how do you keep a calm head in a fight?

Question

i mean if someone punched you and started running at you and kicking you surely you wil get angry and pisse* off realy bad
how do you keep a calm head in any of those situations
does it take time to master this

Answer 1

The only way you can really practice this is to actually get in fights, which isn't feasible. Your martial arts testing should help prepare you for this, especially if you have a part of the test where the opponent or opponents will attack you and you do not know how they will attack you or where they are coming from (blindfolded).

You have to concentrate on your breathing and maintaining "eagle vision" - a panoramic view of the situation in order to keep a cool head. Sparring is good practice too.

Answer 2

Good question. And yes, it does take time, practice, and familiarity with the situations you may find yourself in. That is why you train in specific situations sometimes at the dojo: so that you react the same way when its for real as you did when you performed the technique 1000 times with a training partner.

Its always best to be calm and rational...you may even get out of the fight without throwing a punch, but if you fly off the handle, somebody is getting hurt no matter what.

Answer 3

Focus on what you are doing in the fight, it all comes down to controlling your temper period, you can practice that on a daily basis, like try not to get angry whenever somebody is rude, or makes a bad comment to you, also hold your temper when someone insult you, it takes time, but the more you practice it, and have success at doing this, the easier it gets, that way you can keep a clear mind during a combat situation and remember your techniques and so fourth.

Answer 4

Experience and meditation help to alleviate the anger. Once the anger is gone, you function much better. Other people have to deal with fear in the same way. This is a long term project that must be consistently applied, the same as any training regimen for any of the numerous forms of martial arts. IMHO calm and the ability to adjust to the situation are more important than any particular form or fighting style.

Answer 5

Inner confidence. After the first punch is thrown the butterflies go away. As long as you are confident that you have been doing your cardio, then you shouldn't have any worries or anxiety come up. It's only when you are gassed and the opponent keeps coming strong is when anxiety can become a factor. Basically training gets you better at this, but you either believe in yourself or you don't.

Answer 6

Yes it takes time. The more experience you get the easier you can put the nerves feelings the angry feelings and the adrenaline aside. Best thing to do is concentrate on keeping your face blank not one expression this will keep you focused one thing and just let your body do what it needs to.

Answer 7

If someone ran up to be and punched me I wouldn't really wanna stay calm. But if for some reason you want to, don't fight back, show the person you don't want to fight and try to reason it out or find out why he's attacking you.

Answer 8

The natural human reaction is "fight or flight" .

How you do either one would vary, if you want to keep your cool, training and practice would help.

A trained fighter (or a person who trains like one), with time learns to keep his cool during a fight, of course instinct usually takes over.

Keep on training my friend!

Answer 9

Fight like you train - train like you fight.

Start taking a martial art of some kind.

Answer 10

That is a question for the ages. Training and experience will help. I focus on my breathing