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Can you see the 7 big reality-based street fighting mistakes that Jim Carrey’s character makes in the bar and alley fight scene of the movie “Yes Man”?

Before you read my analysis below, I want you to look at the above clip one more time and see if you can catch the 7 BIG fighting mistakes that Carrey’s character made.

Okay, here goes.

The The 7 Reality-Based Fighting Mistakes in the Bar-Fight Scene of Jim Carrey’s Movie “Yes Man”

Mistake #1 – Carrey Got Drunk – Look, this is a little common sense here.  If you know you can’t hold your liquor in a public place – simple advice – don’t drink!

Mistake #2 – When The Aggressor Grabbed Carrey’s Shoulder, This Was The First Moment of An Immediate First Strike – Listen to me.  Don’t  you ever, ever let anyone put their hands on you in anger without striking immediately.  Go look at the movie clip again.  That kind of aggressive grab was deserving of an eye jab or a punch to the throat.

Mistake #3 – Carrey Points His Finger Close To The Aggressor’s Face Without Taking Advantage of That Proximity for A Preemptive Eye Jab – Carrey missed a perfect opportunity to eye jab and follow up with a series of other debilitating blows: a knee to the groin, a nice strong head butt to the nose, or just grabbing and biting him on the cheeks, ears or nose.

Mistake #5 – There Is One Part In The Bar Argument Where Carrey Lets The Guy Turn His Back On Him, and Carrey Misses Out On This Opportunity To Hammer-Fist Him in The Back of the Neck – The guy’s girlfriend says something stupid, and he turns his head in amazement to look at her.  Man!  What a missed chance to hit him from behind!

Mistake #6 – He Allows The Guy To Turn And Walk Outside – The guy says to Carrey, “Hey, I think we better step outside.”  Hey, for the reality-based trained fighter, the fight at that point has already started!  The idea is to let the guy walk in front of you, then you attack him from behind before he walks out the door.

You can grab him from behind, and kick your right foot hard behind the back of his right knee as you slam his back to the floor from his shoulders.  Baby, he’s going to hit his head hard on that floor.  I promise you.  Follow up with knee-stomps and ankle-stomps while he is on his back, so that he is unable to get back up.

Mistake #7 – He Accompanies The Guy Outside, And Once There Carrey Is Totally Unaware of His Surroundings – Carrey’s character has absolutely no situational awareness.  He has no idea who is around him nor who is behind or beside him, and of course, in his inebriated state, he doesn’t have a cue about the angles or openings of his also very unaware opponent.

In the last part of this video clip, Carrey’s character says with a drunken slur, “We have to establish the ground rules, and the ground rules are – there are no ground rules!” He got that much right, but he of course did a very poor job of executing it.  Still a funny movie, but not to be copied.

Now, after you read my 7 mistakes that he made, look at the above clip one more time, and see if you can spot any more mistakes.  He actually committed 3 more blunders, but for fun, I’ll let you find them.  Enjoy.

Respectfully,

Charles Prosper aka “The Street Fighting Sifu”

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