🥊✈️ Hailing Trouble

Be careful what you say to a Cabby

Paulo Simoes
June 30, 2025

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Hey Warrior,

It was cheap shot.

I don’t know about you but I find slaps to the face insulting.

It’s probably one of the few ways you could draw me into a fight.

And I guess the guy in this weeks senario felt the same way.

I’m calling this one The Cabby Kerfuffle.

Let’s see what happened…

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Street fights rarely follow the highlight-reel script.

One minute you’re trading words, the next you’re half-strangled by a guy who smells like yesterday’s dumplings.

This week’s “Cabby Kerfuffle” shows a single lazy head-lock…

…and the crazy snowball effect that led into ground scrambles, tree-dodging, and a flurry of hail-Mary punches.

The lesson?

Break the head-lock fast..

…or better yet don’t get into one in the first place!

In the next four emails we’ll…

…drill escapes

…range control

… and barrier tactics so you never end up wondering where it all went wrong.

Stay tuned, stay teachable, and bring your questions.

I’m unpacking every messy second of this 59-second chaos reel.

What Happened?

I’m sure that slap echoed down the block!

And I don’t know what was said but it inspired a visceral response.

The ‘victim’ came out swinging…good effort but only ended up getting himself in a potentially dangerous position.

Headlocks are not a good place to be.

So this week I’m going to show you how to deal a few different variations.

Lucky for the victim he was able to recover and eventually turn the whole thing around walking away some pride left intact.

The unfortunate part is that in order to get there he provided his attacker with so many opportunities to finish the fight.

This could have ended way differently.

Watch the Clip

Think you’d have slipped that head-lock faster than our guy? Prove it.

👉 Watch the 59-second chaos reel in the Operator’s Lounge — then hit replay and count every escape window he missed.

Before You Go...

Getting caught in a head-lock reflects poor position, panic, and planning.

If you don’t train to recognize the setup, you’ll always be reacting late.

The real mistake wasn’t the slap or even the scramble…

…it was not having a plan for what came next.

Have a plan. For the clinch. For the choke. For the chaos.

That’s how you stay in control…

…even when the fight looks nothing like the drills.

Stay sharp,
– Paul Simoes

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