A group of young men started a brawl on the streets, of an unknown city. At the very beginning, one person dropped someone on the ground. They kept arguing and a young man in a black jacket knocked out the person wearing a blue jacket; left him on the ground and someone cowardly kicked him in the head.

The person in a black jacket started trading punches with others, until the man in a white shirt hits him with punches and high kicks. He answered the attack with knees inside the clinch, which eventually knocked down his opponent, but he stood up right away.

Those two continued to exchange punches and kicks, when one man approached to calm down the person in a black jacket, but he got punched instead. The white shirt guy kick him and a young man in a blue shirt came nearer, apparently to break the fight, but also got punched.

They continue the altercation until some girls came up to stop the scuffle.

On top of being a physical or moral constraint, unnecessary violence is a shameful act that happens every day, everywhere in the world. An increasing number of young people is recurring to the fists instead of words. It is more important to know how to avoid a confrontation than winning a senseless street fight. When someone starts an argument and turn it into physical attack, the most common result will be more violence.

It is a shame to see many people with martial arts background recurring to street fights. As is known, martial arts can improve several aspects of a person’s life, but it also helps to face violence as a condition that must be contained and not as a weapon to be used.

About the author

Luciana Mendonça is an MMA fanatic and criminal lawyer. You can follow her on Twitter at @__glamourghoul