Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
Nothing brings you as close to the street as competitive full contact fighting.
To a certain degree competitive fighting can actually be more intense and stimulating than a street fight.
What are the chances of facing a trained fighter on the street, one of the same level as in a competition?
Still, it is important to train the "Street qualities" that sparring and competition don't develop:
Awareness, weapons, multiple attackers, environmental factors.
I agree... another thing to do is to simulate beat downs, multiple opponents beating you down and leaving no room for avoiding it... the only option is to fight back.