One strong, brave man vs. Ten Cowards. Who would win in a fight?

[Shock and Awe]

that depends on who's holding the AK...

Me

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

well if its a martial arts Master as the brave man

or as movie Bob has Put it 'one Ninja is always a Badass', considering ninjutsu is a fighting style

 

[Ryuk2]

Single man, the cowards would run away after the man kills one of them.

Yeah, sure, one unarmed man would kill one of the 10 man with weapons. How? Just how would an unarmed man run up to 10 armed man and just kill one of them? Real life is not a Jacky Chan movie.
They would beat him up so fast that he wouldn't even have a chance to hit one of them. They might be cowards, but none is so stupid, that he would run away when he clearly has the advantage.

 

[Volucer]

The single man, although when I think of it the strong, brave man is Bruce Lee/ Chuch Norris, and the 10 random guys are the mooks that are hired to fight them in films...

 

[senorcromas]

The single brave man is unarmed but is a master in one specific fighting style that you can think of.

In that case, krav maga. Brave man wins, end of story.

 

[Nmil-ek]

Martial Arts wont work in unrealistic numbers, sorry even Bruce Lee got his ass handed to him now and again if its more than 3-4 even if your skilled your kinda fucked with 10 guys all they need to do is lock your arms/legs in place and seeing as they are all the same strength/weight/size you're done son.

 

[soren7550]

My money is on the one strong brave man.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

10 win. They can move in on the person all at the same time, not one or two at a time like in the movies. The one's only chance is to somehow separate the ten and fight them one at a time. If they are smart the ten will stay together.

 

[Undercover]

I heard of a guy in my town many years ago who had seven people invade his house with melee weapons, some organised crime thing. He put them all in the hospital with his bare hands.

I also heard of a guy who once a year flies all around the world in a magic sleigh giving presents to good little boys and girls.

Come on man, you really believe that? What proof is there? Did you see it first hand, or was this just another story passed down from buddy to buddy, where the details get sketchier and sketchier and the body count goes up at each retelling?

It happened, in my town. It was a big deal. It was in the papers and on the news, there was a big media storm about it at the time (don't ask for internet news links, this happened in the early 90s). He was also known to a friend so on top of all the media information I was able to collect anecdotal evidence that this actually occured. Seven people DID invade his house with baseball bats, iron bars, etc and he DID put them all in hospital, with his bare hands. It's not actually that unbelievable when you think about the layout of the average house where every door is a choke point and it would be hard for even two or three people to actually get swings in at once let alone seven. Hell, even one person would struggle to swing a baseball bat effectively in a confined space like a doorway. Of course the guy didn't exactly emerge unscathed and he did have to go to hospital too to get some minor injuries fixed up but he DID emerge the victor. Then of course he was under investigation by the police, because seven people don't just break into your house with weapons because they want your DVD player (VCR in those days) and the loose change in your sock drawer.

There's a thing that happens with group psychology. If 40 people all want to kill you, and you can make it clear that you're a threat, then you're sending the message "you may kill me, but I'll take one of you with me". The group knows it can kill you very, very easily if they all hit you together, however if you can scare them enough, no-one wants to be that one person who happens to be the person you hit on the way down. This is why a group of cowards will sometimes lose to one brave person. One of the group steps up, gets stomped, and the rest go "oh crap I don't want to be next"...

You know what? Now I believe you. I was walking down the hallway in my loft & thought pretty much the same thing you mentioned, "You know, if this hallway was filled with guys, I actually could take them out one at a time." Then I remembered a scenario where myself and an equally trained friend were approached by a group of about 5 teenagers that tried to start some shit simply because they outnumbered us. (We outweighed each individual by at least 50-60 pounds)

We managed to almost talk our way out of it when the mouthpiece of the group decided to be a tough guy and took a swing at my friend. He got himself knocked out for his troubles and the rest of the group took off running. Even though I can cite my own experience, this does not negate my previous statements.

I still stand behind what I said before, but with an amendment. Yes it IS possible for one person to take on several armed ones and come out the victor, but the circumstances have to be almost perfect for that to happen, and you are NOT going to come out of it unscathed.

In the scenario presented in this thread however, its the street version of the Kobyashi Maru, and there ain't no Captain Kirk to screw with the program. (Huh? Huh? The Star Trek reference'll help me keep my geek cred.)

For proving your point with facts, logic and without resorting to juvenile comments or insults, you sir just earned my respect.

 

[Soxafloppin]

The Brave guy could put his back to a wall?

 

[BonsaiK]

I heard of a guy in my town many years ago who had seven people invade his house with melee weapons, some organised crime thing. He put them all in the hospital with his bare hands.

I also heard of a guy who once a year flies all around the world in a magic sleigh giving presents to good little boys and girls.

Come on man, you really believe that? What proof is there? Did you see it first hand, or was this just another story passed down from buddy to buddy, where the details get sketchier and sketchier and the body count goes up at each retelling?

It happened, in my town. It was a big deal. It was in the papers and on the news, there was a big media storm about it at the time (don't ask for internet news links, this happened in the early 90s). He was also known to a friend so on top of all the media information I was able to collect anecdotal evidence that this actually occured. Seven people DID invade his house with baseball bats, iron bars, etc and he DID put them all in hospital, with his bare hands. It's not actually that unbelievable when you think about the layout of the average house where every door is a choke point and it would be hard for even two or three people to actually get swings in at once let alone seven. Hell, even one person would struggle to swing a baseball bat effectively in a confined space like a doorway. Of course the guy didn't exactly emerge unscathed and he did have to go to hospital too to get some minor injuries fixed up but he DID emerge the victor. Then of course he was under investigation by the police, because seven people don't just break into your house with weapons because they want your DVD player (VCR in those days) and the loose change in your sock drawer.

There's a thing that happens with group psychology. If 40 people all want to kill you, and you can make it clear that you're a threat, then you're sending the message "you may kill me, but I'll take one of you with me". The group knows it can kill you very, very easily if they all hit you together, however if you can scare them enough, no-one wants to be that one person who happens to be the person you hit on the way down. This is why a group of cowards will sometimes lose to one brave person. One of the group steps up, gets stomped, and the rest go "oh crap I don't want to be next"...

You know what? Now I believe you. I was walking down the hallway in my loft & thought pretty much the same thing you mentioned, "You know, if this hallway was filled with guys, I actually could take them out one at a time." Then I remembered a scenario where myself and an equally trained friend were approached by a group of about 5 teenagers that tried to start some shit simply because they outnumbered us. (We outweighed each individual by at least 50-60 pounds)

We managed to almost talk our way out of it when the mouthpiece of the group decided to be a tough guy and took a swing at my friend. He got himself knocked out for his troubles and the rest of the group took off running. Even though I can cite my own experience, this does not negate my previous statements.

I still stand behind what I said before, but with an amendment. Yes it IS possible for one person to take on several armed ones and come out the victor, but the circumstances have to be almost perfect for that to happen, and you are NOT going to come out of it unscathed.

In the scenario presented in this thread however, its the street version of the Kobyashi Maru, and there ain't no Captain Kirk to screw with the program. (Huh? Huh? The Star Trek reference'll help me keep my geek cred.)

For proving your point with facts, logic and without resorting to juvenile comments or insults, you sir just earned my respect.

Oh cheers. I try not to suck too much on here.

The reason why assassins are typically depicted with short swords and daggers instead of "big-ass mighty-sword of damage dealing +27s" is because a small weapon is easy to swing indoors without being obstructed by the walls or the furniture, and most assassins did a lot of indoor work. If those seven guys had invaded the house in a smarter way, with more appropriate tools for the job, they probably would have kicked the guys' ass.

 

[itsnotyouitsme]

Yeah, sure, one unarmed man would kill one of the 10 man with weapons. How? Just how would an unarmed man run up to 10 armed man and just kill one of them? Real life is not a Jacky Chan movie.
They would beat him up so fast that he wouldn't even have a chance to hit one of them. They might be cowards, but none is so stupid, that he would run away when he clearly has the advantage.

which is why they would run away. if they were stupid, they'd run full pelt into him. however, with any mark of intellect they would run after the guy snaps the first guys neck without a second thought. like why a pack of dogs would run from a lone lion.

 

[Invaderbrim]

Is being invisible a fighting style? Cause if it is then my strong man would totally win.