Street Fight vs Full-contact Competition
Firstly, I'm not a seasoned street fighter, never was.
I did random tournaments and club fighting until my late 30's.
I never had an altercation on the street that was anywhere as difficult, painful or taxing as the competition bouts, or even some of the heavier club bouts.
Almost all of my street encounters are a couple of patty-cakes and the other guy runs away. Just lucky I guess. No denying the sense of danger was a lot higher, and the level of intent was a lot higher too.
I know some of you guys have had life and death encounters, muggings, security work, military, that by comparison, are simply off the scale compared to that nonsense, and that's one reason why I'm asking.
But for the most part, have your street encounters been more or less challenging than a tough competition fight?
Guangzhou Pak Mei Kung Fu School, Sydney Australia,
Sifu Leung, Yuk Seng
Established 1989, Glebe Australia