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Combat Kick Boxing

Chapter Five
One-to-One – Unarmed

The title of this chapter is arbitrary. You should never take it for granted that your
assailant is both alone and unarmed.
However in legal terms your defence must be lawful; that is, using minimum
force only. It stands to reason that an attack by more than one assailant or by an
armed assailant is inherently more life-threatening and the law should allow more
extreme defences on your part.
So for that reason alone, the following scenarios involve one unarmed assailant
only. You should be aware that your assailant may be considerably bigger than
you, may be able to bench press 350 lb, may be mentally deranged or pumped full
of drugs or drink, both of which will make him less responsive to pain.
Further, the situation may lend your assailant an unusual advantage. He may
ambush you in the dark or attack you from behind. He may be a burglar, alert and
full of adrenalin whilst you are bleary-eyed and half asleep. The scenarios where
he has an inherent and potentially fight-winning advantage are too numerous to
mention, but depend on one thing: if you are the victim he’ll hold most of the
aces.
There are in fact, so many potential extras to an ‘unarmed assault’ – drugs,
drink, concealed weapons and so on – that the best advice I can give you is to treat
all attacks as potentially life-threatening. However, observe the precautions of
not jumping up and down on your assailant’s unconscious form (!) and of leaving
the area as quickly as possible. All attacks should be reported to the police.

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