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not a quiz machine but a neanderthal machine where you hit a punch bag and that registers a score for both men and ladeez.has replaced the quiz machine in a couple of locations.has the pub industry lost it senses? You can hone your skills during the week at a site and then engage in fisticuffs with the bouncers at the same location at the weekend!
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a pool table is just as likely to cause fights. Anyone that's spend any decent amount of time around a pool table in a rough pub will know it can be a powder keg some nights.
he does say "hone your skills" which is what made me think he's under the impression that hitting a ball and real fighting are related. If he's not the physical type he may not realise how far apart they are.
he does say "hone your skills" which is what made me think he's under the impression that hitting a ball and real fighting are related. If he's not the physical type he may not realise how far apart they are.
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agree with your last point- they dont see compatible with pubs.Everything is supposed to be more sophisticated particularly with regards to video games XBOX NINENTENDO realism & they introduce a product that really taxes the brain!!! Pool is a great game and attracts trouble because of the misinterpretation of rules & cheating/also they ready made weapons.They will be setting up shooting ranges and introducing stab the hoody machines next.Boxing machines are symptomatic of a violent society to me. Even I can get aggressive after my gym workouts ,the adrennaline rush certain people (particularly with alcohol) will get after this and with taunting (one gets a higher score than the other)will lead to fisticuffs.However,even the people that find this thing entertaining will soon tire of it & I expect their extinction within pubs in the next year & hope the quiz machines they replaced are restored.Also the look of them they look incongruous- saw one in a Jongleurs, weird.
You're not a very physical person are you?
That's not a critisism, just an observation.
"fisticuffs" don't need a reason. The catalyst may vary but young bucks will always lock horns. The more intellectual folk and the physical types that are a bit wiser just avoid it and/or learn strategies to deal with it.
Boxer machines don't make you any more or less likely to get picked on by the 'neanderthals' that you're worried about.
That's not a critisism, just an observation.
"fisticuffs" don't need a reason. The catalyst may vary but young bucks will always lock horns. The more intellectual folk and the physical types that are a bit wiser just avoid it and/or learn strategies to deal with it.
Boxer machines don't make you any more or less likely to get picked on by the 'neanderthals' that you're worried about.
sadly, there'll always be thugs and scumbags and there always have been. It's not more violent now than in the past, what ever the media tells you.
In previous generations, there were mods and rockers meeting up for huge tooled up gang fights, race riots, union rent-a-thugs and don't forget football firms.
On a more intimate level, there's always been mugging and street fighting, not to mention violence towards women and children. Just reported and recorded differently now.
pulling back now. don't want to get on my soap box
In previous generations, there were mods and rockers meeting up for huge tooled up gang fights, race riots, union rent-a-thugs and don't forget football firms.
On a more intimate level, there's always been mugging and street fighting, not to mention violence towards women and children. Just reported and recorded differently now.
pulling back now. don't want to get on my soap box

it's modern street orientated self protection.
I come from a kickboxing background and still teach that as core skills but not from a sport or semi-contact point of view. Sport kickboxers don't tend to enjoy the headbutts, eye gouges, bites, throat and groin attacks too much
I realise that makes us sound like nut jobs, but honestly we're not. the group includes prison officers, policemen, security staff, but also teenagers and young single mums. we're learnig how to beat nutters and you don't do that with wax on wax off.
I got mugged about 5 years ago by 4 lads. my kickboxing kept me relatively undamaged, but wasn't enough so the focus is more on releasing the animal rather than controlled aggresion like you'd expect to see in a ring.
I come from a kickboxing background and still teach that as core skills but not from a sport or semi-contact point of view. Sport kickboxers don't tend to enjoy the headbutts, eye gouges, bites, throat and groin attacks too much

I realise that makes us sound like nut jobs, but honestly we're not. the group includes prison officers, policemen, security staff, but also teenagers and young single mums. we're learnig how to beat nutters and you don't do that with wax on wax off.
I got mugged about 5 years ago by 4 lads. my kickboxing kept me relatively undamaged, but wasn't enough so the focus is more on releasing the animal rather than controlled aggresion like you'd expect to see in a ring.