A loudmouthed troublemaker on the NYC Rapid Transit subway system discovered he’d bitten off far more than he could chew when the martial artist he’d been yelling at finally ran out of patience and retaliated.
As the video footage captured by another passenger begins the heavy-set, out-of-shape meathead in the white t-shirt and blue baseball cap is already shouting at a taller, bearded man in a tight-fitting purple t-shirt, who is staying remarkably calm given the circumstances.
It’s not clear what had happened before the video starts, but it’s not hard to surmise that Meathead is the instigator since even a female bystander steps in to reprimand him for his behavior.
You are acting very ignorant, the lady informs Meathead, and when he protests she also shuts down his erroneous claim that the other man was, acting gangster.
Meathead doesn’t take too kindly to that and rudely tells her to shut the f*ck up and sit down.
Despite her best efforts to talk him down, the thug is only getting more wound up, so at that point the guy that’s been getting picked on appears to quietly assure her that everything’s ok and she backs off, saying, Well, I tried.
Meathead turns his attention back to the man and invades his personal space, then snaps, don’t touch me! when his intended victim attempts to keep him at arm’s length.
With his temper continuing to flare, Meathead begins to goad the man into a physical confrontation, telling him to punch him, while slapping his own face as if to say that he can’t be hurt.
What you gonna do? I want you to swing. I want you to swing! he yells.
It’s come to the point that a fight now seems almost inevitable and the man being yelled at decides he has to do something, but he doesn’t throw a punch as Meathead had been expecting.
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Instead, he quickly steps behind him, wraps an arm around his neck and locks up a rear-naked choke submission, then pulls him to the floor with it and is in the process of putting the thug to sleep as the video ends.
Of course, we should stress that you should only ever resort to using martial arts as a last resort, but as can be seen here, if you do find yourself in a position where you have to defend yourself then Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu can be extremely effective.
