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I learned how to fight the old fashioned way. scrapping. where its a race against time to put the other guy down before he puts you down, because you are the only thing standing between them and what they want. but ive been in a couple fights where I had to stop my opponent because they were out of their minds. I couldn't bring myself to hurt them and add to their already massive list of problems. in those situations I walked away pretty banged up. any recommendations on groups, activities, martial arts, or philosophies that can help me in this? over the top violence is all ive known when it comes to such things. there has got to be a middle ground.

I learned how to fight the old fashioned way. scrapping. where its a race against time to put the other guy down before he puts you down, because you are the only thing standing between them and what they want. but ive been in a couple fights where I had to stop my opponent because they were out of their minds. I couldn't bring myself to hurt them and add to their already massive list of problems. in those situations I walked away pretty banged up. any recommendations on groups, activities, martial arts, or philosophies that can help me in this? over the top violence is all ive known when it comes to such things. there has got to be a middle ground.

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>I'll take slight issue with the recommendation for BJJ/Jiujitsu as the best street fight technique.

OP isn't looking for the best street fight technique

He's looking for a method to neutralize an adversary without resorting to beating the living shit out of him. Your typical drunk uncle at a christmas party

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

Stand corrected -- thanks. Will leave my comments up for posterity -- also because my ultimate advice is to walk away -- though, you're right, that's evidently not exactly what OP is looking for. He does mention martial arts as an item he'd be interested in exploring, but in context, I suspect he means as a kind of physical means to de-escalate a conflict.

Not sure if it's much help, but here's a couple articles on conflict de-escalation techniques:

Good luck, OP. And congratulations on looking for ways to avoid fighting to resolve conflict.