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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Because an untrained person with STREET experience has learnt these same lessons the hard way you idiot.
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Actually, they haven't.
Someone with street experience are, in most cases, used to fighting others with the same style. Usually grappling and/or bare knuckle with a viscous twist. I doubt they see a lot of martial arts, unless they went out of their way to look for fights with strangers.
It varies from person to person, but in most cases I would put my money on those with formal training.
A small note to your story Tenchu: I don't know how it is with your art, but I believe the law for most high-level practitioners in Canada is: Whatever occurs within the first 5 seconds of the encounter can be chalked up to reaction, but after that you can be charged with assault even if you were not the aggressor because you should know methods to disable him without causing bodily harm.