Hypothetical Fights! : Would You Break Up These Fights?

[Nexus]

Do you study martial arts for self-defense and the defense of loved ones, or does your martial arts training extend to those who appear to be in obvious need of some assistance. Answer the below numbered situations and find out how you stand in regards to other martial artists!

Treat the below situations as if it were happening within two feet of where you are standing indoors, in a mall, but nobody besides yourself sees what is going on.

What would you do in each of the following circumstances (Answer any one or all of them):

1) Between two kids, one who is larger than the other and has the obvious advantage. For the sake of numbers, we'll say one is 10 years old and the other is 14. They are swinging fists at eachother, but haven't made any serious contact yet, but the fight is about to escalate into something nasty if someone doesn't step in. One concern for yours is the legal liability if somehow they get hurt while you get into the mix in an attempt to stop them.

2) Two teenagers, 15-18, one who is larger than the other and has the obvious advantage. We'll say for statistics sake one is 6'0, 185lbs (not very musucal), and the other is 5'2 (120lbs).

3) A female teenager and a male teenager, they are about to start clobbering on eachother and the male is larger then the female by at least five inches. He looks like he could do some serious damage.

4) Two male teenagers, the smaller one takes something from the larger one (let's say his portable cd player). The larger one says give it back, and the smaller one says, 'come and get it'. The larger one is about to clobber the smaller one.

5) Two adult men, one accidently bumpt into the other mans lady while walking by her, his stats 130lbs, 5'6. The man with the woman(stats: 190lbs, 6'2) turns to him and says, 'What do you think your doing bumping into my woman like that you a-s-s-hole.' - The other man says, 'Oh excuse me, I am truly sorry'. The man with the woman says, 'You ain't getting off that easy punk' and approaches towards the man, his face red with anger and his fists clenched.

6) You see a woman slap a man accross the face and says, 'How dare you', and the man backhands her in the face making a cracking sound so loud it sounds like gunfire. You look over to see blood coming from a wound he made near her eye and he is beginning to raise his hand to backhand her a second time.

OK, lets hear it!

- Nexus

[KungFuGuy!]

I'll say what everyone else who read this thread is thinking.
I'm not touching that with a 20 foot stick :D

[ewallace]

1) Let them fight. There are good lessons to be learned at this age without being hurt too bad.

2) Same as number 1.

3) Hold the male back and let the chick fuuck him up.

4) Let nature take it's course. Biggie should romp on him. It's a lot more civilized than what the Saudi's do to people who steal.

5) Keep walking. I'd be p/o'd too.

6) Take him out. If the woman were to punt him in the nuts I think it would be grounds for a cross-gender physical inculcation as to why it wasn't a good idea, but a slap is just something you gotta take.

[JWTAYLOR]

1. Hey, what's a broken nose between friends? Let em at it.
2. Probably let them go at it, depends on the specific situation.
3. Unless she shows a real physical, permanantly damaging threat to him (like she has a weapon) I will never allow a man to hurt a woman.
4. Dumb little b@st@rds gotta learn somehow.
5. Yeah, like an indiot, I'd get in that one as well. I have in that situation before.
6. Bad day for that guy.

All of that said, I'll never "jump between people" again. Raising big dogs you learn real quick to never get between two dogs fighting.

Now, walking up behind one of those dogs and smashing it's skull with a 2X4 is something entirely different, if you know what I mean.

JWT

[Grappling-Insanity]

1) I would watch.

2)Hmmmm maybe call the cops if the big one is really going all out. Other than that not much.

3)Smack the guy for forgeting his manners.

4)He asked for it.

5)I would think the big guy is a A$$hole but i wouldnt do anything. If the big guy was really beating him down i'd call cops.

6)Teach the guy some respect.

Most of the time I wouldnt wanna fight some one elses battles. Theres no point gaining a enemy for some one else.

[Badger]

1) Break it up
2) Break it up
3) Stop him. Guys should never hit girls.
4) The little jerk gets what he deserves. Just break it up if it goes to far.
5)Stick up for the guy(if he needs it). Accidents happen.
6)Guys should never hit women(unless its selfdefense). Hit a woman in front of me & I will mess you up.


Badger

[Ray Pina]

I'm stopping 1,3 and 5 every single time. (in fact, I stopped a fight between two 18 year olds on my corner two months ago and now the smaller one want to learn "kung Fu" from me).

I'd let the big kid give the little kid a good smack for taking his stuff. But if it looked like it was going to esculate to a full on beating, I'd stop it right away.

As for the last one. I'd go to break it up, but in the process be a little rough with the man and accidentaly;) pop him a good one too. I could only hope he'd fight back.

[ewallace]

I'm curious as to why you would stop #1 but not #2.

[Sharky]

I'm with JWT.

I was in the situation where i was in a club, just walkin about, it's very tightly packed, some guys b!tch starts grinding with me, i just kept walking, and her man had some sh.it to talk to me. I grabbed his throat and nearly ripped his trachea out, while pushing him into the wall. I gave it some verbal, asked him to repeat what he said, he suddenly went quiet. This guy was much bigger than me, don't know why i flipped. I walked away, nodded to security guard, and had a good night.

The only time a bouncer has ever been "nice" to me.

[yenhoi]

I like your style sharky, I really do.

[anton]

3 & 6, and maybe 5 (If I thought I could beat the guy) are the only one's that I would stop. Generally speaking I try to mind my own business. No point trying to be a superhero.

[Ryu]

I'm impressed guys. :)
Maybe you don't make me cry after all.

Everyone knows the ones I'd physically intervene with.
But the others I'd probably just yell out at them to let them know other people are watching, and cops could be on the way.

Ryu

[Kumkuat]

1. watch
2. watch
3. depends. If they are a couple, then no. If they are not and the chick is hot, yeah.
4. watch.
5. watch
6. depends. If they are a couple, then no. If they are not a couple and the chick is hot then maybe. It depends on what the guy did. If she said something like, "how dare you!... catch me punking out your mom." Then I'll watch.

[Justa Man]

1) let em go, but keep an eye for when one can't take anymore.
2) i'd have to step in, being a smaller built frame myself. fuukin big kids, always trying to pick fights with the small ones. story of my youth. but i did have a big @ss mouth. if the littel kid is shook then i'm in there.
3) no way i'm gonna stand by as a man hits a woman who is smaller. no way.
4) the small kid deserves it. i'll watch smiling.
5) i'd watch. i originally wrote that i'd step in if it got serious, but i don't think i would. eventhough i know the beef is over bs, it's not my affair. i keep thinking about the kid from Stand By Me who got shanked for playin the goodie goodie. fuuk that.
6) oh hell no. dude is eating concrete no doubt. hurt him fast, hurt him bad, and be the fuuk out!

[respectmankind]

i would break them all up

[hughes]

I'd like,totally flip out and kill everyone of 'em,its the ninjitsu thing to do! (Im surprised no-one said this yet)

But seriously, if i could I'd try and break 'em all up 'cept the thieving lil bugger - he needs his come-uppance.

[OdderMensch]

situations such as this are exactly why I keep a couple of cans of tear gas on me at all times. :D

I once spiled a coke on a guy to stop him from hitting a girl, but i was afraid He would get hurt.

[scotty1]

I'd break up the ones between kids if they were getting nasty.
I'd break up the ones between sexes if the man struck the woman.
As far as number 5, I'd say "hey why don't you leave him alone you big d!ck!" Maybe...

And JWT, I wasn't around to see the jack my co(k in your mouth comment.
But I like :D
You ****ing f.ag!! ;)

[Metal Fist]

I believe I'd sit back and watch, it's always entertaining to watch others fight. :D Besides one could get hurt tryin to interfere. It isn't my business why they are fighting anyway, too many busy-bodies in this world as it is. :rolleyes: :p :cool: :D

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i would just start stomping whoever ended up on the ground first in all of those situations.

[Ray Pina]

GDA, that's too funny.

As for my leaving out number 2, contribute that to a brain ****. I'd stop that too. I don't consider myself a busy body, but if I see a larger kid beating a smaller kid, I get involved.

I seen kids seriously hurt this was growing up. One was killed, another in a coma for some time. The difference between a 15 and 11 year old is quite large, between a 15 and 18 even more so, one is a man. If two drunk men are going at it studpidly, trading drunk punches, I'd keep walking, or watch while I'm getting a train or cab.

But if one has another down and beating him good, I'll breat it up everytime. Wouldn't you want someone to do that for you?

[chingei]

In China, you can see some vicious brawls between men and women. at night, in the street, usually not the wealthiest part of town. sometimes the man gets the worst of it. generally his friends pull him off, or a gaggle of old broads wades in tut-tutting the both of them.

heard tell of one foreigner 'rushing to the rescue' who got pummled by a mob for butting in and smacking the man around. naturally the woman joined in this pummling.

when in rome, stay the **** out of the way.

[jwn_57030]

I agree with respectmankind. I would break them all up.

[Nthman]

I would let them all go except for 6 which would depend on the sit-eee-ation. I had a teacher in high school who told us this story how he got involved in a similar incident and while he was pounding on the guy the woman hit him in the head with a pipe or something...

While in college I was walkin' down the street and saw a cop giving some girl a ticket, then about 30 feet behind the cop these two asian guys start going at it one actually got some nice roundkicks in. The cop just turns around with a strange expression on his face and calmly walks over and says something and the guys walk away..it was strange yet very amusing..that kind of thing I would let go cuz they weren't hurting eachother....


Oh yeah last year driving to work early in the morning I see these two Somolian guys fighting it out in the middle of the street..complete lack of skill so I just drove by because again, no one was getting hurt.

[DelicateSound]

I would have shouted:

"I am Josh Rakowski"

and watched them all run; man, woman and child.

[CraneFist]

ROFL, I like Ryu's approach the best, especially 3 and 6! Too funny!