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Martial Arts Topics / Re: What would you have done?
« on: April 19, 2007, 04:40:16 PM »
I read the article and thread but the video won't work with my firefox, so I'm guessing on a few variables.
As a bouncer (which I was for a few years), I would have probably come behind and held in the guy's elbows firmly enough to get his attention yet softly enough that he doesn't react as if he's being ambushed.
Then, called into his hears something along the lines of "hey buddy, chill out. You just hit a woman and you are being recorded on camera. Easy, easy, come on, come on bro, take a breath... etc."
Here's why.
I don't think I can subdue him safely and reliably, though a fast, hard, rear-naked has worked for me in the past. As said, if I know he's a cop and may be armed, then I'm hoping there is less risk in this approach than in going for the choke.
The message is in that form for several reasons. Call him friend, use the phrases "hit a woman" and "on camera" to surprise him (if possible) and get past his mental guard and get him thinking, if possible.
Then, easy, easy, calm down, take a breath, etc., to get him thinknig of something non-tactical. Hopefully, he'll chill.
No force-on-force, physically or psychologically, with this guy in this case.
This is my best guess on a tough situation.
As a patron, I would have probably just cleared people out of the way as best I could, opening a space around the moron, and fished out the injured woman as best I could.
As a bouncer (which I was for a few years), I would have probably come behind and held in the guy's elbows firmly enough to get his attention yet softly enough that he doesn't react as if he's being ambushed.
Then, called into his hears something along the lines of "hey buddy, chill out. You just hit a woman and you are being recorded on camera. Easy, easy, come on, come on bro, take a breath... etc."
Here's why.
I don't think I can subdue him safely and reliably, though a fast, hard, rear-naked has worked for me in the past. As said, if I know he's a cop and may be armed, then I'm hoping there is less risk in this approach than in going for the choke.
The message is in that form for several reasons. Call him friend, use the phrases "hit a woman" and "on camera" to surprise him (if possible) and get past his mental guard and get him thinking, if possible.
Then, easy, easy, calm down, take a breath, etc., to get him thinknig of something non-tactical. Hopefully, he'll chill.
No force-on-force, physically or psychologically, with this guy in this case.
This is my best guess on a tough situation.
As a patron, I would have probably just cleared people out of the way as best I could, opening a space around the moron, and fished out the injured woman as best I could.
