If you learn how to fight do you look at someone differently or think about taking him down?

Question

If you learn how to fight do you look at someone differently or think about taking him down?

Answer 1

When I did TKD and WC in my younger years, my first thought was always "How do I maintain distance, and how do I get to his centerline?"

Now with years of Judo, a bit of BJJ, and a couple of fights behind me, it's "How do I close the distance on that guy, and should I double leg or osoto-gari to drop him?"

It's funny how that changes.

Answer 2

In casual conversation I think about taking him down and pounding his face in. That's normal isn't it?

Answer 3

When I look at someone who wants to fight, I instantly think of a great lawsuit and a great way to make money :)

Answer 4

Actually, the more I learned to fight, the more I realized how many people out there are better than me.  I'm a second degree black belt in Kenpo, and feel I can defend myself.  But I only train now about two hours a week.  Some people do that a day (or even twice that).  You don't know who they are, either.  A guy who looks harmless may be a more experienced or talented fighter than you.  

I am more confident, despite all that I said, but I don't predict how a fight would go.  Every situation is different, and requires different actions.

Answer 5

when I get pissed.

Answer 6

Actually I got calmer after learning martial arts. I mean I ended up defusing situations w/o violence while earlier I might have fought, and I did that w/o losing face. Our culture compells us to "act like a man", and by that it means to fight. Once you know you can kick a dudes @$$ without a problem, you're like, yeah I see this idiot talking smack but I'm smarter than him, I KNOW I cant beat that @$$, so why should I? Just lead to trouble. Now once I got jumped about a year in my Krav training by 2 dudes, and it was like a snap in the mind and a warning kick to one of the dudes, knee put an end to it. The second guy tried to advance and I didnt back down, held my fighting stance, the idiot turns around and leaves talking all the S**t.