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Patrick Parker’s thought-provoking post, The myth of multiple attackers lays it out!
A conflict with any one aggressor is at best a 50-50 proposition - that is, it's an even chance of you winning or losing. Much of the time the odds are much worse than that because aggressors can be assumed to work the odds in their favor by using surprise, weapons, and whatever other advantage they can come up with. Martial arts (any martial art) might tip the odds in your favor somewhat, but they are not magic talismans. When two or three or four guys accost you, the smart option is to comply and give them what they want and hope they go away (that's a pretty good option when one guy accosts you too).
Parker is no newbie, he is 6th-Dan Aikido, and 5th-Dan Judo, and is the consummate martial arts student – he rarely says, “I know ,” but seems to say, “let’s see,” and “let’s try to find out.” He details that his training and competitive levels were very high in Karate in the 80s and 90s, but that “I was also a large, athletic guy in the best shape of my life, but I never approached the ability to beat up two attackers at once.”
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"The serious bad guys don't fight. They take you out. They stack everything in their favor: surprise, position, number and weapons (depending on the goal) and finish it. The last thing they want is a fight. Serious bad guys don't fight, they take you out."
"And so do successful good guys."
- Rory Miller from his post, Worth It?
As Miller writes, and explains, there is a vast difference between sparring, and fighting, and defending yourself. They are related, but not the same. The intensity of an attack is far less than the controlled range and unspoken agreements to get out of this not only alive, but unhurt.
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