First knockdown at about 0:50, was brilliant- he used his lead left hand to "post" on the attacker's right collar/shoulder area, measuring for a clean right hook. You could call it a cross, but I call it a hook because his right arm is making a 90 degree angle at the elbow when he strikes. Armchair criticism: his right foot came off the ground as he threw that punch. He put himself into a very vulnerable position, but fortunately nobody capitalized. The second video, appears to be Russian or eastern European. This guy was brilliant, I believe he has some training. He launches his attack against multiple opponents *from the doorway where only one person can engage him at a time.* This is how you defeat superior numbers. He put two of the 3 guys down with solid, clean punches, and only moved back into the train(?) once he only had one remaining target. He also keeps his back towards the easiest exit in case things went wrong for him. Absolutely perfectly done. Third video: I remember this one. The guy in the black dress shirt is a Turkish boxer, former champion IIRC. He maintains his stance the whole time, moving backward to keep all of his attackers in front of him, throwing out clean, short punches as his attackers rush into them. I can't find anything to armchair criticize with this guy, he's a fucking professional with great situational awareness. He's an actual warrior, being attacked by a small mob of untrained, unorganized morons- the warrior walks away unscathed, the morons get carried away. Again, no armchair criticism, this warrior knows what he's doing. Fourth video on the beach: Red shirt 23 displays great awareness early on, backing up and keeping all of his attackers in front of him (seeing a pattern yet?) and keeps his hands up, throwing short punches at incoming attackers. **This appears to be the best way to deal with a group of attackers barehanded- KEEP THEM IN FRONT OF YOU, KEEP YOUR BACK TO AN EXIT ROUTE, KEEP YOUR FUCKING HANDS UP TO PROTECT YOUR CHIN, AND THROW SHORT, TIGHT, PRECISE PUNCHES AS THE ATTACKERS MOVE IN.** You can train this easily. Get a ball of some kind, tennis ball or whatever, and hang it by string from a tree limb or somewhere in your house that you can move around a little. Pretend that ball is a fist, and shove it. Dodge it as it comes back at you, parry it, and then once your coordination is good enough that the ball won't hit you even when you have it going pretty fast, implement using short, tight punches. Try to **time your strikes** as the ball is reaching "event horizon", punching range. You can simulate a fight like this. It may seem goofy, but it does train your reflexes and prepare you to react better when you see an object flying at your face. Your inbuilt flinching reflex is often more a detriment than helpful- untrained people often try to lean backward at their hips (trunk) from punches, but all they're doing is *putting themselves on the END of the punch, where it has the most power.* That's all I can comment on from those clips. Good stuff. It's good to watch footage like this, because **this shit might happen to you one day.** Nobody ever leaves their house thinking "I'm going to be kidnapped and murdered tonight", but people get kidnapped or murdered or mugged all the fucking time. Everyone believes they're invincible until someone shows them otherwise. Watching tape like this can help us to gather data. For example, these MMA fighters did a study on knife attacks, analyzing over 300 stabbing attacks caught on film. They were able to determine that 92% of stabbings/cuttings begin with the attacker trying to grab you with their lead (empty) hand. 98% of the time, it will be a knife in their right hand. Knowing shit like this can help us to train to prepare for the worst. Even after their study, the MMA fighters all agree that if a knife comes out, run or get something bigger than the knife to try and stave the fucker off.