Multiples – Page 5

Rioters start brawling, gunfight ensues (Floyd riots)

Floyd riots – Shop owners assaulted by rioters for defending their property

Female shop owner stands guard with no plan or ability to defend her shop.

This shop owner attempted to defend his store with a sword. Quite likely he had no intention of actually using it and was hoping they would be scared away by the weapon. This is the result.

Gun taken from fallen police officer, police respond swiftly

Seeing police in retreat, the crowd mistakes this for a lack of will to fight. Once a police officer falls and has their gun taken, his colleagues return and now have a justification for use of deadly force.

Man draws gun on robber at close range, both grapple for control of the weapon

Holding a gun to someone at close range means things can get very complicated very quickly. Within arm’s reach usually isn’t a good range.

Riot Police hold line, force protesters back down alleyway

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.

4 bouncers ambush 2 men

Two men argue with two security guards. Another guard grabs one of the men around the neck from behind. As the other man looks back and is distracted, a security guard standing in front of him punches.

The guards flanked and overwhelmed the two men. Human only have eyes in one side of their head, and a split second of distraction is all that is needed to land a punch undefended.

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.

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.