karl's study of 100 random street confrontations

[shootodog]

i have read his assertions and i find his findings interesting enough to post here. draw from it what you will.

I studied 100 random video clips of violent street confrontations from various sites
They were all male and they were all 1 on 1 from teens to 60s fat people/thin people lots of different shapes and sizes all of the confrontations came to a clear finish. If there was no clear winner I called them a draw

82% were clear winners

12% draws

6% were broke up

28% ended in a knockout

8% of knockouts were by surprise

Only 12% ended up on the ground

Out of 82 winners 75 won with hand strikes to the head, 74 were punches, 1 was a power slap

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that makes it around 92% won with hand strikes to the head

That leaves 7 that were won in various ways but only after repeated hand strikes to the head first

1 was finished with kicks to the head

2 was finished with knees to the head(one on the ground)

2 were finished with head butts

1 was won by skate board to the back of the legs

1 was won by smashing the head through a window

So what was there anything consistent?

100% of them started with hand strikes

100% of the winners won because of hand strikes ,
Kick’s and knees etc only happen after striking the head with hands

100% of them started with strikes to the head

100% of them finished with strikes to the head

100% percent started with violent aggression and determination

100% finished with violent aggression and determination

And 1 of the winners was kicked in the head by the losers girlfriend


heres the results so you can take a look correct me if ive made a mistake

1 with repeated hand strikes to the head
2 with repeated hand strikes to the head
3 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
4 with repeated hand strikes to the head
5 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
6 with repeated hand strikes to the head
7 with repeated hand strikes to the head broke up
8 with repeated hand strikes to the head
9 with repeated hand strikes to the head
10 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
11 with repeated hand strikes to the head
12 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
13 with repeated hand strikes to the head broke up
14 with repeated hand strikes to the head
15 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
16 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
17 with repeated hand strikes to the head
18 one strike KO surprise
19 three hand strike KO by surprise
20 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
21 with repeated hand strikes to the head broke up
22 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
23 one strike KO
24 with repeated hand strikes to the head
25 with repeated hand strikes to the head
26 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
27 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw ground
28 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
29 one strike KO surprise
30 with repeated hand strikes to the head and head butt
31 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
32 with repeated hand strikes to the head and knees ground
33 with repeated hand strikes to the head and skateboard to the back of the legs
34 with repeated hand strikes to the head
35 with repeated hand strikes to the head but got kicked in the face by the losers girlfriend
36 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
37 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
38 with repeated hand strikes to the head
39 with repeated hand strikes to the head
40 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
41 one strike KO surprise
42 with repeated hand strikes to the head
43 with repeated hand strikes to the head
44 with repeated hand strikes to the head
45 with repeated hand strikes to the head
46 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw ground
47 with repeated hand strikes to the head
48 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
49 with repeated hand strikes to the head
50 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
51 with repeated hand strikes to the head
52 with repeated hand strikes to the head
53 with repeated hand strikes to the head and head butt finish
54 one strike KO surprise
55 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
56 with repeated hand strikes to the head even though the loser had a stick
57 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground draw
58 with repeated hand strikes to the head
59 one strike KO
60 one strike KO surprise slap
61 with repeated hand strikes to the head broke up
62 with repeated hand strikes to the head
63 with repeated hand strikes to the head
64 with repeated hand strikes to the head
65 with repeated hand strikes to the head
66 with repeated hand strikes to the head and kick to the head KO
67 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
68 with repeated hand strikes to the head
69 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
70 with repeated hand strikes to the head
71 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
72 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
73 one strike KO surprise
74 with repeated hand strikes to the head broke up
75 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
76 one strike KO surprise
77 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
78 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
79 with repeated hand strikes to the head
80 one strike KO
81 with repeated hand strikes to the head
82 with repeated hand strikes to the head and head through a glass window
83 with repeated hand strikes to the head and knees
84 with repeated hand strikes to the head broke up
85 with repeated hand strikes to the head
86 one strike KO
87 with repeated hand strikes to the head
88 one strike KO
89 one strike KO
90 one strike KO
91 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
92 with repeated hand strikes to the head draw
93 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
94 with repeated hand strikes to the head
95 with repeated hand strikes to the head
96 with repeated hand strikes to the head
97 with repeated hand strikes to the head KO
98 with repeated hand strikes to the head ground
99 with repeated hand strikes to the head
100 with repeated hand strikes to the head 2 strike KO

karl

[Thread_Killer]

Can't be true. Everyone knows 90 something percent wind up on the ground! I saw that in an ad in Inside Kung Fu!

[shootodog]

Can't be true. Everyone knows 90 something percent wind up on the ground! I saw that in an ad in Inside Kung Fu!

damn! i saw that ad too! many years ago! it's not true???

[burungkol]

damn! i saw that ad too! many years ago! it's not true???

what!!! so what do we do now?

[Big Nasty]

Strikes to the head are effective fight-enders?!?!?! I'M DOOMED!!! What about all the Dim Mak pressure point manipulations I've been mastering????

-- Or maybe, they don't count in the tally because they are too deadly!!

[shootodog]

we can use psychic attacks yes?

[stingroyce]

tsk...all those years of mastering "haduken"... gone to waste...

[Thread_Killer]

Going over all of the various attacks here in the PHilippines I've seen on various media that I can remember, these are the things that stand out:
1) Most of the attackers were male: almost all of the victims were male.
2) Of the 25 or so that I can remember, only 6 of the attacks were one person vs one person, all of the others involved groups.
3) The only fights that didn't use weapons were the 6 fights that were one on one.
4) The most common weapons used were rocks, followed by anything you can throw. Bottles and light bulbs seemed to be popular.
5) Fighting was done mostly at hurling range.
6) The closer-in fighting used planks, benches, sticks, knives, ice-picks and screw drivers.
7) The one-on-one fights I recall were split evenly: 3 fights were male vs male; and 3 fights were femaile vs female.
8)The men all seemed to be friends and were drunk. The women didn't seem to be friends and fought over some perceived insult like being bumped into.
9) The men seemed to be evenly match physically. One woman tended to be bigger than the other.
10) All of those participating in the one on one fights seemed to be comfortable financially and fought at venues that sold alcohol and played music.
11) The male fighting style tended to be to Clottey up while being attacked then when an opening presented itself (after their opponent got tired after 2 or 3 missed punches) they would close their eyes and swing wildly hoping for the best. The females tended to prefer attached striking, using either their opponents hair or shirt to hold while why swung overhand rights (usually open hand.)
12) The cheap shot was a favoured tactic. Usually looking away and talking to someone else, then veering back with a wide haymaker. (Tae kwon do girl notwithstanding)

Your reflections?

[Thread_Killer]

I recall one male vs female fight, with ex-PBA player Paul "Bong" Alvarez getting the worst of it against ABS CBN reporter, and recent ASIAD gold medallist in karate, Gretchen Manalad. He grabbed her hair, and she swung left hooks against Paul's handsome features.

[burungkol]

Going over all of the various attacks here in the PHilippines I've seen on various media that I can remember, these are the things that stand out:
1) Most of the attackers were male: almost all of the victims were male.
2) Of the 25 or so that I can remember, only 6 of the attacks were one person vs one person, all of the others involved groups.
3) The only fights that didn't use weapons were the 6 fights that were one on one.
4) The most common weapons used were rocks, followed by anything you can throw. Bottles and light bulbs seemed to be popular.
5) Fighting was done mostly at hurling range.
6) The closer-in fighting used planks, benches, sticks, knives, ice-picks and screw drivers.
7) The one-on-one fights I recall were split evenly: 3 fights were male vs male; and 3 fights were femaile vs female.
8)The men all seemed to be friends and were drunk. The women didn't seem to be friends and fought over some perceived insult like being bumped into.
9) The men seemed to be evenly match physically. One woman tended to be bigger than the other.
10) All of those participating in the one on one fights seemed to be comfortable financially and fought at venues that sold alcohol and played music.
11) The male fighting style tended to be to Clottey up while being attacked then when an opening presented itself (after their opponent got tired after 2 or 3 missed punches) they would close their eyes and swing wildly hoping for the best. The females tended to prefer attached striking, using either their opponents hair or shirt to hold while why swung overhand rights (usually open hand.)
12) The cheap shot was a favoured tactic. Usually looking away and talking to someone else, then veering back with a wide haymaker. (Tae kwon do girl notwithstanding)

Your reflections?

this is more realistic. especially when we talk about philippine scenarios.