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I have avoided a few fights by looking at people like that lol

I recommend not doing that. You are danger close and closing your field of vision.

Actually closing distance is good depending on your tactics and style. That said, I was referring to the "crazy eyes" I have also said "Let's do it asshole" 🤣 most miscreants back off if you don't show weakness.

ok....

It really isn't, you have a narrow field of vision.

Remember, you're built to be a hunter, not prey.

This is why ranging tactics are extremely useful in hand-to-hand combat, especially if you have more reach.

Also, that close, you can't see them if they pull a knife before you get stabbed.

Or worse, they pull a gun.

Like this is the exact reason spears were such a good combat weapon.

And why Leonidas used them.

we should have someone with forensic and EM experience to tell us how people get killed in barfights...

Stabbings, punches to the nose in a very particular way, or falling and hitting their head I presume.

If you pull a gun in a bar, you’re an idiot!

We weren't talking specifically about a bar.

Humans are not built to be hunters anymore! The convenience of life itself has made most people too soft to be given that name! Sadly, the tactics of combat are also a lost art in today’s age as conflict in any form is frowned upon.

@{CAP}Radeon, you just advanced to level 1!

Humans have not just evolved out of their predatory body. We still have the bodies of predators.

Look at your eyes, look at their position.

For instance, children are taught to turn the other cheek when they are bullied rather than standing up for themselves.

"doc, have you seen many people maimed in fights in pubs and outside clubs?"
"why, I sure have!"
"whats a typical scenario?"
"oh, one of the more common ones is a guy with 0.1 % thinking he has it down, blows himself up, get in a smaller guys face and tells him: lets go!"
"The smaller guy then brings out his tool, and due to the now greatly reduced field of view, the first guy doesnt even know what happened until the coroner says: "whow-straight to the renal artery!"

Look at your teeth.

Lol doc is definitely right about that one!

So I was right, stabbings. And yes, I brought up that you can't see anything with your reduced field of view meaning you're never going to see yourself get stabbed.

Huzzah.

indeed

It depends, but more than likely yes!

many stabbed victims last words: "He punched me in the kidney, the coward!"

People who are not trained in managing Adrenalin response are particularly vulnerable to that.

As I'm hoping people notice, when you look ahead, you have a blindspot around a foot or two in front of your direct front.

[kidney here is an example. It could just as well be, "he jabbed my in my balls!"]

The femoral artery is a popular target. Knife fighters know about it.

Very easy to hit too.

the victim rarely sees the knife.

People don't normally protect their legs.

tunnel vision + danger close

you lose your peripheral vision at a HR around 150 (adrenaline induced)

It takes about 1-2 minutes to bleed out from a good femoral artery hit if you don't stop the bloodflow.

@Doc they do, but the Brachial artery is much better!

@{CAP}Radeon harder to hit as you have to expect some kind of wailing defense.