weird i was taught to maintain poise while rationally edging the person into standing down, fencing and line-drawing being key before quietly retreating from the box and letting the situation diffuse - if in the very unlikely event someone simply charges at you then deflect or absorb their blows while developing a fence or grapple which will allow you to separate and make room to establish calm.

I suppose the difference is i wasn't learning something designed to flatter the egos and macho images of ineffectual and moronic douche-bags, moves that might actually cause someone serious physical problems were left until there was no other option - certainly they weren't lorded as being opening gambits. Oh and this wasn't for pussy reasons either, it had something to do with honour and self-respect but if you haven't got those bones in your body then it's entirely practical - if you start off going for someones balls and miss then not only have you just attacked the most protected part of their defensive zone but you've enraged them - it's likely that you're in some way tangled with your weight off balance, held somewhere inside their knee strike zone, the fist strike zone, their control point (for balance) and their grapple zone - this means they basically have their pick of ways to attack you for maximum damage and absolutely no moral or psychological reason not to.

The idiocy about balls being easy to attack is foolishly misunderstood - yes they're soft and hurt if you squish them, they're also at the base of the centre line - if your opponent is paying attention then invading his central line is exceptionally hard plus you open yourself up to massive counter attacks, your punch is putting your weight and body into his control zone or a kick is putting you off balance - if that foot hits his strong thigh or pelvis as it almost certainly will then odds are you're going to find yourself sprawled on the floor with a very angry opponent standing above you - the exact worse place to be in a fight.

That said i am a big lad, i have the strength and dexterity to hold myself in a brawl; if you don't then either hand over your wallet, pay for the drink you just spilled, apologise to his girlfriend or whatever is getting you into the fight - a misunderstanding? start your explanation with 'sorry' and don't be an ass about it - some jerk like in the video comes at you, RUN! possibly yelling 'whoa, whoa it wasn't me' It's what i'd do if someone bigger than me came, it's what they'd do if someone bigger than them came.... Trying to take down a big strong guy with some special punch or clever jab really isn't worth the effort, when you win a fight you've got to be ready for another and another and another - certainly in a bar, you knock out someone's buddy (especially with a ball buster) and you just know he's going to join in next, maybe they all are.

Violence is not big or clever, avoid it at all costs - if you need to use violence to save someone else (because you can't both run away) then do it in a sensible and restrained manor making sure to guard yourself and others, you're fighting for an exit strategy which you should have at least a notion of before entering the fray. (if only our governments thought of that one...)

-Heh oh and last time i got kicked in the balls i closed my legs around the stupid bitches foot swung my hips so she fell over and resting my knee on her other knee so she couldn't strike again asked her what exactly she had been expecting to happen - sheepishly she said sorry, i let her up and she bitched to everyone all night that i hadn't fought fair, lol.