if youre fast enough on your feet when they try and encircle you, couldnt you just run?

I mean I hope I am never in a situation where three people want to pummel me for whatever reason, because I would definitely high tail it.
Like I said earlier, my work is very mild, but like any job there is a small hazard. I work in a box for a living with morphine an arms reach away. By all means take it, its not worth my life or limb, but if you come at me, i need to at least throw you down and get you out of my way so I can run like a little girl to the closest police station without you following me.

Stronk +1, broseph.

sorry but i lold

third lesson tomorrow, working on forms mostly. excited

wing chun is a good martial art to learn, but i would rather train bjj. muay thai, sambo, and free style wrestling. those are the styles that are mostly used in the ufc especially since they are so effective and practical in real life situations without any weapons.

i completely agree, but hear me out; if someone attacks me, i dont want to wrestle them down and play with them for a while.
I want to get out of the way of their attack, take the cheapest shots imaginable (knee, nose, neck, balls, etc) then run my ass off.

and who's to say after a little bit in wc i might switch it up, add a discipline

Totally respect your line of thinking, but just some food for thought.

If some fratboy manages to get a sloppy bear-hug on you, then falls over, taking you with him, you're now both on the ground.

I'm with you; I don't want to be tied up any longer than I have to be. But, if you find yourself on the ground, it's not bad knowing what to do when you're there, eh?

you are absolutely right, and hopefully once im comfortable with this art a little ill explore other options to cover the bases

about a month into it, really enjoying the art; it is a real challenge to my balance and energy!

Exactly! Unfortunately we are not always able to decide the conditions of the situation. In a perfect world it would be nice to just get out of there, but that's not always in our control, and not always the way it works out.