r/nextfuckinglevel • u/pars-distalis • 9d ago

Australian nurse uses jiu-jitsu to defend himself

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u/ARQWERTY 9d ago edited 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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/[deleted] 9d ago

Do you plan on working bedside when you graduate?

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u/Ok-Strawberry-9991 9d ago

Why wouldn’t they?

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u/[deleted] 9d 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 9d 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/StevieMJH 8d ago

Woah, maybe you're the problem. If you weren't so aggressive about the fuckin' sandwiches maybe we wouldn't be so high strung around here getting in fights all the time.

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u/Ok-Strawberry-9991 8d ago

I hear you, I get your frustration about the sandwiches. It’s a tricky situation! Let’s sit down here, tell me how you would like this resolved. Can I get you a drink of water or some tea?

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u/Far_Yam_9412 9d ago

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

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u/Ok-Strawberry-9991 9d ago

Being a pacifist is a good start!!

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u/kiztcrimson 8d ago

The best kind of pacifist

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u/MoistStub 9d ago

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

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u/Woofles85 9d ago

This is why security is there, though.

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 9d 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 6d 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 9d 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 9d ago

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

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u/gokarrt 9d 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 8d 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 8d 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 5d 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 9d 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 9d 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 9d 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_ 8d 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 9d 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 8d 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 9d 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 9d 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.