Category: Injury
How NOT to enter a door in a gunfight
This fighter simply holds his AK at about chest height and marches, firing, through a door with enemy inside. Perhaps inspired by movies or video games, who knows.
Haymakers plus speed and movement equal success in this brawl
This man does not have many skills; but speed, distance management, movement and positioning allow him to use his right hand to great effect against men who possess even less skills than he does.
Pawn shop owner counter-ambushes robbers
Pawn shop owner feigns compliance, moves to cover and counter-ambushes robbers.
Man underestimates danger of provoking 5
Most people tend to overestimate their fighting ability. This man is off the mark further than most when he is surrounded by 5 youths (including the one operating the camera). He initiates the violence (flicks a cigarette at one and pushes another) but takes no appropriate action – allows himself to be surrounded, does not move, does not position himself correctly or attempt to isolate and incapacitate his opponents. He appears to falsely assume these youths will cower and back off.
Victim killed during robbery
Victim does not comply and attempts to take hold of his bag while at gunpoint. The killer immediately shoots him. A bad decision and tragic outcome.
Boxer uses hand speed, positioning and footwork to knockout multiple opponents
Multiple opponent scenarios are extremely difficult to overcome. In this case, the defender succeeds for several reasons:
- The defender has superior boxing skills compared to his opponents.
- Either he was lucky to be in a position with no opponents behind him, or his situational awareness was excellent to put himself there. He appears to recognise exactly which persons are safe to allow close or behind him.
- He is attacked only from the front – his opponents do not attempt to encircle/flank.
- His opponents do not coordinate their attack, instead entering practically single-file.
- He uses footwork to move off the centre-line after each attack, which would have been very effective in the event his opponents attempted to counter.
- He transitions quickly from one target to the next, rather than staying focused on a single opponent. While fighting one person, we become extremely vulnerable to attacks from others whether standing or on the ground. He did not allow this to happen as he landed effective strikes in short combinations for split seconds only.
Bystanders nonchalant as man knocked out, falls to hard surface
A disappointingly common scenario – man knocked out, falling to hard surface which carries a high risk or serious injury or fatality. Bystanders are nonchalant and do not render assistance, instead placing the man at more risk (of falling again) by attempting to lift him off the ground.
Contractor convoy in Iraq ambushed. Driver stopped under fire, praying and calling on radio for help.
Haliburton contractor convoy in Iraq is ambushed. Driver taking video is stopped, under fire, and panicking on the CB for help.
Time markers: (2:00) Ambush begins (4:00) Praying begins (4:45) Truck disabled (5:45) Driver witnesses driver in front of him in overturned truck being killed (9:40)