Originally Posted by shakran

I agree - in THIS case he was in the thick of battle, he's not real experienced, and he went with the wrong choice, but I'm not faulting him for that. Actually I was more troubled by his later statement: "On a side note, if it were ONE guy, I definitely taken him on, and possibly won. I’m 6’ 2” and a 230 pound weight lifter with 4 months of Jiu Jitsu practice, going at least 6 times a week (and as often as 9)."


Even ignoring the fact that he, very erroneously, thinks 4 months of martial arts class makes him ready for any kind of real fight, I think that statement shows that there's a very big lesson he should have learned from this fight that went right over his head. And that means the next time he gets into a similar situation he might just decide to go after the attacker instead of taking an available escape opportunity. I absolutely did get harsh with him on that - and if you think that was harsh, I get a lot more intense with my own students when they spout off crap like that. We're not talking about a typical male pissing contest down at the local bar to see who has the most testosterone, we're talking life and death here. The sooner you hammer in the hard facts about this, the more likely it is that he'll internalize it before he goes and gets himself seriously hurt by having the wrong attitude.


I really think you and I are saying pretty close to the same thing on this