Do I get to be armed? A gun is no good (I'm not going to shoot someone unless it's life-or-death) but a big stick would improve my chances no end. But that's only in one-on-one situations.
From personal experience getting jumped, willingness to take your life to get what they want dies very fast once it's put to the test. I still agree though, walking away from 2 against 1 is very slim if they have resolve.Watcheroftrends said:Run. If you are outnumbered, try to run. No matter how trained you are, being outnumbered is essentially a death sentence.
I don't care what techniques you think you know or what stories you've heard - if your attackers are experienced and willing to take your life to get what they want, your odds of walking away from a 2 v 1 are slim and none.
Good post, as this explains something I don't think a lot of people understand. Your best shot at winning fights really is to be psychotic, and preferably drunk/drugged. If you're in a state of mind where you want to hurt someone, you'll generally be able to. This is another reason why running away is almost always the smartest thing to do, because the people who pick fights are generally in that category.Zykon TheLich said:I certainly used to be able to but I've got various shoulder problems at the moment. 17 year old me could easily beat up me now, but 17 year old me was 14 stone and had problems with drug induced psychoses so 17 year old me was a bit of a horrible person, a vicious bastard if you will, who would defend himself by attacking you first just to make sure you never got the chance. There's still a remnant of that in me but it now only comes out if someone hits me so I guess it would depend how hard the first punch from them was.
Also 5-1 is pretty poor odds, best just to run like fuck.