Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of virtual fighters roaming or gathering here in animepaper? at least try to look at their avatar, their signature, or even their user page. you can see that there are a lot of user who using anime character which representing a fighter, a samurai, a ninja, a hunter, a modern soldier, or maybe a red alien frog wielding weapon with both of its hands (that's me). or maybe a discussion group which always held an rpg-like simulation (whatever you call it) games. or probably you are one them too (maybe i should say "one of us").

but, how about your real life? have you ever had a real fight?

talking about real fight experience, since i was child my mother always told me that i shouldn't be afraid of anything if i believe that i'm right. her advice always drag me into a lot of arguments, and a most of them lead into physical fights. especially when i was in elementary school, i think there's no day without a fight. so that my teachers have fed up about me and my friends attitude. and so that i have a lot of ripped blood stained uniform, and also a lot of scars. when i was on junior high, my fighting habit pretty much eased by joined a karate club. but when i was on senior high, i have twice tangled with an unbalance fights. that was happened cos i was challenging a school gang leader, and the results were always the same, they beat me up . but nobody seems to like to mess up since i enter the university, not strange at all since university student tends to use their head than their muscles.

so, how about you? come over here veterans, and tell us your own real life battle experiences!

First off is me i guess, anyways..I was a bully back in elementary school, i picked on all the kids i wanted. I'm going to skip to high school because in middle school, I didn't fight one bit, it was all just chilling with my homies and experimenting with girls. In high school i did a lot of backyard boxing, but for real fights i didn't fought a lot because you realize one day you have to grow up. Oh yeah, and i don't want to get charged or go to juvy because of fighting.

Well, I have done that only one year as a big Dragon Ball Z fan.
I imitated their fightings and fight with other people just for fun. However, I had my rules, like:
- Do not fight people who do not want to.
- Do not fight with someone who is younger than you.
- Do not fight against other women.
It was not really like a real fight, but we made tournaments to see who is stronger. Nothing else tough...
Nowadays, I have stopped completely. I am wondering how I was able to do that. Now I cannot even run for five minutes...

I've only been in a couple of fights but that's because I can tell there's probably going to be one before hand, and usually I want to back out peacefully because I'm thinking of all the legal crap, lawsuits, criminal charges, expulsion from school, etc.

But it's interesting because doing that immediately makes the other person under estimate me, I try to let the other person throw the first punch so I can blame anything that happens after that on self-defense, cause remember shoving someone into an object with your body was just you "tripping over, your own feet".

After that there's no real "techniques" just a lot of shoving, wild punches, some kneeing or kicking, and the occasional head-butt or elbow. For me it was more or less about protecting the vital points, head (need it to stay conscious), diaphragm (sorta, don't need to get the wind knocked out of you), and of course those tiny, sensitive, testicles. Although it's an unwritten rule not to try the "low blow", but that doesn't stop them from going there.

Oh yeah, there's one fight I have to recount, even though this kinda like listing.

In my old Jr. high there's a narrow stairwell that leads to outside the building and it was quicker for me to get to class by going through those stairs and outside to get around the building. At one point some small seventh graders were walking side-by-side on the stairs taking up the whole staircase and walking slower than hell, so I get fed up and shove past them telling them to move faster, since I would have been late waiting for them(one more late and I dropped a grade letter). I open the door to the outside and all of a sudden I'm shoved from behind and go tumbling outside for a good 4 feet into the chain fence. Dazed and slightly confused I'm trying to get my bearings, and one of the kids jumps onto me, punching my head over and over. I find it annoying and shove him off onto the fence area next to me, I decide to get up, the kid jumps onto my back and starts punching my head, again! So this time I throw him off and stand up, he rushes be and starts pounding me in the chest, look at him strangely and shove him back, at this point I've had it and was ready to kick his ass. So I prepare myself and then I thought about it, so far he seems to have been pretty serious and I've found it just annoying. If I beat him I might be late, and second I would just feel bad after beating on someone with this much of a difference between us. So I decide to start laughing, relax my stance, pick up my books and leave.

There was one fight that broke out in my house with my parents' friend's kid. I was about 10-11 and it took place in the basement. The fight was like any fight a 10 year old could throw, just kicking each other etc. The fight ended when I took a plastic chair and whacked the other kid across the face and he had to go to the washroom to puke.

Asides from that, I can't remember fighting at all. In middle school I didn't fight because I thought the new environment I was in was more serious, where if you fought you'd get into big trouble. I was trying to adjust to my new lifestyle back then as well. High school I never fought because I simply knew it wasn't the brightest thing to do.

Does Full Contact Competition Sparing count?

I used to fight a lot.. it slowed down once i entered high school though ^_^ .. before that i was always beating up the bullies..except girls... i have problems hitting girls even though i am a girl XD ..mostly because they end up pulling hair >.<

but i've been in a lot of fights.. high school the fights were more serious but there were fewer of them til i eventually stopped but occassionally there's still someone you meet that you REALLY want to hit.. i guess the only thing that changes is your control

I didnt had that much fight back then in school i was no fighter to that more one of those who think before they punch someone but even i had some times i had to strike my enemy down XD
Right now i would say ima fighter and i would fight everyone if i have to well if i can keep it if it comes to that, thats something i cant really say but the best Heros our times and in the past are Figter so why dont we should have some these seen in our signatures and avatars

Have I!? ...I've just back from the jail before tree weeks! I even been in an dungeon for a month in jail!! I know very well what is real life fight!!!!!

Vict

but for real fights i didn't fought a lot because you realize one day you have to grow up. Oh yeah, and i don't want to get charged or go to juvy because of fighting.

good reasons, pretty wise.

Kaia-Chan

Now I cannot even run for five minutes...

lol, i guess you have realized that you're older than before.

DistortionL05

If I beat him I might be late, and second I would just feel bad after beating on someone with this much of a difference between us. So I decide to start laughing, relax my stance, pick up my books and leave.

trying to be as cool as possible eh? but yes, you're damn cool!

Longbow

The fight ended when I took a plastic chair and whacked the other kid across the face and he had to go to the washroom to puke

lol funny lol, i'm you're not using any longbow to fight. lol

Longbow

In middle school I didn't fight because I thought the new environment I was in was more serious, where if you fought you'd get into big trouble. I was trying to adjust to my new lifestyle back then as well. High school I never fought because I simply knew it wasn't the brightest thing to do.

nice, another good reason for not to fight.

TheMajor

Does Full Contact Competition Sparing count?

probably, but it depends on your motives. if both of you have another reason to fight rather than just sports (personal reason such vengeance, hate, etc) , yes it does.

lildevil8200

i have problems hitting girls even though i am a girl XD ..mostly because they end up pulling hair >.<

lol yes, it seems that they always end up pulling opponent's hair. actually, its pretty funny to watch lol.

Shimazaki

thats something i cant really say but the best Heros our times and in the past are Figter so why dont we should have some these seen in our signatures and avatars

very enlightening, i understand.

rahowa

Have I!? ...I've just back from the jail before tree weeks! I even been in an dungeon for a month in jail!! I know very well what is real life fight!!!

lol another super realistic fighting experience, absolutely can't avoid to fight, right there lol.

I made fun of, one of my seniors in front of the whole school and the next day in the middle of the break 3 of the seniors came and pinned me to the wall... 2 of them were holding me hand and the other hand his hand thight on my neck... and the worst part about this was the fact that i new all 3 of them..

luckily because of my quick thinking i did not get hurt.. i got out of the whole mess using words rather than my fist or their fists .. the teachers were looking and none of them moved a muscle to help me... quick wit my friend... that is what saved me from an ass kicking..

I havent been in a fight since like 6th grade, im a pretty peacefull guy, except when someone attacks me, lmao. It ws a pretty short fight tho, i dont even remember what it was about but the other guy knocked some of my teeth out, i punched back and he went running to some teacher..

colossusofshadow

I made fun of, one of my seniors in front of the whole school

you have a guts, colossus! i'm glad you didn't get hurt because of that. (not like me lol)

larphyt

I love sexy fighting-girl

lol i love it too, but i guess you wont get such fighting stories here lol.

bsss

It ws a pretty short fight tho, i dont even remember what it was about but the other guy knocked some of my teeth out, i punched back and he went running to some teacher..

lol, another funny story i love the "he went running to some teacher" part, lovely lol.

I can gladly say i have nva being is a real fight. i hope to keep it that way

Not really. Do you consider arm wrestle a fight?

I had it several times.

One was in my first year of middle-school. I was only looking for fun and asked a girl (well, she's the biggest in my class) for a friendly arm wrestle game. She accepted and I obviously lost. Even some boys lost against her... Thank god she's not the bully type.