things my father taught me about fighting

[SwampG8r]

my dad is a cool old guy
fought his way across the pacific and served in korea too
he knows about fighting
when my brother (GRHS) and i were little he knew that fighting was inevitable
so he made us ready
a lot of people here seem to believe that fighting equates you to your opponent
a lot of excuses are made for our opponents poor actions and fighting back is decried as beneath us
so heres the things my dad taught me about fighting


never fight if you dont have to
try to reason first

if you do have to fight hit first
hit often
hit accurately

once a fight starts there are NO rules
they are defined by the winner

keep focus and make every shot hurt

use whatever presents itself to hurt your opponent
trash can lid brick whatever

keep your hands up and your elbows in

and never listen to the sayings about never kick a man when he is down
when he is down is the time to kick him harder and in the head
son of a bitch might get up again

if you have to fight make sure you win

now go kick the GOP in the ass for my dad please?

[SwampG8r]

1. nobody elses dad gave fighting tips?

[Blue_Tires]

7. that about covers it

hell, i didn't get advice that good as a kid...

[Boz]

12. If your in a street fight dont wait for a bell and don't look for a referee

Personally ascribe to the George Forman school, You can hit me all you want, But when I hit back, its going to be so hard your ancestors are gonna feel it, because Im gonna knock you into last Tuesday with each hit.


And that was my 1000 post wohooo just noticed.

[SwampG8r]

29. happy 1000

way to go!

[SwampG8r]

2. cmon folks im not the only one

somebody was teachin all the other guys something

[dionysus]

3. kick

[AuntPatsy]

4. Never turn you back on them even if they are down...they could easily get back up..

[SwampG8r]

5. and i forgot

never tuck your thumbs
use the flat of the foot when kicking

[yardwork]

13. My dad taught me that part about the thumbs.

He also told me to go for the eyes and the nose.

[Egnever]

6. most people have never been in a fight

Your dad was a smart guy.

I have been in countless fights and there have never been rules in any of them.

[SwampG8r]

8. the only rules i ever saw

were the ones i made up as we went

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. "The only rule in fighting is; 'don't lose'."

Yes, that was from my dad.

[nichomachus]

10. If you're in a fight

and the other guys have razors and chains, forget about the Marquis of Queensbury rules. That gets you killed.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. We Have 60 DAYS of Fighting left

I'm not backing away from this fight until even if they surrender.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. If you're fighting Glenn Close and you THINK you've drowned her in the tub...

...hold her under a while longer.

[AlinPA]

15. Good advice, especially when fighting republicans.

[NashVegas]

16. Your Dad Sounds Like He Cheats A Lot

once a fight starts there are NO rules
they are defined by the winner

People are still fighting the Civil War in the South because what General Sherman did was considered out of bounds.

[Egnever]

20. Calling it cheating does you absolutly no good when you are bloody on the ground

you go ahead and fight the honest fight. When I am in a battle for my life I am going to use every advantage i can get my hands on.

[NashVegas]

22. Except

You're not in a battle for your life.

[Egnever]

27. The hell you say

This election has very real ramifications on my life, Maybe you are secure in your life and nothing that happens because of this election will effect it. For me there will be very real consequences.

[wvbygod]

28. A statement like that needs evidence

What exactly is 100% known about mccain or Obama as President that could even be possibly
considered as life changing for you or any of us?

Maybe if you have a marker on Obama winning and a hitman coming after you if he loses?
Mccain has promised to personally attack Egnever if he wins?

Really. What on Earth could this election do to any of us that we could not undo ourselves?

[Egnever]

30. Well lets see

My son has juvenile diabetes. His health care costs alone are enough to put me in the poor house if not for pure luck that we currently have a health care plan that is very good but each year the benefits get trimmed a little more.

Cures for diabetes that have shown the most promise are related to stem cell research so taking that off the table had very large consequences for my family.

My wife is a teacher so the no child left behind crap has a direct relationship to her lively hood.

Need I go on or is that enough for you ?

[NashVegas]

31. Okay. So. How Is Spreading False Rumors on An Internet Message Board Going to Help Your Kid?

Hmm?

[Egnever]

32. By helping to bring mcsame down

the same way the muslim crap brings down Obamas numbers. Are you stupid or just willfully ignorant?


btw was that other name your sock puppet?

[NashVegas]

35. Riiiight

Good luck on that.

BTW - this is the second time I've been accused of sock puppetry. Pretty funny stuff. Some of us don't need another account to hide behind. People who do that should try owning up to their shit some time. It's liberating.

[wvbygod]

33. That helps

Same here with the NCLB teacher victim in the family. Affects my lively hood too.

Possibly the health care will be better with Obama but I expected that with the Clinton's too.

As for stem cell research I hope to heaven we can get that in full swing as soon as possible.
Not sure how much eliminating embryos is holding things up (other countries are using them) but
the pace and funding of stem cells needs a serious kick in the butt.

[lumberjack_jeff]

21. Win. Lose. Pick only one. n/t

[NashVegas]

23. A Temporary Win

Combined with years of embitterment.

The north won. Look where we are now. How much of the current imbalance is because the south despised "Yankees."

[JVS]

25. Sherman was a great hero. We should have let him spend the 1865-1875 on tour in the south burning

edited, because 1865-1975 would have been a tad excessive

[Skidmore]

17. Rules my mama taught me.

Avoid fighting and use your words
Try to get the person to understand your point of view

If you are attacked, defend yourself, bite, scratch, and claw. If all else fails, a knee to the groin most likely will help.

I learned girl's rules back in the 1950s.

[the other one]

18. YEE-FUCKING-HAW

nt

[bigmonkey]

19. I remember a little of what my karate teacher said years ago.

Don't fight a guy who has a gun.
If you are certain, absolutely certain, that the other guy is going to hit you, hit him first, and hard. My teacher used to scare the new students whenever he gave this advice, because then he'd slam one fist into the other palm, and say "Pearl Harbor!" I thought it made his point, but it also makes the point that winning now may not mean winning in the long term.

[mitchum]

24. Your dad is a wise man

[Orsino]

26. Violence is the last refuge of the incompentent...

...but sometimes a fight is forced upon you. I'm not quite a pacifist; I admire the minimum necessary use of force, but not this kick-him-when-he's-down-by-any-means-necessary stuff.

Fight if you have to, to defend the lives of those you hold dear. In between, manage your affairs so that you have to fight as rarely as possible.

[Growler]

34. K&R