Sucker Punches

Following on from my KO post, I want to post some links which feature sucker punching. Escalation from verbal confrontation to physical violence is a common tactic employed in conjunction with deceptive language to lower the opponents defenses (see Geoff Thompson's 3 Second Fighter or Pavement Arena books and videos for more on this). The first video I found has all this and more, check it out here. Warning these videos have strong language, racial slurs and strong violence, which is because they are real, not some Hollywood BS.

Here's some more "lessons from the streets":

Stomped
Bartender
Let sleeping dudes lie
Ground and pound

Notice the ambush tactics employed and the fact that where there is verbal preamble, none of the folks have there hands up in a 'deescalation posture' or (as Geoff Thompson calls it) a 'fence'. The bartender does have his hands up, but doesn't use them to control the space between him and the other guy.

He's some more:

Police Woman
Boxing

Lastly look at the shifty behaviour and body language of the offender in this video.

Sometimes Sucker Puncher's don't punch, sometimes they glass you or stab you. Rewatch the knife attack and look for the clues he's going to attack.