What Makes Someone Dangerous?
When you see someone and assess how dangerous he is, you usually give more importance to appearance. If the attacker is a big guy, it is assumed that he is a big threat. Of course, size and strength matter in a fight.
The attacker will use his strength and size against you, but what is more dangerous is the attacker's intention. You just cannot say by looking at someone about his background and what he did in the past. If the attacker's intention is to hurt you pretty bad, that can make him dangerous.
The next thing that makes someone dangerous is the ability to make the damage. If the attacker does not have the ability or skills to hurt you, he is not a big threat. He just cannot hurt you. Or, maybe you are able to handle him easily.
But if someone is capable to attack and hurt you pretty bad, that is a threat. And you should take it seriously. You do not have control over someone's intention or ability, but what you can do is make your move to protect yourself without giving the attacker any chance.
So if the attacker gets the opportunity to hurt you, he will exploit that and attack you. That's why if you are able to detect the attacker's intention, that can give you a big advantage to defend yourself. For example, if the attacker wants your money, phone, or any asset, you can give it to him, there is a chance he will let you go. It is not certain that he will let you go easily and we can say there is a high chance.
On the other hand, if the attacker wants to hurt you, even if you give your money, phone or asset, that will not stop the attacker. Again if the attacker intends to kidnap you, he will attack and force you to kidnap. After the kidnapping, he may do whatever he wants.
In that case, if you can stop the attacker from kidnapping, you can defend yourself. So when you make your move to defend yourself, your focus can make the difference.
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A good defense is the best offense. At least that is the case in the street IMO.
I did a bit of MMA competitively in my 20's and one thing I learned from all that time is that the people that actually are the most capable of hurting someone because of actual training are the least likely to actually do so in a public setting. It's a little thing called discipline.
In my training I knew guys, and would like to believe that at one point i was one of the guys, that would absolutely destroy someone in a street-fight, but would always de-escalate a situation if it was possible. Multiple times in drunken situations i was able to cover up and simply wrap someone up rather than hit them. That was normally enough for them to understand that they were not going to get the better of me and to just let it go.
Also, my gym would kick you out of the training if it was found out that you were instigating fights in public.
Completely agree with you. Someone who is trained also knows how much damage you can make if he strikes. He might not get involved in a fight in the first place. If the fight starts somehow, he can destroy the attackers.
Really important to be aware of the motive of the attacker by always been on guard. The reason it's good to learn first how to defend than how to attack.
Some attacker can be really ruthless without initially showing any signs till they come very close. It's important to wary and conscious of every move an attacker intend to pull through and not to underestimate anyone no matter the size of the person.
Really dangerous people don't often appear so. They don't go about boasting or anyone sign of lousy appearance. They sometimes appear gentle but are ruthless.
Yes, sometimes it is difficult to get an idea before who is capable of what. When you see him in action, you realize that instantly. If he does not show any sign, you might not detect that earlier.