Fighting in tournaments does not make you a bouncer.
Knowing martial arts does not make you a bouncer.
Learning on the job helps make you a bouncer.
Most of the time when people were unruly in the college bar we just had to break up fights, cool people down and then kick them out. It became a matter of restraint rather than a brawl (although I will go over those episodes too) and we had to keep people safe in spite of themselves.
One night during a busy night there were three very big college football guys drunk at the door. I had stopped them from entry because they were already drunk. We began to argue and knowing that the odds were against me I came up with an effective strategy.
I closed the door and held it shut.
The door knob was small so only one person could grip it to try and open it. After several minutes of frustration they left. No fight, no fuss, no muss. This is what Bruce Lee must have meant when he said "The art of fighting without fighting"
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