This is a story of one of the crazier fights I've been in. I don't condone fighting like this -- which is why I prefer controlled sparring (e.g Krav Maga, Boxing, Jui Jitsu, Muay Thai, etc). Many people remark I'm one of the most laid back men they know. Just throwing that out, I don't want anyone thinking I'm a warmonger or that I intentionally provoke fights, heh.
Now, lets tell the story.
>Be me
>Senior in high school, last few weeks of school
>Only fighting experience I had at this time was a bit of amateur American Boxing, "body boxing" among friends (hit anywhere but the face) and some real standard Krav.
>After school
>Talking to a group of friends who've gathered, mainly hanging out with my best friend who we'll call "Swede" (he was a Swedish exchange student)
>Everything going well, getting ready to leave
>Ex-GF's brother comes up to me, we'll call him "Blue"
>(We were all still great friends, things just didn't work out with his sister, hahahah
)
>"Hey man, can you do me a favour?"
>I could tell it was pretty serious, "Definitely. What's up?"
>"There's these guys who keep messing around with me. They wont leave me alone, can you talk to them?"
>"Yeah, for sure. Just stay here, talk to my friends." and I introduced him to them all
>Turn around, approach the group of guys
>Three of them, 6'0, 6'2 and 5'10. One's pretty skinny, one's muscular and the 5'10 guy is stocky
>I however tower over them at 6'4 at the time
>*assertive voice* "Can you knock it off with my friend over there? I don't want any trouble."
>"Uhm -- y-yeah man. Sorry, w-we didn't mean anything. Just jokin' y'know?"
>"Water under the bridge, my friend. Take it easy." and I gave them a nod and made my way back
>"There you go, Blue. They should leave you alone, just don't hang around too long."
>"Thanks man, I owe you."
>Blue leaves, carry on my conversations with friends
>Look up after Blue made his way outside at the end of the hallway
>See the group of three running down the hallway; after Blue
>Thinking I had left
>
Bad move
>I charged down the hallway, out the doors and burst through the large crowd that had already formed
>First thing I see is Blue, on the ground being punched and kicked pretty hard by the three guys
>Sprint at full speed and tackle the group; full on tackling one -- kicking another in the side off
>Immediately back on my feet, I charge the nearest guy who already has his fists headed my way
>Hook him with a left in the kidney and deck him square across the jaw and a final left jab to the sternum
>He's down, clenching his gut
>Turn to the second -- stocky guy
>Over his shoulder, I briefly see Blue still being wailed on by the more muscular guy of the group
>Side step and approach the stocky guy
>This guy jabs, gets me real good in the shoulder
>With the fury of a thousand suns -- just begin striking the guy and finally performing a knee strike which throws off his center of gravity, bringing him to the ground
>He's getting back up, disregard and try to get to Blue
>Suddenly out of nowhere -- a close friend of mine jumps in the fight with me
>He's a hockey player, no stranger to a good fist fight. We'll call him Puck.
>He rips the muscular guy off Blue, Blue tries getting away
>Puck and I begin tag teaming and cutting these three guys down
>I mean, completely laying waste to these guys -- this part is a complete blur of strikes, punches, dodging and getting socked a few times
>The only particular part I remember was when I seemingly barely jabbed a guy in the face -- and felt his lip bust. Felt like a rush of warm water all over my right fist
>Finally two were down for good while Puck held down the last guy
>A large 50+ person crowd had formed during this fiasco
>Teacher whom I'd never seen before, rushes in -- nips the three guys
>Blue is limping with a black eye and busted lip, his sister rushes him out before he's snagged
>Someone in the crowd tosses me my bag
>Puck and I give each other a nod
>Everyone exits the crowd and splits
>Swear at myself the entire drive home thinking I'm going to get arrested
>But I couldn't just let a good friend of mine get jumped like that either
Next Day:
>Stay on the down low throughout the day
>Word got around. Some people staring at me. Even a few teachers got word of the asskicking from the day before.
>Hear things like, "Holy crap. I saw what you did yesterday. You looked like...a completely different person out there. Everyone's talking about that fight." or "We knew you trained and stuff but -- nothing like that. You're so intense!"
>This freaks me out further
>Contemplate leaving early
>Sitting in my Anatomy & Physiology class with my best poker face with a million thoughts rushing through my mind's eye
>*intercom* "Can you send *Slenderman* to the principles office?"
>"
S%&!, S*#*, #@*(#@&%#@%*!!", I thought
>Couldn't believe how stupid I was for thinking I could dodge this bullet
>Millions of thoughts jumping in
>Future looking pretty damn bleak
>See Puck at the end of the hall
>"OH MAN, WE ARE SO F*@#()%"
>(me) "Lets just get this over with."
>Arrive at office
>Apparently Blue and his sister were already there along with the three other guys. Everyone gave their story but us.
>Principle: "Alright, come in. Sit down."
>It's the principle and three assistant administrators
>Serious business
>"I heard what you men did yesterday. Pretty brutal, judging the injuries..." (which I later found out to be a busted lip, two broken ribs and a chipped tooth -- Puck and I just had a few bruises and cuts) "..but I want to hear your stories."
>Puck turns to me, can't put together words. Too nervous.
>(me) "Well, our buddy Blue came up to me after school. Said a group of three guys were bullying him, so I went over and asked them to knock it off. I was assertive, but not aggressive. They seemed to back down and everything was fine. Then they proceeded to go outside and began holding down Blue and beating him up while he tried defending himself. So I jumped in, knock a few of them down to end the fight. Puck jumped in halfway through and helped me. We made sure the three were taken away by a member of the faculty and we all made our way home."
>"And Puck, you agree with everything he said?"
>"Yup."
>"Well, I reviewed both of your records already. You're both clean and squared away guys. I have to really thank you for your actions yesterday. Blue was on his way to seriously being injured if you both didn't intervene when you did. Could have been a giant lawsuit."
>Puck and I look at each other in shock, are we seriously getting away with this?
>"If you guys ever need anything -- and I mean ANYTHING. You come straight to my office and I'll help. I don't care what it is, I owe you both one. Now lighten up! You're not in trouble."
>"Wow! Thank you!", Puck exclaimed
>"Yeah, thank you very much! Now what about the three guys and Blue?"
>"The three have been suspended for the next two weeks. Blue will be suspended for a day."
>"What?!"
"Yeah. Turns out he was calling one of them a queer or some s*, hahahah!"
>Can't believe the principle is swearing and laughing at what happened -- this guy always appeared REALLY uptight and strict with the rest of the students
>We all begin chatting and having a great time
>Leave an hour later, carry out our day
>Every time we saw the principle from there on, he always gave us a respectful nod which we always returned
>The rest of the year went by swimmingly.
And that's the story of one of the crazier fights I've ever been in. Again, I don't condone fighting in anyway.
But c'mon. Every man loves a good fight story -- I had to share!