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i dunno if anyone remembers, but a while back i made a post about how i was wondering what to do in a fight if someone grabbed my hair. well, today in school there was this, well call him john doe for whatever purposes. John has been saying things and threatening me for a while now, but i was never in the least frightened of him and relly didnt think twice about him, untill about a few days ago when i heard he was carrying a knife around and planning to stab me. So, being the "toughguy" that i unfortunately am, i confronted him on this matter. He did in fact have a knife on him, as well as a bag of pot and a pot pipe. So i said "are you gonna stab me or what?" and he replied with a yup prolly. So i told him he didnt have the balls and tossed the book he was reading. After angrily retriving it, i tossed it again. He then proceeded to pull my tie out and hold me down by hair hair and give me a nice back massage(i suppose he thought he was hitting me or something.) I of course did not do anything back because i didnt feel like getting kicked out of school, plus not only did he attack me but was carrying weapons and drugs as well, so he pretty much screwed himself worse than i couldve beat him up anyways. I have the feeling, however, that i got lucky this time. Not with this kid, hes no problem, but if I was to get in another fight with someone who might actually be a challenge to me, i dont know what to do if i get my hair grabbed. Todays "skirmish" brought a realization of just how grabable my hair is, and how i really dont know how to get someone to let go. Some one please help me to remedy this situation. Also, after he grabbed my hair i noticed a few hairs had fallen out, but thankfully i have no bld or thin looking spots.
Pepper spray to the face works. It encourages your assailant to be less interested in your hair.
You could also shoot him.
Or hire a bodyguard
Of course, if it were me, I would just refrain from acting tough, challenging assholes like that, and getting myself into a fight in the first place. You could always have just turned him in for the weapon to begin with.PeaceThe Rev
You are lucky he didn't take the knife and cut your hair or indeed stab you.
The best thing to do is not confront guys like that.
live by the sword, die by the sword...
no such thing as a clean fight. if you're going to be getting into skirmishes your hair will be a potential grab for your foe so my best advice is to abandon the 'tough guy' personna.
the only other thing is to conceal your hair inside your shirt- wear hooded sweats alot with the hood up.
I'm no tough guy but....
Being a rowdy teenager I am I do knwo some things about fighting. If someone grabs you by the hair you can grab their little finger and quickly bend it backwards and the rest of their fingers will quickly follow.
and remember....be good ~_O
J.S. had good advice.
I worked on psych wards for seven years with long hair. Seems like most every day we had to do at least one take down, which meant a possible fight with the psych patient.
After having my ponytail grabbed by one patient, which put me out of action and made the team have to work harder to accomplish the takedown and restraint, I learned to tuck my ponytail down my shirt before any confrontation that could lead to a takedown and restraint.
So, if ya gotta be a tough guy with a pony tail, tuck it down your shirt first.
isnt he in the acward stage still? meaning tucking a ponytail down the back would be rather hard with no ponytail..
if getting in fights is a frequent thing for you, then you are going to have to find your own ways of defending those types of attacks..
best way to not get your hair grabbed is to not get involved, like the rest of the people said, but i am not gona get on your case.. just think about how people grab it, signs that tell you they are about to grab it.. like looking at it during a heeted argument.. im sure he wouldent be saying, "jeez he has nice hair!" NO YOU SHUT UP ASS!!
Try not to confront him man. You don't want your hair ripped out rightWould be a shame with the wonderful hair you have!
As everyone says these sort of people you definitely avoid and leave well alone.
But it's a good question nonetheless as it started me thinking about totally unprovoked attacks in public where someone could suddenly grab your hair from behind.
All I can think of and it's very little as I'm definitely no expert (!) is where it's just a single attacker he'll only have the one hand still free. Providing you can somehow very slowly and gently twist or squirm round to face him until you know if he's got a weapon in the other hand or not, it leaves you with both hands and a knee free to either punch or knee upwards, better still grab hold and start squeezing like crazy....you know where !! :-) Then get the hell out of there as fast as you can !
Any martial experts etc. here who could properly advise as I think it would be really useful to have some idea how best to defend yourself from this type of hair attack.
I got in a few fights in high school myself. I am now 34 years old and I regret every one of them! It is best not to be a tough guy. You will get more respect from both males and females, if you are not. Ignore other people when they anger you. If you get in a fight, you could get hurt, hurt someone else, get sued or go to jail. You will be older one day, and you will have to find a job etc. You don't want this kind of reputation. What if you accidently killed the person? Like that Hockey Dad in Mass. He got in a fight and killed the other person. You could punch the guy, he could fall and hit his head. You would then probably do some jail time. Try not to fight. You will understand what I mean 5 - 10 years from now.
Good Luck.
Darrin
I have been getting into fights most of my life. I'm in my late forties and have a quick temper.
Long hair IS a liability, especially when fights occur w/o any warning, really.
Use your gut feeling. If this guy looks like Mohammed Atta, the weird looking terrorist of Sept 11, pass on by. But if it looks like a fair fight, ya gotta defend yourself and your ladies honor sometimes.
Jeez, HB, be careful! If you think some nut has a knife and has taken a dislike to you then for God's sake take it up with the Principal's office! That way you keep your hair/good looks/life and the other guy gets searched and arrested.
Don't go confronting this sort of guy yourself- longhaired guys are in short supply, we can't afford to go around losing them!
Saul
Dont listen man stand up for yourself you did the right thing I love my hair, but I love my PRIDE even more, dont listen to these pussies.
P.S. Keep it long, and stay tough brother
The words of a true, testosterone driven moron.
I think you were stupid for challenging him if he had a knife. Plus if he had drugs on him. What if he took out the knife and cut off your hair??? I would have went to the principle and told them if it had been me. But it's not. I don't get into very many fights. Since I've been growing out my hair I've only gotten into one real fight the other few were just little squirmishes. I have noticed that a lot of people lately in the gym or something that get mad at me may try to mess up my hair. By rubbing their hand hard through my hair or something but nobody has pulled it yet.