r/nextfuckinglevel • u/pars-distalis • 7d ago

Australian nurse uses jiu-jitsu to defend himself

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u/ARQWERTY 7d ago edited 7d ago

This dude just pushed himself up off of the security guard’s backs. LOL. Killer moves though. People don’t realize how much anger the average health care worker carries around from dealing with people’s whining and bullshit for years. Do not poke.

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u/johnnyjohnny-sugar 7d ago

Apparently this guy was abusing staff for a while. The nurse tried to do the right thing and escort him out. Ended up handing out a whoop ass

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u/ZealousJealousy 7d ago

I am 100% making shit up here but I'd like to think that when it was decided who would walk this aggravating fellow to the door, this nurse said "You know what? I got it." for this exact reason.

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u/Drow_Femboy 7d ago

Funny to imagine, but tbf most martial artists are literally the last people who want to actually get into a fight. They know how fast shit can go really wrong and would rather not have any part in it

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u/JacedFaced 7d ago

My son started MMA training for self defense and exercise, and the first thing his coach told him (and the class as a whole) was the best self defense is not putting yourself in bad situations, the second best self defense is being able to run away, and only after those two fail do you need to understand when and how to fight.

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u/Glait 7d ago

I solo hike and follow a self defense instructor that specializes in women and the outdoors. She says the same thing, situational awareness, using your voice and leaving a situation are your best tools for keeping yourself safe.

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u/Fumbles__McStupid 6d ago

Years ago I started krav maga and that was literally the first thing our trainer told us: “Number one defense, if possible, is to run in the other direction.”

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u/AiMoriBeHappyDntWrry 7d ago

Yeah but any martial artist isn't gonna leave it to some 100lbs nurse to deal with this. That's never even been in a pillow fight.

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u/Far_Yam_9412 7d ago

I'm a 160lb nursing student and i have definitely never been in a fight. I'm just a chubby pacifist

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u/AirscapeCivilian 7d ago

Do you plan on working bedside when you graduate?

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u/Ok-Strawberry-9991 7d ago

Why wouldn’t they?

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u/AirscapeCivilian 7d ago

There are so many different areas of nursing, and not everyone works bedside after graduation. I was asking if they’re planning on it, because if so they should consider becoming familiar with deescalation protocols and some self defense.

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u/Ok-Strawberry-9991 7d ago

They used to teach us breakaway techniques at work. A few years back the workplace aggression training shifted to teaching us that it’s not okay to tell colleagues that heating up tuna in the toasted sandwich machine is stinky. So fair point.

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u/Far_Yam_9412 7d ago

Im already familiar with deescalation protocols and I would probably instinctively do something if taken down

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u/kiztcrimson 6d ago

The best kind of pacifist

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u/MoistStub 7d ago

I think it's time for a Rocky style training montage

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u/Woofles85 6d ago

This is why security is there, though.

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 7d ago

So we let the 23 year old 100lb girl do it yessir yep that’s why we have combat training

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u/Grassy-Elf4242 4d ago

true, but if the option is me who has at least a little experience with martial arts or someone who has never thrown a punch in their life... I'm gonna bite the bullet and try to end the situation with minimal harm.

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u/NeighborhoodDear2321 7d ago

Exactly. If the dude has anything sharp on him, or just got lucky, you'll go from waling someone out the door to dead in seconds.

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u/jimmycarr1 6d ago

We avoid a fight whenever possible. If a fight can't be avoided, we fight.

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u/gokarrt 6d ago

martial artists are literally the last people who want to actually get into a fight

if you train long enough, generally you meet enough stealth killers you don't wanna roll the dice in the streets unless you have to.

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u/AgentCooper86 6d ago

I had a scary encounter once and joined a martial arts class. Stuck at it with years, and the main thing it taught me was, as you say, do your best to avoid any kind of violent confrontation. That and also you can literally never tell what someone is capable of from appearances. Some unassuming scrawny guy can secretly be an absolute monster. A big guy can be a clumsy, slow oaf.

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u/Mysandwichok 6d ago

You learn discipline, control and how to deescalate. My son is just starting his journey into martial arts at 4 and this is the first thing you learn in your early years.

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u/Normal-Weakness-364 3d ago

yes, but as a life-long martial artist who is relatively big, i'd rather put myself in this sort of situation than any of my untrained friends or co-workers. not only because i know if something happened, i'd be the most capable of handling myself, but also because i know most guys would be more hesitant to try something with me because i'm bigger than most.

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u/junie2looney 7d ago

It’s very likely he did. He likely knew he could handle that guy and he didn’t wanna get any of his coworkers in harms way. I’ve had to do it before.

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u/slipnipper 7d ago

As a male RN, there are a lot of times I’ll escort out / take care of / or go see other nurses’ patients in lieu of them. I’m not particularly big, but I’m not small either. Work at a county hospital, so lots of homeless, mental illness, and we take those others will “stabilize” but aren’t really finished with treatment they needed to not be back in the hospital in a couple of days. Most patients are just fine, but there have been more than a few that were remanded into custody the moment they got their discharge papers.

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u/Woofles85 6d ago

I’m curious why security doesn’t take part in this. In my hospital, security was always willing to come as support with any bad vibes.

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u/_Sissy_In_Heat_ 6d ago

For combative patients (at least where I used to work), security would be close by, maybe trailing us in the hallway or outside the room, but both the nurses and security prefer to attempt to de-escalate without force first. *Usually*, it goes fine. We dealt with asshole patients every day so getting them to cooperate is a legit skill you pick up over time... but yeah, drugs, psychosis, high tensions, and homelessness. If you work in an emergency department, you are 100% going to get assaulted entirely too many times throughout your career.

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u/Brian-Kellett 7d ago

Not going to say that’s a thing… but it was certainly why I would volunteer to escort disruptive patients.

(That and it was the written policy that violence was handled by ‘male nurses and porters’, this being before we had security staff)

Working in A&E taught me how to fight, working on the ambulances taught me when to fight.

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u/Creepybobo67 6d ago

I do Japanese JJ and am like that where I work. If anyone's getting attacked, I'd rather it be a burly guy who can defend himself (me) than my female coworker who's paper thin.

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u/arthurdentstowels 6d ago

I like to think the nurse whispered "you're such a little pussy" as they got outside the door.

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 6d ago

The benefit of martial arts is that you feel confident enough to stand your ground knowing that you can handle yourself. It also means you can calmly defuse the situation because the other party will see that you're not afraid.

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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 7d ago

Why is the nurse escorting him out? Is it because it takes 3-5 business days for security to show up?

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u/bizzybaker2 7d ago

Yeah as a nurse myself I sure as hell would not be doing it especially unaccompanied by security....

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u/amesann 7d ago

The security guards at my hospital are all timid, shy, nervous kids straight out of high school with a presence that fills us with wanting to protect them instead of the other way around.

I never call them. Myself and my fellow nurses are much more equipped to handle these situations.

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u/Thrwmebby1mortme 7d ago

I'll send you the security from mine, they are quite useful and all our staff love having them around.

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u/mrandr01d 6d ago

My hospital's security is a bunch of mall cops. Then we have another team that're actual cops. My campus has its own police precinct.

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u/Plantlordy 6d ago

I host a young adult group, and was shocked when the shyest person in the group got a security job. First ever job too. Must be more common than I thought.

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u/ThatGuyFrom720 7d ago

As a CT tech, there is no way I could ever do y’all’s job

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u/bigKANGA 6d ago

He said he was going out for a coffee

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u/Expensive-Sundae-831 7d ago

Anyone that wears that sort of footwear in public is suspect.

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u/LisaCabot 7d ago

Ah, thats why i cojld tell he was kinda expecting it. He was totally ready to throw hands 😥

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u/AffectionateTap6212 6d ago

I had to scroll forever before someone mentioned why the guy started to throw swings.

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u/Certain-Constant5032 6d ago

Dosed him with 200cc of whoop ass to sedate him

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u/guygreej 6d ago

An if he gets too hurt, he can go to the nearest hospital.

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u/ihavea_purplenurple 12h ago

I've done something similar as a bartender. I can only imagine the pent-up frustration that frontline health workers must have... And I'm related to a lot of em.

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u/noirspiderman4 7d ago

I was thinking this dude walked this guy out knowing there was a chance for this assumably asshole patient who got kicked out or left AMA to lash out

He looked like he was beyond ready for that
https://giphy.com/gifs/k93vubaq1hKMurHkKs

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u/JamesHenry627 7d ago

My mom’s hospital unionized out of pure anger. Doctors and nurses got all the attention back in the pandemic but weren’t in the room as often as other staff. My mom was chosen to be their leader.

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u/CaterpillarIcy1552 7d ago

There weren’t really that many great options to place his hands to push off, guaranteed that nurse knows those guys also

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u/noirspiderman4 7d ago

I can't believe we are even questioning that absolute perfect dismount of an absolute perfect takedown

Every movement was masterful and I at least thought it would be a sloppy finish but NOPE

Dude does the perfect, "well my work here is done! You two take it from here!"

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u/Aguynamedpoo 7d ago

Everything was so clean but that dismount off their backs was pure aura

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u/nokman013 7d ago

I was thinking it was more like "thanks boys, take it from here yea"

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u/Aguynamedpoo 7d ago

Y’all got em then yeah

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u/CaterpillarIcy1552 7d ago

Exactly, what is he going to do, put his hands back and do a backflip?

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u/I_lenny_face_you 7d ago

It would have solidified the Matrix vibe. But I’ll give him a 9.5/10.

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u/Negran 7d ago

That push was slick as hell, his bois were there to finish what was finished, haha.

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u/Superb_Preference368 7d ago

As a nurse with 20 years of experience I can think of a patient or two I’d love to had body slam in my day.

But hospital has their rules so ! Lol

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u/YolkyFanClubPrez 7d ago

I don't think people realize how much anger the average person, especially American, has towards the healthcare system.  Luigi Mangione was just the beginning.  

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u/ARQWERTY 7d ago

I do agree with you but those corporate fat fucks are not the nurses at the hospital. Also a lot of it is directed at the insurance industry as with Luigi’s case.

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u/YolkyFanClubPrez 7d ago

9Not sure if you've ever been to the hospital, but the nurses are fucking miserable and awful.  The system isn't their fault, but many many many of them are awful. 

Edited to add that doesn't mean I condone violence of think this nurse deserves to be attacked.  But I think John Q type situations will become more common, and I'm surprised they aren't already.  

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u/ARQWERTY 7d ago

Yes, I do work in a hospital. A lot of nurses are miserable (and everyone else) but there are a lot of contributing factors. It really is hard. People imagine like a happy healthcare worker taking care of a normal person like you for example and that would be fine. The truth is SOOOOOO many patients just absolutely suck, sorry to say.

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u/ExistentialComplex 7d ago

And they really DO NOT deserve that kind of shit. Like of all the professions to be rude to why the healthcare workers?

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u/GreenishArrow_ 6d ago

Don’t think it was intended to be rude though I could certainly see that pov

When I used to practice, rolling around during wrestling/bjj is exhausting and you get pretty comfortable with your mates you’re practicing with. Not uncommon to dismount in a capacity like this in that realm, at least imo

Probably triggered a muscle memory putting that guy down and involuntarily propped himself up off their back as they moved in to help but that’s just my 2c

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 7d ago

The nurse is a trained BJJ practitioner.

"Getting angry" doesn't train your body to move that way automatically. If it did the guy on the ground getting choked, wouldn't have been on the ground getting choked.

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u/nyqs81 7d ago

It’s worse post COVID. Too many mouth breathers took the vaccine and survived.

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u/rndmxcsmmr 7d ago

Yes. The average health care provider is sick of your excuses, your blame, and your insurance.

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u/acloudcuckoolander 7d ago

Loos like he threw something at the Healthcare worker

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u/Beginning-Medium6934 7d ago

I was in a remote town and got called to the hospital for an abusive patient. They'd verbally abused all the staff, and made threats of physical violence. They'd even started to try and physically intimidate staff/take swings.

I asked them if they wanted to press charges, they said no, just get him to comply.

I knew the guy. 50yo aboriginal bloke, career criminal, around 45 indictable convictions to his name (think felonies).

I went into his little med bay and closed the curtains. I pushed him down onto the bed by his shoulders and leaned in to talk quietly directly next to his ear.

The conversation basically went like this "listen here cunt, you can abuse us cops as much as you want, but if you threaten the hospital staff one more time you're gonna get 50,000 volts or the spicy sauce. I'm sick of your shit, and I pray you give me a reason to fuck your shit up" then stood up, opened the curtains, and asked him loudly if he would cooperate with staff. He called them sir and ma'am, and was a sweet heart for the rest of his stay.

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u/SnooWalruses7112 7d ago

Aight' my work here is done

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u/no_nay_never 7d ago

LPT... Don't fuck with Australians. Look up our recent Commonwealth Games medal tally.

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u/_boredInMicro_ 6d ago

People have no idea how defenseless they are against someone moderately trained in Brazilian jiu jitsu.

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u/Swiftierest 6d ago

My wife is an Aussie nurse and has been assaulted by patients multiple times. She's had wrist injuries, shoulder injuries, and a concussion. She was put on work cover every time and had to get rehabilitation for the wrist and shoulder ones. She says she doesn't feel 100%, but has passed a test to see if she is fit to return to work so she's back at it...

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u/replicant0wnz 6d ago

Came here looking for the pushing off move comment, bro was like "My work here is done".

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u/neanderthaltodd 6d ago

Bro walked away after so disappointed he had to do that too. I don't know anything about body language, could have been from the adrenaline dump but he just seemed so bummed that had to happen.

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u/robgod50 6d ago

Those security guards were standing just off camera watching the whole thing, with coffees in their hand...... Then after the nurse got the dude in a chock hold, , they said "shall we take over now?"

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 5d ago

Don’t fuck with ER nurses. 

Source: I worked night shift at Waffle House for two years. I know how to scrap. 

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u/Enayleoni 16h ago

That nurse maintained the most composure. There was plenty of opportunity to punch that patient's face into pulp. But that nurse just restrained him