Street Fighting?

I teach martial arts in a city that is mostly about "fighting" well...they ask me..what would you do in a "street fight?" Well I tell them I would do what I know...so if you tain in Martial Arts...and street fighting is a anything goes deal..then isn't your martial arts training considered street fighting? Hope that was clear..

Street Fighting?
If I am allow to "cheat," then yes.





If I fight like if I am in a competition, then no.





Where do you teach and what city are you in? I still want to learn more.
Reply:there should be no set style in street fighting with the different arts out there there is none better than thee other do what needs to be done in a street fight don't restrict your self with conformity's Report It

Reply:fighting with little or no rules in the street is street fight, finess or brash
Reply:so what would you do when the fight gets close and someone who is much stronger than you and knows what they are doing is choking you out from behind and if you happen to get out of that which I doubt they go straight into an arm lock which most likely will fracture your elbow. what are you going to do then? beat me with your broken off arm?
Reply:Where I'm at theres two different styles, competition MMA and


SMMA, which is street mixed martial arts, the latter bypasses


such rules as eye gouging, groin shots, fish hooking, etc.


That style trains also to disarm armed individuals and trains for multiple opponents.


I think that if you are missing those pieces, then its not real street fighting. If freaks and assholes are bound to use any tactics possible, then you have to be prepared for those tactics.
Reply:if it's a streetfight as in a mugger vs me, i would take him out as quick as possible even if the move is cheap





a tournament, follow rules
Reply:In street fighting any thing is possible %26amp; acceptable because there is no Judge , %26amp; you dont realy know your enmeis strength , wepons , or even how many their specially when you are not in an area that you know it .
Reply:Martial arts should be mostly about "Defending".


There are things I would do in self defense that I would not do in my art, like throat punches, groin kicks, elbow attacks, etc.


I'm not going to do these things in my Dojo, but would in a real life situation.


My art is helping me on the street by giving me options, teaching my how to strike harder, faster, more accurate, teching me how to block and avoid, and most importantly, giving me the control so I can walk away.
Reply:street fighting for a martial artist is all about adaptation.. what works in the dojo doesn't necessarily work in the street.. a dojo has clear floors and no obstacles.. fighting in the street you have to deal with trash, uneven fighting ground etc.. a martial artist needs to remember that in a street fight there are no rules, no referees, not time limits..





strikes that work in the dojo may not always work on the street, the person isn't going to stop and grab you with the hand on the side that you've trained on in the dojo.. or kick you with the left foot instead of the right because that's the side you're better at defending that kick...





most dojos don't emphasis sparring, not point sparring, but real sparring, going about 50% so that they don't freak out when they get hit, i've seen it happen...





technique is good but it won't do you any good if you don't know how to apply it..
Reply:If you have trained in the martial arts for years and improved all the time with your mind and body, a street confrontation will be a matter of quick reaction and adapting to the situation,which would become automatically with the mind and body being one.
Reply:I consider street fighting to be the foundation of a house. If you don't have even the slightest interest in learning how to fight, there are countless other disciplines that offer fitness and/or mental discipline -- from aerobics to dance to the Japanese tea ceremony.





If you are learning a true martial art, then fighting has to play some component in your motivation and training. There may be varying degrees, but it has to be there. Otherwise, to me, what you are doing is not a martial art.





That said, you don't have much of a house if you just lay its foundation and leave it at that. Whether you are studying karate, judo, MMA, boxing, tai chi, or whatever, the longer you train, your studies will become less about street fighting , and more about... well, lots of other things. ;)





I do believe that when one pursues martial arts training to its limit, one arrives at a very spiritual place. And if you think of this spiritual place as being located in your house, the different styles of martial arts are simply different doors to get into this same house.





But no matter how finely built a house is, it will still collapse without a solid foundation. To me, that's street fighting.