Have you ever been in a fight?

M.Opaliski · #21 06-15-2008, 09:00 AM

Crabs. They're dirty.

HartlyRedneck · #22 06-15-2008, 09:14 AM

Up until my mid twenty's I fought in Karate tournaments and did fairly well. I also had a few boxing matches aboard ship. Does this count as a fight?

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max1 · #23 06-15-2008, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by HartlyRedneck

Up until my mid twenty's I fought in Karate tournaments and did fairly well. I also had a few boxing matches aboard ship. Does this count as a fight?

I think it counts as a smart person won't F*^& with you

Raptor · #24 06-15-2008, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Green Lantern

Have you ever been in a fight? Not a verbal spat with anyone but a down right fist fight?
How do you approach it?

Do you just go all in swinging?

Do you size you foe up and then have a set of moves that are tried and true?

Do you fight boxing style or are you a dirty fighter?

Do you enjoy being in a good fist fight once and a while or would you rather avoid it at all costs?

It's been too long since the last one...8th grade, I think. I don't go lookin' for 'em, but I don't back down...never have - it's the Irish in me.

First off, if I made the decision to enter into fisticuffs, I've already sized up the foe and at that point there is no methodology except WIN. So, nothing is "dirty".

Back in my 20's there were a number of bar brawls that I was near (never directly involved in though), and I always have a plan if the fight came to me (usually it was pick up the stool my butt was on and start swinging.

So while much older and wiser now, I always enjoy watching a good fight (which is why minor league hockey is so great!), but other than defensive, I couldn't see myself involved in one anymore. Plus, I've got too many ties to the State and County Police and it would look plain stupid for a "civic leader" to be involved in a fist fight.

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Spyder08 · #25 06-15-2008, 09:33 AM

I've only been in a few fights when I was younger. I can hold my own but I"m just not really a fighter. I was always the level headed peacemaker.

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witchofthedogs · #26 06-15-2008, 09:36 AM

Yes, with my sister when we were in our teens. I'm surprised I didn't break her nose.

I have a temper of sorts, but I have spent my entire life restraining myself from ever showing it (really showing it). I have always taken the road of "be the better man" and I generally walk away from most confrontations.

I'm not looking forward to the day someone pushes me over the edge into actually engaging them in a fight.

Tradewiz50 · #27 06-15-2008, 10:03 AM

Yes I've been in a fight here and there. It's been a long time though. I took takwondo in high school and fought in a few tournies. I only would fight if you mess with me or my family. Then all bets are off.

Kid Lester · #28 06-15-2008, 10:59 AM

Somewhere on this board I described a bar fight I got into in Cleveland at a bar called the Basement. That was 12 years ago...my last fight.

I had my scraps in middle school and high school. Got In School Suspension my senior year for breaking a guy's nose in the school hallway for messing with my girlfriend. I confronted him right after I found out about it, and he seemed to think it was a laughing matter and tried to joke it away. That's the hardest I've ever hit anyone in my life. It was a one punch fight. He actually caught some air before hitting the ground. I never had trouble from him from then on.

We tore up Grotto's on Rehobeth Avenue once in a huge brawl. I was trying not to get involved, just watching the fracas from a booth with my buddy. Then one guy put a friend of mine in a half nelson, and another guy was teeing up to clock my friend when he was defenseless. I grabbed the metal napkin holder off the booth counter, jumped behind the guy and smashed it into the back of his head. Grabbed his arm, bent it behind his back, slammed him face down into another tabletop and advised him of what would happen if he tried to get up. Sirens pulled up and we all scrammed. My friend used to thank me for years after that everytime we were at a party for taking down that dude that was gonna work him over.

Funniest thing is...HE was the one that started the damn thing. If I recall, he said something to a guy in the other group along the lines of, "Why don't you ask you mom how big my *bleep* is?"

Panama Girl · #29 06-15-2008, 07:08 PM

Does my sister and I trying to beat the crap out of each other when we were 12 and 15 count?

Hey, I may be the elder but she was already taller than me at that age.

woodsy140 · #30 06-15-2008, 07:40 PM

Yes, I was in several fist fights when I was younger(ages 15 - 21), but I settled down alot after that. Have a dent in my forehead from a baseball bat. Always swinging and never stop until it is over. Now a days I try and live off of my past reputation and if fist come up I duck. I am not into confrontation anymore. I can usually talk my way out of most things but if you back me in a corner I will come out punching. I can take care of myself if I have to though..woodsy

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