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Verbal de escalation or feeding the ego

It doesn't matter how well trained one is or if one is in the right. It is always best to avoid a fight on the street unless there is no other option and your safety or life is in danger. There are just so many variables when one fights on the street, that no matter how well trained one is, the fight can swing in anyone's favour at any moment.  Usually a fight, physical assault etc begins with an argument or one person is getting aggressive, abusive, showing signs of getting physical, trying to get up close etc. These are cues that we should use to increase the distance between us and the possible attacker.  In such a situation we have 2 options, either we stay calm and just do our best to verbally de escalate the situation or we feed our ego and try to show who we are, or how right we are and so on. It doesn't matter if we are right and the possible attacker is in the wrong, just apologise and try to diffuse the situation.  Giving into your ego and responding to aggressi...