When there’s more than one attacker, skill alone won’t save you. 

Strategy comes first, or you lose fast.

Each extra opponent is akin to your enemy having a very intelligent weapon. 

As always, the goal is not to “win.” The goal is to survive long enough to get out.

There are only a few strategies that make sense. Which one you choose depends on the situation, but the priority never changes: escape.

If you can run, run.

Distance is your safest advantage.

If you have a clear path, take it immediately. No techniques outperform space.

If running isn’t immediately possible, the next option is to punch a hole.

You don’t fight everyone. 

You target the easiest person to break through: the one out of position, off-balance, or slower to react. 

Explode forward with commitment, create an opening, and then run.

This is not a prolonged exchange. It’s a violent interruption followed by escape.

When you’re surrounded, this is often your only option.

If you can’t escape right away, you must control the geometry.

Your job is to turn multiple opponents into one-at-a-time problems. That means constant movement, footwork, staying off the ground, and using the environment to funnel them.

Walls, cars, doorways, narrow paths. 

Anything that forces them into a line works in your favor. 

When they’re stacked, only one person can reach you at a time.

A weapon changes the balance instantly.

Anything you can grab (a stick, bottle, object) extends reach and increases deterrence.

But this comes with risk. If the weapon is taken from you, you’ve just armed the group.

If you use one, protect it, keep moving, and don’t fixate on it.