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Difese personâl: Cemût fasìno a savê se o vin denant di nô un fighter? Cuatri elements di considerâju. Self-defence: How can we know if we’re dealing with a fighter? Four elements to consider.
O stin cuistionant cun cualchidun e la situazion e va di mâl in piês: pò ancje stâi che o tachìn a pacâsi intune barufe a pugns. Vino denant di nô un fighter? Varessino di frontâ cheste persone? Prin element: Par distingui ben se o vin denant di nô un aversari pericolôs, valadì un fighter, prin di dut o vin di cjalâi la posture, soredut i zenoi: sono plêats? Se a combati un om al è brâf, nol starà in pîts impicotît, e lis gjambis no saran tant che doi troncs; al contrari i zenoi a saran pleâts, e il fighter al sarà mobil e flessibil, par podê schivâ l’aversari e cjapâ pugns e sburtons cun stabilitât. I zenoi pleâts a son un campanel di alarme che o vin denant di nô un fighter. Secont element: lis spalis. Un fighter nol tignarà lis spalis bassis, ma impen lis spalis a saran tiradis sù un pôc, par podê vignî in difese dal barbuç. Cheste posizion plui alte des spalis i permet al fighter di tirâ pugns in maniere plui abile: un fighter cussì al à la difese personâl tal DNA. Tierç element: Il fighter al protezarà il barbuç. Al è improbabil che un om che ti sfide cul barbuç alt al sedi un fighter. Il fighter al sa ben che il barbuç al è un bersai une vore sensibil, alore lu tignarà bas. Cun di plui il fighter no ti cjalarà dal alt injù, ma ti cjalarà dal bas insù. Cheste maniere di cjalâ ti segnale une situazion di pericul: cun cheste voglade, il fighter ti sta butant un messaç clâr. Cuart element: il stât fisic dal om — cuel svilupât, nâs sfracaiât o stuart, orelis a cauliflôr. Chestis particolaritâts a vegnin dopo tantis oris di alenament. A rivuart des orelis a cauliflôr, chestis a vegnin dai tancj colps che a deformin la cartilagjin de orele.
We’re arguing with someone and the situation’s escalating: it may even be that we come to blows in a fist fight. Have we a fighter in front of us? Should we confront this person? First element: To determine if we’re dealing with a dangerous opponent, which is to say, a fighter, we must first observe his posture, especially his knees: are they bent? If a man is a skilled fighter, he won’t stand rigidly on his feet, and his legs won’t be like two trunks; on the contrary, his knees will be bent, and the fighter will be mobile and flexible, to be able to dodge the opponent and take punches or shoves with stability. Bent knees are an alarm bell that we’re facing a fighter. Second element: the shoulders. A fighter won’t keep his shoulders low; instead, they’ll be slightly raised, so as to come to the defence of his chin. This higher shoulder position allows the fighter to throw punches more skillfully: such a fighter has self-defence in his DNA. Third element: The fighter will protect his chin. It’s unlikely that a man who challenges you with his chin held high is a fighter. A fighter knows well that the chin is a very sensitive target, so he’ll keep it low. Additionally, a fighter won’t look down at you from above, but will look up at you from below. This way of looking signals to you a situation of danger: with this glance, the fighter’s sending you a clear message. Fourth element: The man’s physical condition — developed neck, flattened or crooked nose, cauliflower ears. These traits come from many hours of training. As for cauliflower ears, they result from the many blows that deform the ear’s cartilage.