In the rural and suburban U.S. parking lots are the most dangerous places for a lone person on foot, or in a vehicle. These are asphalt kill boxes. The circumstances surrounding this attack are not clear, so the avoidance tactics available to the victim are uncertain. If this was about a fender bender and these guys were bent on harming him, the only thing he could do is stay in his larger vehicle and either drive to a police station or use it to make hamburger out of these two assholes.
Once he is out of his vehicle, on foot, he’s fucked. If you find yourself in this position here are tips on minimizing your damage.
1. Use parked cars to stay away from their vehicle if they are cruising for you. You want them to have to dismount from a distance. The farther they are from their car the shorter their attack window will be.
2. If these guys appear, individually, to be your match, do not stand and fight, but move away obliquely toward cover.
3. Find a shopping cart as soon as possible and use it as a walking barrier.
4. Keep your hands up and out to ward off blows.
5. Do not say anything, ever. If you get hit in the chin while talking you are toast.
6. Realize that there are really dangerous ruthless dudes out there capable of taking you out, who also have friends willing to go along with it. This guy was hit by a pro quality left handed punch to the right eye. This is extremely unusual.
7. If you are hit harder than you have ever been hit and dropped, and or stomped, do not go home. You need to walk into an emergency room and then lay down on the floor between the electric doors so they have to do something with you. The earlier a brain bleed is caught the better your chances of not leaving you woman like this.
Notice the big drive gets out and stops him, then hits him with both hands from a push guard. I'm guessing this dude was a biker, a big dude that knew how to use his size, which is real rare, even among trained fighters. Notice the way that little bastard scrambles out of the passenger side. If a passenger ever exits a vehicle that quick while you are dealing with the driver, run forward past the driver at an angle through obstacles.
These attackers were experienced violent criminals who did not even have time to make a plan, yet carried one out. Study this encounter for parking lot scenarios, not like a karate guy to figure out how to win, but with the mindset of a soldier with only one clip of ammo who does not want to get pinned down in a fire fight. If something like this comes to a fight and you do not have one punch KO power—that's one punch against tough fighters, something most of us lack—and you do not have a knife, then cover your head, move away from the punches and play for time. The farther away from the enemy vehicle you stagger the better.
