I Love My Friends
Since my little altercation at the bar it is amazing to see how many people are willing to get in to a fight for me.
I have been in a number of fights in my younger years and my last couple of years of high school were probably the worst. I think I was in about 6 fights my senior year all over girls. Hell, I think three of them were because of the same girl.
I have never been trained to fight, unless you count 6 months of karate where about all I learned was always turn sideways to your attacker and never throw roundhouse punches. My fighting experience has always been self taught and comes from remembering what mistakes others made and to not make those mistakes. I have a pretty high tolerance to pain and do not get upset easily so usually keep my head in a fight.
From what I remember I have never lost fight and have been in one fight that I went up against a trained fighter. That one I probably would have lost if people hadn't pulled us apart after 3 punches. For the most part, every person I have fought has been stupid and just comes into the fight straight on and throwing roundhouses. I can avoid and block those all day and mess a guy up who tries that tactic.
From my previous fights, if a man slaps you to begin a fight he is the type to be the straight forward, throw roundhouses, and has no sense of how to fight. The guy maybe had about 30 pounds on me but it was not 30 pounds of muscle. I was confident that if I did not win that fight, at least he would not think he would have won it either.
I made a conscious decision to not fight this person I was sure I could beat. I have been in enough fights that after 3 months have passed either the fight meant nothing, or you are only left with the negative results of beating someone. I have too many responsibilities to be able to afford an arrest, a fine, and/or a stay in jail.
What surprises me is how many of my friends who have the same responsibilities or even more to lose than I, that are willing to fight in a situation that I backed down from. One of my friends half-joking offered to drive out from Minnesota to find this guy. Now that is friendship.
To everyone who is willing to stand up for me, I really appreciate it and I love you all. Trust me, if I need you, I will ask.
Pride is not one of my sins.
Since my little altercation at the bar it is amazing to see how many people are willing to get in to a fight for me.
I have been in a number of fights in my younger years and my last couple of years of high school were probably the worst. I think I was in about 6 fights my senior year all over girls. Hell, I think three of them were because of the same girl.
I have never been trained to fight, unless you count 6 months of karate where about all I learned was always turn sideways to your attacker and never throw roundhouse punches. My fighting experience has always been self taught and comes from remembering what mistakes others made and to not make those mistakes. I have a pretty high tolerance to pain and do not get upset easily so usually keep my head in a fight.
From what I remember I have never lost fight and have been in one fight that I went up against a trained fighter. That one I probably would have lost if people hadn't pulled us apart after 3 punches. For the most part, every person I have fought has been stupid and just comes into the fight straight on and throwing roundhouses. I can avoid and block those all day and mess a guy up who tries that tactic.
From my previous fights, if a man slaps you to begin a fight he is the type to be the straight forward, throw roundhouses, and has no sense of how to fight. The guy maybe had about 30 pounds on me but it was not 30 pounds of muscle. I was confident that if I did not win that fight, at least he would not think he would have won it either.
I made a conscious decision to not fight this person I was sure I could beat. I have been in enough fights that after 3 months have passed either the fight meant nothing, or you are only left with the negative results of beating someone. I have too many responsibilities to be able to afford an arrest, a fine, and/or a stay in jail.
What surprises me is how many of my friends who have the same responsibilities or even more to lose than I, that are willing to fight in a situation that I backed down from. One of my friends half-joking offered to drive out from Minnesota to find this guy. Now that is friendship.
To everyone who is willing to stand up for me, I really appreciate it and I love you all. Trust me, if I need you, I will ask.
Pride is not one of my sins.
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