Things will occasionally be said on this web site along the lines of “attitude.” This means, in the context of this site , your own mental set when confronted with the necessity to fight.
A good fighting “attitude” to me means that your own mentality is so trained
that the aggressor becomes the victim in your mind.
Fighting technique or training
in the martial arts, or earning a high ranking belt will go “only
so far” in an actual street fight where your opponent is intent on harming
you. To win you must mentally develop the ability, in spite
of fears you may encounter prior to a fight, to control the fight situation.
Either your enemy will control the fight or you will. He might pick
on you because he feels he will dominate, but if he suddenly discovers
that you have reversed this, the entire atmosphere of the fight will be
changed. Make the aggressor feel that you are the aggressor--he is
no longer the “bad guy,” because you are. Change your fear
into a display of anger--better yet, into a display of ferocity!!
If you await his attack rather than attacking first, you may have waited
until it is too late... If you miss your chance to win, you might
not get a second chance.
The ultimate in attitude--"under
any circumstances it is better to risk a trial by 12 jurors as an alternative
to being carried by 6 pallbearers." Change your pain into
berserk desire to beat him into submission at any cost. Consider
yourself the meanest and craziest street fighter in the world and
him as something to be destroyed. “No matter what I’m going
to hurt you badly at any cost and anything you might do to me will be repaid
handsomely.” Hit, chop, gouge, throw, elbow, spit, punch, rip, tear, gouge--destroy
in a ruthless way....but without panic and while staying alert.
After the fight, you may consider leaving the scene if you can--don’t wait to be congratulated. Then, if it appears necessary, go for a lawyer.
This kind of attitude can compensate
for shortcomings in technical fighting ability or physical condition, and may double the
effectiveness of good training, if you can develop it.
I feel it is valid, but the nature
of your personality may not permit you to intimidate an opponent prior
to the fight nor to “go for the kill” during a fight. Perhaps your
upbringing or education will prohibit you from being comfortable while
behaving like a savage.
Think of it as another “tool” which is available to you.
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