I think a single punch was remarkably restrained, anyone getting close enough to pull a knife would have been hit many times and probably stamped on a few times for good measure....
The only attempted mugging I've been party to I kind of didn't realise, thought the guy was joking and wandered off. (student days very drunk in St Marys...)
thought the guy was joking and wandered off.
Wonder what that did to his ego lol.
ha nice one mate, classic case of getting in there first, hope / glad your ok, dont be told any differnt , the roll over and be shafted by anyone brigade will tell you diffent. dodgy yes, but well done.
TBH if you let the cops know, you'll probably get banged up and have to pay to wannabee muggers compensation...
LOL at karate story - I did Shotokan to brown belt and kickboxing to a decent National competition standard. Once in a blue moon it comes in very handy.
Beer and muggings! Twice it's happened to me! First one I held the guy up by his neck whilst he waved his bottle at me, don't know why I just couldn't hit him, 2nd time in small town in Tenerife, the wife and I jumped by 5 teenagers whilst extremely pissed! They shoved us both on the floor, when I realised what was going off and saw the better half on the deck I completely lost it! Had hold of two literally trying to beat them senseless, got a real good few shots in but only jackie chan can take 5 and I came out the loser. All for a handbag with 20 bensons in it!
Wont be his first good hiding? they know the risks.
I really think you should of asked him why he was trying to rob you and what had led him to pursue a life of crime, if you engaged in some thoughtful dialogue you could of changed his prospective on life.
Nah scrub that :wink:, you did the right thing it was a knee jerk reaction and the thug got what he deserved, he may think twice now.
Not to worry and well done as you did not use excessive force to defend yourself.
You should only be worried if you kicked his head in while he was on the floor and in the process smashed/cracked the mugger's skull resulting in blood coming out from his ears and nose ...
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Shame he had mates. You could have placed one heel on his testicles and taken your other foot off the ground, all the time twisting your foot from side to side... 😈
you did exactly the right thing, I would have left the scumbag choking, but then I have little sympathy for people who use a weapon to steal from others. I'm a bit Old Testament about that.
Sounds fair.
Remember seeing a rather pissed mate getting followed by 5 guys as he bounced down an alleyway, heard a few words, so the rest of us legged it up for a fight, just to see the last of the scrotes receiving the final blow of a front row playing, 20 stone windmill. And he didn't even drop his kebab!
Never been mugged, but my claim to fame is having a pr of scissors put to my throat by local nut job Carl Sutcliffe, he being the younger brother of the Yorkshire Ripper. Luckily he was talked down by a school friend who knew him. It all happenned too quickly for me to wet my pants, fighting back wasn't an option as I recall. 😳
Only 3 times in my life have I walked home alone in Cheltenham while i lived there - the 3rd time a chap walked "with" me gradually getting a bit more familliar along the way. He tried to get his hand in my blouse, which I made light of and walked faster as I was nearly home. When we got to the end of the road he stopped, said "What do you think of this" and got his **** out. I said "What do you think of this" and puched him right on the chin. On his knees he said "That wasn't very nice" to which I replies "THAT wasn't very nice" and ran home.
I didn't think twice about hitting him (he wasn't very big), but decided to tell the police in case he would do it again, or worse to another woman. They told me that as he had touched me I could have him for assault...........I didn't push that point with them!