Years ago I stepped in to separate two BGs in Chaweng. A Thai guy told me I should not have done it. I took that as fair warning and realized what I did was stupid. All kinds of bad things could have happened to me. Not my problem. Not my fight.

For one thing they both could have Muay Thaied me.

I have taught self defence for years,avoidance is the first thing taught.

Obviously what is taught to military and police is different but I encourage avoidance,often when you help they both turn on you.

We study numerous scenarios and videos of real events,with 34 years of training I will avoid a situation at all costs.

As for being a hero,family and self first,I was once in a mountain in Canada and became lost for a short time with a friend,we came across an old Chinese couple who were also lost and we found our way back together.

If a bear had come I already told my friend I'm throwing the Chinese man at it,and I meant it,why put yourself in a situation,they explode quicker then you can imagine.

As for knives,the victims rarely see them until after they are in you.

 

What about the chinese woman? Would you do the same if the old couple well happened to be "white"?

 

kangawallafox (!), I think you'll find that sane approach wont go down well with the 'hard men' on this board. Apparently we are all 6'7" tall and 250lbs of rippling muscle, spent several years learning Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (in the Legion, of course) before beginning our MMA careers. We now spend our days working out in the same gym as Tim 'The Shark' and our nights threatening tourists with bodily harm - it's a full life.

Hey comeon all farang are just automatically assumed to be over 6 ft tall 200 lbs not fat but muscle bound ppl while the thais are all midgets cos you know there aren't small farangs around and no big sized asian/thais.

Chinese or not,race was not the issue.

However being that the bear would be hungry after a Chinese feed in twenty minutes I would have thrown the woman at it to.

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Great commentary.

Whereabouts was this?

Soi 7 Beach Rd Pattaya.

In one of the end bars or across the street on the Beach side?

Anyway, it's probably smart of you for stay out of it. So you would do something if it is in your country?

...recalling the recent story of a Thai contract worker stepping into break up a fight somewhere in Canada and got stabbed to death....a sad story indeed, in 2 days he was due to go back to his family in Thailand after working in the "patch" for 2yrs.

Stay out of it...and if in Thailand....I don't even rubber-neck, I tend to split in the other direction,fast.

The majority of the members here agreed not to get involved in someone's fight. I was just wondered how would they feel if the shoe is on the other foot.

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Usually when a man is in a one on one fight he wants it to remain that way. In my day once it was clear that there was a winner the agression would usually stop and the loser would accept he lost. Occasionaly when the guy who was clearly winning would not stop the agression others would step in to stop the fight.

Very little of that sort of honor these days in street fights, much better to just walk away.