting multiple attackers, you can move, fight and run. Please drop your ego. The ultimate goal is to defend yourself and go back home alive.

I'm going to share a fighting scene. Yes, Jet Li is one of my favorite martial artists. Let's watch this video.

Hope you find it useful. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post. If you like martial arts and want to learn more about self defense, you can follow me @RezoanulVibes. Please feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

Stay safe. Always be happy!

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