Comments on Low Tech Combat: What is the most likely attack on the street?

Anonymous, all you had to do is ask...

The ...

2009-03-03T18:10:00.000+11:00

Anonymous, all you had to do is ask...

The full details of the source of these statistics can be found from the government website of the ABS at the following link.

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4509.0Main+Features1Apr%202005?OpenDocument

All the demographics and number of people polled plus lots more can be found there and you can also download the whole thing.

I left that out of the post in the interests of making the post easy to read and not get bogged down with details. But for all to see, for sure, go check out the source.

Hope that helps.

"This Poll and the mixed responses was the catalys...

2009-03-02T20:34:00.000+11:00

"This Poll and the mixed responses was the catalyst in starting a series utilising statistics from large bodies of people" --- ugh, learn some literary composition skills, buddy.

Number of pollants? Demographics? Countries? Economic levels? Age range of pollants? Nah, you don't need this info. It's the internet!

Aside from the poor wording of the sentence quoted above, we know nothing about where these statistics come from, other than that the people polled are using a computer. So people of a middle to upper middle class, in countires with developed infrastructure, etc.

Hardly comprehensive, since these people live in relatively sanitary, safe environments where help is a 911 call away. Attacks are rare, compared to the violence people in less-weathly areas face everyday. I'm not thinking Africa here, more like inner city Detroit, the muslim slums of Paris, or the poor rural areas of the Eastern Europe.

It's incredible how you can compose a a legitimate sounding blog out of random factoids and anonymous "polls".

Definitely Benros. To avoid a confrontation is alw...

2009-01-09T08:45:00.000+11:00

Definitely Benros. To avoid a confrontation is always better than emerging the victor. I cant remember if it was Musashi or Sun Tzu that said,

"To have 100 victories in 100 battles is not the highest skill,
To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."

These days, it is very risky to get involved in street confrontations. It is becoming more and more likely that there will be large numbers of people involved. It is a big ask for anyone to be able to fight off 5 or more attackers.

There was no data regarding if the victims were trained in self defence or martial arts or anything at all from any of the statistics I researched for the series from Australia, the UK or the US.

As far as I know, this information is simply not available. If anyone out there does know of this information I would really appreciate a link by commenting below.

My estimate Benros would be that the percentage of the victims trained in self defence or even martial arts would be quite small due to the overall small percentage of people that engage in this type of training in the general population. Sorry I don't have anything more solid in that regards.

It should be noted though that any confrontation s...

2009-01-09T07:13:00.000+11:00

It should be noted though that any confrontation should be avoided whenever possible. You might be a quadruple red belt but if you die it really doesn't matter.

It would be really interesting to know of these people surveyed, how many of them are trained in self-defence (not martial arts).

Hi ttruscott,

This post was not so much abo...

2008-11-17T17:48:00.000+11:00

Hi ttruscott,

This post was not so much about any particular technique. It was more about the fundamentals such as what age group for each type of attack, do they generally know each other and where these attacks occur plus more.

These areas havn't been looked into too much before.

So Assault is more likely than Robbery but generally has less consequences.

This post focused on the fundamentals rather than looked too much into what technique each type of attack uses.

To answer your other question, a 'king hit' is a big right hand. Generally swung wildly with full force and is generally used as the first strike in an attack.

A 'blindside' is a big punch thrown from someones blind spot such as from behind the target or the side. Essentially, the target has no chance of defending it. That is where 360 degree awareness comes into these types of scenarios. The blindside attack often comes from a friend of two fighting males, typically the losing side.

Multiple attackers must be considered. Especially as the stats indicate that there is more likely to be THREE attackers than two.

Hope that helps ttrruscott :)

I still don't know what the most common attack is....

2008-11-17T11:31:00.000+11:00

I still don't know what the most common attack is...

What is "King Hit and Blindside" that got the most votes? These terms do not translate in Canadian very well. :)

The statistics regarding knife use was from Austra...

2008-10-17T09:34:00.000+11:00

The statistics regarding knife use was from Australia. The next post in the series, at this stage, is looking like being from the US.

Will be interesting to see the difference regarding handgun use. Stay tuned!

Great statistics, it's always valuable to bring in...

2008-10-16T01:38:00.000+11:00

Great statistics, it's always valuable to bring in a little hard data. A lot of common beliefs about confrontations is speculative because, like you say, it really depends on the day to day situations you find yourself in.

I wasn't surprised by the knife statistic. I'm sure guns got their healthy share, but knives are just so easy to conceal and use.

Looking forward to the future posts in this series.