I was a non functioning alcoholic and ran with some rough types in my late teens/early 20s and have both kicked ass and had my ass kicked. Mostly drunken barfights.
One time someone legitimately mistook me for someone else and started cussing at me, so I started cussing back and pushed him to the ground. He got up and did a really neat move actually where he faked a kick and then socked me right in the cheek, knocked me on my ass. I apologized, got up, we figured out the misunderstanding and he bought me a beer.
Many many times. Because I boxed. Nothing more fun than being punched in the face under the right conditions.
I worked with adults with developmental disabilities in my early adult life, specifically those with behavioral issues and some with gang affiliations (some of them may have been on the spectrum or may not have but used our program as a way out of jail/prison).
I got punched in the chest, spit in the face, threatened with stabbing, and more. I’m sure at some point I was either slapped or punched in the face too.
I signed up for it (Muay Thai)
Back when MMA was a new thing I did a class. Made my ears ring lol
Only if you count the accidental backhanded punch of my ex-wife while I was having a dream where I got attacked and had to punch someone.
I’ve never been punched in the face, only had my face full force thrust into a vending machine by a teenage bully when I was like 8 or 9 because I wouldn’t let him cut in the long line at the pool and use the money I had already started putting in the machine.
I’ve never really been punched in the face even when I was a kid, unless you count protruding inanimate objects slamming into me. Isn’t the head, which contains the skull, a rather unattractive spot to strike one’s first move on?
Yeah. Super drunk dude who got thrown out of a bar decided everyone was on his shitlist. Apparently, he was known to the cops. I was standing outside and dude ran up in punched me. I hadn’t said a word to him the whole night. Not sure why he picked me. He appeared to be coked out, so there’s that. He was arrested for something else (DV, I think) not long after.
My brother and I were dancing at his wedding. He was imitating dance-moves that Mac from IASIP does with his elbows and accidentally bow’ed me in the jaw. It hurt but was pretty funny.
Same brother as a teen was showing me his shadow-boxing skills and punched my nose. Again it was funny, but it made me cry lol. Obviously I’m the younger sibling…
Once, a couple of months ago when a junkie broke into my house.
No.
I’ve been able to identify potential incidents before they get out of hand and diffuse them.
Diffuse can be used as a verb meaning “to spread out” or an adjective meaning “not concentrated.” It is often confused with defuse, which can only be a verb. The original meaning of defuse was “to take the fuse off a bomb,” but the word now usually means “to make less dangerous or tense.”
I’m assuming that’s for other people reading as I don’t really care to correct my grammar that much on Lemmy.
Unagi
I like to box, but I’m also not super good at it so multiple times.
I was 27 and traveling. I had some time to kill so headed to a local bar for a few drinks before I turned in for the evening. Of all the people in this fairly crowded bar, I get a loud drunk guy that thinks he knows me, he keeps putting his arm around my shoulder, trying to act chummy, telling anyone who will listen that “we’re cool, old friends”.
I got fed up and stressed he didn’t know me, to keep his hands off me. well, he took great offense to this, exchanged some words and stormed off. I figured that was that… But some time goes by, he returns and again throws his arm around me. This time I forcibly removed it. Before I could even process the whole situation, his other hand came around and punched me square in the face knocking me on my ass.
I hopped up, pushed him through the crowd and put him through a standalone table. He was pretty hammered and didn’t get up immediately, the bartenders started yelling at me acting like I was the aggressor. I bolted straight to the door and got the hell out before anything came of it, dunno what happened to the guy and I was back on the road bright and early.
Threw a man’s belongings off a train because he was listening to music without headphones.
Worth it.
You, uh… you ok bro?
I was maybe a little inebriated, and he was very rude.
He had to wait for the next train, and I had a sore jaw for a week. Mild inconveniences al round. I think everyone got what they deserved.
You’re doing God’s work.
so many times. abusive gf. boxing lessons. getting jumped by 10 people. fights… etc
I got socked trying to break up a 5 man brawl at a steak n shake.
Pulled a guy off another guy and he turned around and punched me in the eye. That was right before someone threw a chair through one of the windows.
Everyone just kinda stopped after that and the dude that punched me apologized.
That was kind of the end of the whole ordeal as everyone just kinda left real quick.
