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19
The Cobra and the Anaconda
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I like to choke people. I’d much rather choke someone than knock them out. I know there are people that feel the exact opposite of this, but to-each-his-own. I was talking to a student (Miles Vigil) at West Side about the difference between knocking someone out and choking someone out and I can sum up the difference between the two by comparing snakes.
Making someone unconscious using a strike is a cobra. Making someone unconscious using a choke is an anaconda–strike = cobra, choke = anaconda.
I’ve knocked one person out in my life with a strike, and although I thought it was awesome, it was a lot different than choking someone out. The strike and subsequent knockout happened in a split second, not only was it fast, it was surprising. I realized he was hurt when I looked into his eyes as he started to wobble and then fell. To me it was like a snake’s venom—a cobra. First the strike, then the fall. I had backed up and watched the damage unfold, almost like watching venom course its way through his body until finally it shut him down. A knockout to me is distance, a strike or multiple strikes, and hope you connect to a vulnerable spot, and then find yourself elated and surprised when he drops.
The choke on the other hand is an anaconda; it’s close, intimate, it’s like rocking a baby to sleep, it takes time but soon they’re out. While a knockout is a surprise, choking is anticipation. You have your victim totally controlled and you simply wait for unconsciousness, adjusting your body to prevent escape while slowly stopping the blood to the brain. And unlike watching your victim shut down, like in a knockout, unlike that visual confirmation, a choke is something you feel. You feel your guy go limp; you can’t see anything, you’re too close, but you know they’re out by the sensitivity you have. A choke is slow and close and scary for the victim because they know it’s coming and can do nothing to prevent it.
I like to choke people. Don’t get me wrong, I respect the cobra, but I fight like an anaconda.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, choke like a anaconda . . . that’s Markie? Na, it just doesn’t have the right feel. We will have to work on something like that for you.
Hell yes. I like this part:
“A choke is slow and close and scary for the victim because they know it’s coming and can do nothing to prevent it.”