Krav Maga

[Jacob(smooth)]

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The problem is that martial arts training of any flavour tends to give people confidence which makes them more likely to actually get into a fight. Hence I'm very skeptical about learning any method for Street combat, lest it contribute to the situation.

For me, a pragmatic combat art should be trained in plain clothes, without warm up, in a bar or on a street, and after the participants have had a few beers. That's the reality of street combat. What I don't like to see is people training something like krav maga and going out thinking they can handle themselves better than the 23 year old chap with no teeth who's been getting in bar fights since he was 16. He will know how to handle an adrenalin dump, tunnel vision, situational awareness etc. We generally don't.

You do make a good point.
Also, you can try to stay away from places where there are people like in the part i bolded. Geez...

One does try. Sadly, the Bastards move about! They can be hard to avoid!

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People who regularly get into fights will have the advantage because they'll be able to handle their emotions better. The only fights I've ever really gotten into on the street have been pretty bad for me. That's mainly because martial arts in general (from my experience) don't teach you the importance of remaining calm in a fight. Usually I'll either be excessively angry or downright shit scared to actually put any training to use in a real street fight scenario.

Dealing with adrenalin dump is one of the hardest things.

One of the things I train people in is clinical emergencies. It's very basic stuff and rarely causes people problems. However the first time somebody has a fit or stops breathing in front of you, even the simplest protocols become almost impossible to access from your memory. And the adrenalin dump from that pales in comparison to what happens when some neanderthal offers to rearrange your face. Adrenalin makes fools of us all.