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  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    edited 2011-07-18 04:07:31
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    On the bright side, it's easier to conceal and doesn't require any footwork. A very immediate kind of weapon.

    I know you're not planning to slit any throats with it, but this is a good general note anyway: legally speaking, the first person to produce a weapon in a violent civilian conflict forfeits their own life by making it legal for their adversary to kill them. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    But I don't want to conceal it. I want to warn them off so that I don't have to use it.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Unfortunately, there's no legal method of using weapons for defensive intimidation purposes. If it's truly an issue, you should get a something that can be used as a weapon, but can be justified in carrying in general. If you've got a longish bag, for instance, an umbrella makes a good improvised weapon. Keep it unzipped and the umbrella at the top of the stuff for easy access.

    Let me make this clear, though: if it comes down to violence, do not be afraid to use whatever means you have to defend yourself. I've made the mistake of trying to find a peaceful solution when someone was being overtly aggressive towards me, and I lost that fight because I didn't take initiative. Fight until they're down, and then run. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    It does come down to violence.

    The majority of them have a significant weight advantage over me.

    And I don't own an umbrella ._.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Then you're going to need a ruthlessness advantage. Fight dirty.

    Remember, they're fighting because they're trying to make a social point. You have the advantage of fighting from an unrestricted perspective of self-defense. For them, it's less about the violence and more about proving themselves, and they won't continue if the risk is too severe. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    A lot of it is also about proving themselves as good as the others, who have managed to beat me to a pulp.

    If they back down, they'll be seen as a laughing stock, and they know it.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    You never know. A lot of fighting is psychological, and if you introduce some dude to the concrete, it'll come across as intimidating. And remember -- sensitive targets. Balls, eyes, throat. Make the first strike if possible and press that advantage for all its worth. 

    It sounds like you need some martial arts training, but I can understand how that's not really feasible at the moment. It's really is a shame that you're not down here/I'm not up there. :/
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    I did have some aikido training, but that was a while ago and I'm fairly out of practice.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Can you tell me about some of the things you learned? Perhaps I can help you actualise them a little better. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Here you go.

    That's all of the stuff I can do that I found on YouTube.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    M'kay.

    Remember that putting someone on the ground might not be enough. It's worth kicking them while they're down to make your point. And in the first technique, you're relying on a fairly complex series of events to ground them; I'd probably say you're better off simply hitting them after the initial block and pull that takes them off-balance. 

    You probably know this, but just to be sure: when you launch a punch, you should be "aiming" behind your actual target. If you're gonna hit someone in the face, imagine your hand pushing all the way through to the other side. 

    Don't worry about doing your martial arts techniques perfectly. Just imbalance your adversary enough that you create an opening and let rip with punches, but don't let go of a hand or balance point if you're keeping them in position. In that first technique in particular, the moment after that initial block-pull stage is a great time to punch them in the gut, throat or face. Using that same pulling technique to pull them into a strike would also work. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    I don't have to worry about that.

    Most of the throws I can do will stun any opponent that can't roll.
  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    edited 2011-07-18 07:24:19
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    Just to chime in amid the fighting techniques, with general moral support and hope it is ok when you go to SS.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    ^^ Good stuff. 

    All the best, and you've got my complete support, for whatever that's worth. 
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    edited 2011-07-18 09:05:37
    RE-ANIMATOR


    Warped sense of humour on my part aside ... along with the realisation that I could have posted a far more appropriate Wile-E-Coyote pic in hindsight..... my advice is to wear black. Lots of black. Preferably with spikes, and leather. Including gloves and boots.
    Not that I know what it is like where you live, precisely, but intimidation factor always helps. It drives away a portion of would-be attackers, makes regular folks keep out of the way, and also discourages false friends as an added bonus.
    Also... an attack-dog.
    ... or coyote.
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET

    ^Ergo, provoke and paint bigger target on the self.

    Question is, are these your average highschool bullies or thugs in the making? If the latter, flight is better than fight unless there's absolutely no other option. They'll consciously plot to wait you up and gang up on you if you actively challenge them in order to proof yourself the stronger fighter.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Question is, are these your average highschool bullies or thugs in the making?

    Some A, a few B.
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    RE-ANIMATOR
    ^^ It works for me.
    I get hassled considerably less when I'm trenchcoated, booted and gloved than when I wear ordinary clothes.

    I don't know why people have this strange idea that it could make things worse. Looking threatening is a tried and tested method of avoiding trouble... evolution-approved. Infinitely preferable to looking like an easy victim.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    trenchcoated, booted and gloved

    Unless you're a very specific kind of person, you just look like a Matrix wannabe. Prime target for assholes. 
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    For reference, I am supposedly the 'adorable' type.
  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    Are there any roads to the Social Security place that the thugs are less likely to be on? as avoidance is definitely better than a fight.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Nothing that does not take a ridiculously long time to get to.

    They all congregate in the streets around the traffic lights, which is the only safe place to cross the highway.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    I know you're short on cash, but, take a taxi? Bus? 
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    RE-ANIMATOR
    @Alex .... Yeah, I get matrix comments a lot, even now. More on account of the fact I also wear dark glasses (for reasons unrelated). They think they're funny, mostly because they're brain-dead... but honestly it is better than being bashed about the head with a fencepost.

    Also extra things like wearing a hat help distract people from matrix-related similarities.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    I know you're short on cash, but, take a taxi? Bus? 

    It's school, I'm trying not to let them know.

    SotiCoto: I would just look silly.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    edited 2011-07-18 11:34:35
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    ^^ Why not learn to fight so you don't feel the need to dress like a goof? Or just get some balls and risk a beating? 

    ^ How would taking a form of public transport/taxi alert anyone to anything? 
  • IanExMachinaIanExMachina
    I am Dr. Ned who is totally not Dr. Zed in disguise.
    Have you got any clothes that may work as a rudimentary disguise, I'm not talking like fake nose and glasses but like a hoody or just a something that makes you look less like you?
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    edited 2011-07-18 11:40:35
    RE-ANIMATOR
    @Cygan Never be afraid to look "silly". The ideal is to look "dangerous" ... but if you can't do that then looking "insane" works too. Either way, it is far better than looking "vulnerable".
    I'm a puny, pathetic sorta guy... but folks still avoid me when I'm kitted up. Been doing it so long I feel naked without it.


    I know I'm not considered a reliable source of advice around here, but these are my own self-defense mechanisms I'm throwing out here... and they've worked for me... so I figured I might as well.


    @Alex ... Learning to fight, as you put it, isn't necessarily as effective as you think it is. That, and it is a huge investment of both time and money. While I advocate learning martial arts for psychological wellbeing more than anything else, one generally aims NOT to rely on it in practice.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    How would taking a form of public transport/taxi alert anyone to anything? 

    They'd see it pull up in front of the school =( Stupid classrooms everywhere.

    Have you got any clothes that may work as a rudimentary disguise, I'm not talking like fake nose and glasses but like a hoody or just a something that makes you look less like you?

    -is wearing that now- I wear that crap all the time.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Hmm. 

    Leave school grounds first? Is that safe? 
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