[Molon Labbie]

For all the folks who have kids out there, teach your kids if they get into something like this gang assault, protect the face and head as much as possible. It is common for the thugs to circle around and kick dozens of times or take running leaps to land straight down with both feet on the victim.

This poor kid probably did not initially receive those injuries from the typical cowardly sucker punch that almost always precludes the “beatdown”.

A common tactic for these thugs is to decide one will verbally intimidate the victim to draw his attention then a second or third will hit the victim from the rear or flank with a haymaker, with full body motion and many times with the crook of the arm or forearm making the initial contact. This almost always knocks the unsuspecting victim down. Then like a pack of hyenas they descend on the victim.

The best defense against this is not to be caught in it. You can’t fight ten people in hand to hand.

Teach your kids not to ignore that little voice telling them a group is going to be trouble. We as humans subconsciously pick up on little cues that our adversaries give us but somehow we don’t compute it properly or ignore it because of societal programming. If a group of assailants is gathering to do something to you, a sure fire way to determine their intent is to do an immediate about face. If they really want you, they will come.

[21twelve]

Thanks for the advice - copied to email to be read to my kids later. I’ve never heard of this animal behaviour in my neck of the woods - but it is probably coming.

[denydenydeny]

Teach your kids not to ignore that little voice telling them a group is going to be trouble. We as humans subconsciously pick up on little cues that our adversaries give us but somehow we don’t compute it properly or ignore it because of societal programming.

The word that comes to mind is "profile."

[Travis McGee]

For all the folks who have kids out there, teach your kids if they get into something like this gang assault, protect the face and head as much as possible. It is common for the thugs to circle around and kick dozens of times or take running leaps to land straight down with both feet on the victim. This poor kid probably did not initially receive those injuries from the typical cowardly sucker punch that almost always precludes the “beatdown”. A common tactic for these thugs is to decide one will verbally intimidate the victim to draw his attention then a second or third will hit the victim from the rear or flank with a haymaker, with full body motion and many times with the crook of the arm or forearm making the initial contact. This almost always knocks the unsuspecting victim down. Then like a pack of hyenas they descend on the victim. The best defense against this is not to be caught in it. You can’t fight ten people in hand to hand. Teach your kids not to ignore that little voice telling them a group is going to be trouble. We as humans subconsciously pick up on little cues that our adversaries give us but somehow we don’t compute it properly or ignore it because of societal programming. If a group of assailants is gathering to do something to you, a sure fire way to determine their intent is to do an immediate about face. If they really want you, they will come.

All true. And if you see a "beat down" in progress, and you have a weapon, you should know someone is being maimed or killed, and "deadly force is authorized."

[usurper]

Teach your kids not to ignore that little voice telling them a group is going to be trouble.

That advice saved my bacon more then once growing up in LA.