Links in a Chain/Multiple Assailants.

 It has been said that 'it is impossible to predict the chaos of a violent confrontation/assault.' It has been my own experience that this is not necessarily true, at least not entirely. 

In my experience, as well as statistically, people tend to favor the right sided haymaker punch. Even those that purport to be well trained revert to this. It looks similar or identical each time; bladed stance, the look back/around, the hand swings up in a hook to the head. 

Habits are habits and we are all human. Those habitual acts of violence are concepts meant to point out just that, 'HABITUAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE.' 

In addition to this there is the reverse side, how does one act when they are assaulted? Do they flinch and cover? Maybe if they are able to move in time, otherwise they may be knocked out, or they would simply take it on the chin and stumble back. Would they have time to recover? Unlikely. 

The other thing is that 'using techniques on multiple assailants won't work because they all attack at once.' That is not necessarily true either, even in some of the most violent situations. Often one person leads the charge, another jumps in once that person's turn is over, followed by a third. There IS a chain of events that can be broken before it all comes together in a single attack... Usually when the victim is on the ground getting stomped on. 

Sometimes one or two DO move in so that they can hold the victim in place for their friend, this may or may not include some fists, elbows, or other things. 

What is the reasoning behind this 'chaining' of attacks in a multiple assailant encounter? Psychology. Subconsciously we do not want to hit our friends and, knowing they are in the thick of it, we wait out turn. In point of fact SOCIETY has conditioned us this way, thus, knowing this conditioning exists gives us an advantage in more ways than one. 

Knowing this can give you an edge, knowing that, even with multiple assailants, attacks will be chained one link in the chain at a time until the threat of your response has been removed, then it comes in the form of feet to your body and head bouncing off the ground. 

You can avoid this by BREAKING that chain just like BREAKING the OODA. In point of fact this is STILL the OODA at play, as it always is. True utilization of OODA would have you beat the lead assailant BEFORE they make their move, of course, and their friends would likely cease any idea of continuing. However, if you do NOT get to it before they do, you still know that links in a chain come one at a time and can still find an opening to break and reverse the OODA before it is too late. 

Just some food for thought. Chew on it, or don't. That is entirely up to you.