The spinning back fist or elbow is very effective when when engaging someone who's behind you. I rang a dudes bell with a spinning back fist years ago. I then took off in a full sprint to escape from 4 more guys that were gonna jump in. Sometimes you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, I did what I had to do to protect myself and then I bailed.

Fight iq really matters, train until it becomes a reflex.

Actually had a real life experience when I was 14 a bunch of guys gang up on me at a party. I don't think all of them actually wanted to hurt me. But at least three of them were actually hitting me hard, when they didn't respond to me asking them to stop. I grabbed one of them by the arm and I bit him. They all stopped after that! 😆 lol

Just run and drop lego behind you.

"Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter.."

All kinds of different actions, for different situations as well as for different individuals with different mind sets. Great stuff from two great minds.

Mike V slapping haters

I'm 72, and my dad always told me pick the biggest and take him first. The rest will usually back off.

Ryan Hoover, I have watched your Funker Tactical-Fight Training Videos before and I don't recall commenting before, but I wanted to say thank you for sharing your information, expertise, and honesty. I immediately understood what you meant when you said, "if I can take his consciousness and his heart..." This was honest. In a real-life situation, you can't fully engage more than one person at a time, but you can hopefully discourage the second, third, and fourth guy by really doing damage to the first idiot who you can get your hands on. In the 1980s (not long after the Bernard Getz subway issue), I was approached by around 3 teenage robbers. I knocked down the first guy that was the closest who approached me for money and the other two didn't want to get knocked down so they backed away. The second guy had a concealed gun that he was holding for the first guy, who grabbed it after I let him up off the subway floor. Fortunately, God allowed me to talk the guy out of trying to shoot me before I needed to do a "kotegaeshi" technique since I was within reach to use this.

Valaley beating up four random jocks. I remember this. Man does anybody else remember cky4:the latest and the greatest?

Startle effect Two guys tried to intimidate my friend and me out of money . I was closing my car door and one of them grabbed my door. I got out between two cars ,the guy went to the other side and his friend came around. I dropped down in a ready stance and he took a boxing stance. I quickly gestured forward as if I were going to attack, a feign move. He was startled and we all broke apart with no fighting. Thankyou for the teaching From USA with love Jm

Most people seem to approach the idea of multiple attackers from a sport perspective. Defeat your opponent...opponents. They are also used to having he guarantees of safety, environment and terrain. This is great because in a life and death, aka...combat perspective is to do whatever you can to escape alive. Nothing is guaranteed. Fundamentals and training various worse case scenarios simply increases your odds. This is great.

Deep respect for your knowledge and realism, i stopped doing the traditional lessons and got more into the here and now action. Thanks for keeping it real.

it's been so long since I've seen the Mike Vallely fight video this was so awesome thank you for the Nostalgia

Funker Tactical, I love you.....your videos are great. I always look forward for your videos, keep up the good work buddy.

If your first move isn’t an eye jab/slap...you’re already wasting energy and time... But I like most of what you’re doing

I had few street fights when I was younger. If I have 2 opponents I always want to be infront of my first opponent then I know that my 2nd opponent is behind my first opponent. Then after I am done with my first opponent , I would go with my 2nd opponent. It always work. FOOT WORKS!

I just feel like defensive trainers don't tell you how fast things really happen they train in slow motion with guys coming at them like sloths. Active Self Protection is really the only defensive trainer that uses real life evidence.

"Your fight is going to be your problem to solve." Such truth!!!!

"Your fight is gonna be your problem solve"...... Well said!!

A great vid. You accurately expressed your abilities and actions and then justified them. Well done. Much better then a lot of vids. Subscribed

Great video. Thank you for making this one.

Your fight is going to be your problem to solve. Very Nicely Said!

Funnel them to atrack one at a time. Make your self skinny ( stand sideways dominant hand in the rear) stay low, push the first through the second. Most importantly STAY OFF THE GROUND. Its suicudal in multiple attacker scenario.

3:53 "Moving through my weapon platforms." *This dude is playing Splinter Cell.*

I have never trained to fight and I’ve never been in a fighting situation. How cool is that 😜

Can't you just pull a safe space out of your pocket I mean it's 2018

I always enjoy your videos. I learn something new every time. Keep up the good work.

Nice vid mate. Speed aggression and surprise takes the jam out of most people’s donut.

As always thankyou for sharing and thankyou for teaching the continuing to teach the truth, hit 1 hard and take 2 or more hearts, please keep on keeping on train hard but train smart

The lining up part i knew. But the footwork triangle was new to me. Very cool. I think it's also awesome you aknowlage that every situation is different. No static movements like 1 2 3 4. Seen it fail before. But this seems to be more real world

Woulda, coulda shoulda... Totality of circumstances is truth!!! Some dude could just come at me with severe force. One never knows. Great video, guys! Awesome. Subscribed!!

Lots of super good info there!!! Thank you guys!

He kept it real. There's no such thing as fighting multiple people only one on one.

Nice reminder to keep the mind sharp, anything can happen when you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time!

Nice vid. Good points. Thanks for the work.

You guys are Awsome man. Thanks for the valuable no bullshit info. Real world man. Simply so easy to understand and why

3:46 And they said the CoD offhand backhand knife slash and the way Snake holds his knife and pistol in MGS3 were BS... Seriously, awesome vid. I always find these informative and helpful, especially the unarmed stuff. I like how brutally practically and obviously effective everything is. Thanks a lot for putting it out there for free! I think another good time to line opponents up is if they are shooting at you. We're taught not to fire with friendlies in our sector, and they try to use that against use. We can do the same dirty trick! Hopefully, they'll cease fire to avoiding hitting the people on their team and have to move, buying you time - or just hit their own guy! Although there's some odd ballistics exceptions, most bullets most of the time will hurt less after going through a bad guy first. I figured that trick out to save my ass in a video game one time as a kid, and I saw a guy do it once under fire (successfully) on ActiveSelfProtection channel. If I can ever find which of the 1400 videos it was (relatively recent I think), I'll post a link.

always sharp. thanks fellas.

Nice, thanks for posting this video

People have asked me why slap someone in a fight? Dude that shit stings like a mofo and is super disorienting which gives you time to make decisions like fight or bail.

simple but effective, love your attitude

It truly is amazing how psychology can make one guy detour multiple attackers. Self defense is beautiful!

This is beautifully edited.

Wow! I like the way you teach! I’m not trying to sound like an expert-there’s always more to learn, however just as a note, during the academy we were shown how fast a guy with a knife can close on you before you can draw and fire and the distance is a real eye opener to say the least. Anyway, you are very clear and concise without theatrics. Thank you for uploading and teaching.

Very good advice my man!! 👍 When dealing with a Pack, take the Alpha first!!!

Taking out the “mouthpiece”, “biggest guy”, “leader” is no guarantee the others will quit. Always watch for the flank, back, “quiet guy”. Blitz. Pick your battles. Access your resources.

I got into a multiple situation once. I was surrounded by 5 people. What i did was slip right and hammered the weakest one and threw him between me and the others. I figured going for easy pickings was the best plan. That way, I didnt find myself busy dealing with the strongest one, and have to worry about his weaker buddys joining in from the side. I basically did that over and over untill the "Leader" in the confrontation backed down and tended to his buddies instead.

very informative. Thanks!

Great video incredible information!

at least youre honest about multiple attackers. line em up so they trip over each other and take them out one at a time and hope like hell you dont make a mistake cause ONE is all you get

Best tips I can give on fighting multiple attackers, based on my experience: Unpredictability, pure ferocity, controlled aggression, and FOOTWORK! Dont get surrounded! As far as unpredictability - Dont fight who you are looking at, for example your squared up against attacker 1 and you see #2 charging you from a few feet away, find a way to distract or disengage from #1 and meet the charge of #2 - do this with a punch, push, shove, something to create a few seconds for you to quickly engage your second attacker, quickly and viciously, which he probably wont expect. Catch your opponent by surprise, and drop him quickly Fight like a lion. This means if your fighting 2 attackers, fight twice as hard. "A cornered animal is a dangerous animal" fight with this mentality, fight like a wounded wild animal, show them that they might have numbers, but you have aggression and ferocity, show them you arent worth the pain. Overwhelm your opponents with aggression when they dont expect it. Just landed a punch on the guy infront of you? Nice! Now turn around quickly and viciously and smack the guy behind you, doubt hes expecting that! Fighting in a group can be awkward, use that awkwardness against your opponent! Feint at one opponent, swing at the other! Make them tangle up with each other! Ancient martial artists learned alot from wild animals - if you dont believe my words, look up wolf packs in captivity that gang up on the weak Beta male - once cornered the Beta turns into a different beast entirely, fights like a savage and because of this he can fight off 10+ bigger stronger wolves and survive. Course all this requires experience to see your openings to create distance and create distractions (distract with pain or by knocking the opponent off balance), etc, but most of all, its requires the ATTITUDE of a true warrior who is going to fight like a wounded lion or a cornered wolf

I teach this at my club _ nice to see heal hand close quarter...great videos thanks

Seen the classic Mike V clip in the thumbnail. I clicked.

Using a gun against two unarmed men? That's murder.

1 point at jared, when hitting behind look first. noticed he was just turning and hitting the shield as he knew it was there but his eye's stayed on the focus pad infront of him. better to put the focus mitt behind so he is forced to look and target strike instead of thrashing blindly behind and hoping you connect with a target that has left your vision. before you can hit the target you must reacquire the target before you can hit it.

It's taken month's of practice and great personal sacrifice but I've finally mastered what I consider the most critical element demonstrated here... SHH SHHHHHH SHH SHHHHHHH SHHH SHHHHHHH

Awareness and right trainings with common sense...helps a lot.

talking in terms of left or right creates more what ifs then terms of inside or outside. Not to say that left or right don't matter just inside or outside can be one or the other left or right with regards of approachs or positions

Absolutely superb instruction.... Max Respect.

Pretty spot on. First and foremost tactical awareness and movement. In and out keep aware and keep from being flanked. Have done band security for many years and a group of drunks is very dangerous and awareness is the most important

When you're fighting multiple attackers I think and this is just my opinion, you should focus on footwork, striking pressure points and environment. Your footwork keeps you mobile and hard to hit. You should move often to evade other threats, thus giving yourself better positioning. Pressure points should be utilized because you want every shot to count. A wild punch to the side of the head isn't as effective as a strategic open hand to the throat that could potentially crush the windpipe. Environmental because every day weapons are a thing. When you find yourself out numbered you should look to even the odds by utilizing improvised weapons.

Thank you funker tactical

I used to teach my soldiers to use palms and kicks (in order to preserve draw distance) and the other Sgt frequently laughed about it. So, I'd sad "with your real-deal strength, punch that wall twice and then we'll see how your hands and emotional fitness will be after it to continue a fight". Well, the fact is that we tend to have a very wrong idea that a fight is always ended by one good strike. Trully, it really can be. But always prepare for the worse, so we keep in mind that a motivated perp would go on for a while, and we have to endure as long as the fight does, in order to do what has to be done. Thanks for the awesome content and keep it up!

Thank you gentlemen!

OFFICER JARED! Haha, remember him from the nutnfancy days.

Well done. Excellent. Thank you.

this is stuff you know and feel, with all your best intent it has to be experience, you can't teach it, my utmost respect for your willing to try, do very much enjoy the open hand work, cupped tiger style slaps work incredibly well, concussive and less bother with the authorities outwith being in theater for whom a clenched fist strike is intent over an open handed strike... liking the channel, some really good content, best wishes for all good things.

It may sound a little Jackie Chan style comedy, but in the few instances I've been in where I've had multiple attackers my first or second strike usually involves pushing, tripping or throwing one attacker into another. It puts your first attacker off balance so they cant attack, it uses the superior numbers against them and ties up 2-3 at once and it can present an opportunity for a strike that will simultaneously ground multiple opponents and take away their motivation or give you an opportunity for escape. Winning is walking away on your own.

great content, SUBSCRIBED.

Step 1: classic look away while uttering I don't want any problems Step 2: Unexpectedly punch the biggest guy in the face Step 3: Run ! 😁

Fighting is a math problem, where u have to figure out the numbers, then the math equation.

Jared for the win.

something I find interesting and I never see or have missed is fighting from a raised position i.e. on a slant/hill. if your uphill on someone or downhill from them. I'm super interested in that. I hope I made sense, love your training.

I carry a weapon all the time be it a gun or knife from what I have learned it is alot more difficult to draw than most people would realise great video thanks

If u hit one of the attacker hard enough, let say a knee brake followed with a hammer strike to the neck area the other attacker will think twice before attacking, oh make sure the first attacker is left screaming on the floor. I will help very much.

Well my brother from another mother has been studying Martial Arts for over 30 years and the master of 12 . I met him on a carpenter crew his nick name was “Johnny Guns “ bc he was also a weightlifter with big ass arms . For all you naysayers he did everything he can to be a lethal martial arts person so he kept his mind body and spirit always in tune with each other . There we were out in Cedarcrest Long Island NY working on a house that the heater caught on fire and created a huge fire in a million dollar home . The 5 of us were eating pizza and John was eating chicken. We asked do you think you can take on the 5 of us grown ass men . He said I believe so . He said you have to come at me full force and don’t hold nothing back for this to work . He made us promise not to hold anything back ! So he decided to take us on with a car that was on the driveway ,asking us if it was ok bc in a real situation he would stand in front of a car giving him this advantage. Us dummy’s said yes . He didn’t get into a Hollywood position he just watched us . So big Dave thought to charge and take him down with a tackle John side steps and puts his head into the car door hard ( Dave’s out ) Rob tried to swing with a haymaker John saw it ducked and as Rob missed he kick him into the ground by kicking his ass ,Robs recovering, Matt tried to dive on Johns back and John flipped him so hard Matt’s out we were on gravel That leaves me and another dude so I shoot in and come in with a tight hook to the head John then catches my hand holds my arm twists it and bends me over pulling me around as a shield from anyone trying to come in at him . I’m yelling ok stop stop stop and the guys were breathing heavy but not Johnny Guns lol true story . Thank God John has restraint bc I wanted to fight him a number of times before he showed us what he is made of lol . The dudes shines look like a hand saws teeth bc of all the calcium build up . He was able to kick a king stud and 2 jacket out after I professionally hammered them in with 6 , 10 penny farming nails . Now he’s teaching me ! Stay safe to you n yours brothers 👍 Sorry for the long as comment nothing to do while quarantined

Kick to the nuts and throat strikes are the best way to handle multiple attackers. Also if you know you're gonna get jumped during a 1 on 1 fight just sucker one of their buddies as you're squaring up. I mean it's coming anyways might as well catch one of them off the bat. Suck's to even consider these tactics but some groupa of guys are brutal and always jump in no matter what.

I have worked security at a night club before. I could not agree more with the foundation of getting the attackers ( of any kind) in a line so you only have to take on one at at time, even if it is verbal to de escalate the situation.

woulda been nice if you could have thrown in a tactical roll and maybe a crane kick

Somebody that really make sense you guys rock

This presentation made perfect sense.

way above avg material, guys! try training w/ a 'lead pipe' (galvanized steel) a bit over a foot, on trees telephone poles, have training-partners holding long sections of fence-posts out at a sensible angle, & really 'mix it up'; pipes on logs really give different feedback! also, youve heard of 'smash&grab",; try grab&smash your target, & grab, shake one time really hard & smash, then use partner#1 as a shield vs partner#2, or shove him into #1; also try lots of pipe-puno-strikes...

One of the good thing about carrying a firearm in the front would be. If you have multiple opponents that jump you, you most likely will roll into the fetal position. If you have your firearm on your hip or more towards your back when you're in that fetal position your gun is free game! In the fetal position you can ball-up and be able to get to your gun and use it.

when you engaged the 2nd person, you opened up the field of engagement. Don't engage the second if you dont have to. Keep on the first, increasing violence of action. in the 1st demonstration you entered a hammer and anvil. In the second he began in an L. In both situations the defender must reposition. Not limited to hallways also obstacles, such as steel drums and fences. Also, a cross-collar hold is very usefull in the circling action that almost always begins.

How do all of you guys handle swallowing your ego, and escape instead of continued combat? I just was curious because I have trouble leaving even if it's gonna end up bad for me. Thanks for your Time, and Patience.

Thankyou very much for sharing

I remember watching that Mike Vallely video, on my CKY VHS tape, over and over. Good shit seeing it again being used as a training moment.

Real situation when you are attacked by a group 4 to 5 with machetes, if there is escape route, run. Worst case scenerio, pick up any object which is useful to defend and fight your way thru and run. Never just fist fight against many attackers with weapons. Street fight has no rules. During some attack occured outside the club, most ppl unaware their attackers are usually very experience in taking down a few or an individual esp. after some dispute. I used to work in the club. There are always gang fights never seem to settle and follow by larger members turned up later with weapons outside waiting for the victim. When comes to multiple attackers, surrounded the few. One tactic is hit and grab one attacker, block and push as shield esp. when some attackers with machetes. Force your way out and run. Real fight unlike boxing, MMA or UFC etc where rules apply and points to win a fight. Street fight is a totally different aspect. Use all you have to defend yourself. Seriously, i never come across any individual without weapons successfully take down all multiple attackers w/ weapons. Perhaps such circumstances dont always happen to any individual.

Brilliant!

wow good advice thanks

dont forget, if you clock the first guy...you can use him like a shield..it works, ive done it!! gotta be fast on ya feet though! my karate teacher regularly put us against multiple opponents....it was awesome!! i took many beatins too. so valuable!!

Something to think about being attacked. You are almost always caught off guard. Unless someone is a obvious threat? You can’t distinguish who is looking for someone to abduct or steal from.

Interesting I've always been a fan of Outside Inside circular blocks. Meaning if the first guy starts to come at you you move him off to your left and you are behind him therefore he can't touch you he is between you and the other person so the other person can't touch you just a thought

TRUTH. 100%. I love it. "The totality of the circumstance" is such a great disclaimer. The consideration for legal justification and potential collateral damage is also greatly appreciated. Thank you guys!

Kali and escrema is excellent training for empty hand tactics.

I was attacked by 13 paid thugs , pinned against hospital (ironic). The first three just rushed into a group bear hug and then fell over then four more attacked each limb .while the first three moved to crushing positions two more came in to choke me out but they had pressured my left carotid into the ice and could only seal my air . This was observed and directed by two leaders who would spot the aggressors as they tired . after nine minutes three broken ribs and a damaged knee they gave up . It sucked

Love the channel. It keeps me on my toes!

Alfa usually has to attack after the group encourage it. Verbal and audio Q’s give you better odds on outcomes.

I fuck in love your mindset and grasp on concepts