What are good exercises for bouncing?

[c3ntrifug3]

Scotsman had the best advice. I was a bouncer for my first 2 years of college.

There are three things to know about being a good bouncer: NEVER EVER EVER EVER HIT THE PERSON. You will get sued and the club will pretend like they never knew you.

Always have back up: Don't go into a situation alone. Always have back up. If some big guy starts bragging about how it will take 4 or 5 guys to get him out of there FINE. Get 4 or 5 guys and carry his ass out unhurt. This will also keep you from getting sucker punched (which I've seen a lot).

Work on people skills (Like Scotts said!): Avoid every possible fight that you can. Looks bad for the club, looks bad for the owner and security. Also, when you do talk to someone that you need to confront, talk like you're an Italian. A lot of bouncers I've talked to say that you're supposed to keep your hands folded behind your back (So you don't present the body language of "wanting to fight") but that's bullshit. You'll get sucker punched or you won't be ready in a situation. Talk with your hands, wave them around and make gestures like you're flamboyantly gay. Who cares? You still appear to be non-threatening and your hands are still right up in front of you.

Also, get a bigger wallet for all the phone numbers you're gonna take home

 

[jbruno]

there was a bouncer at a club in philly i went to a few times, about 6'8", not huge but imposing. long hair, serious scowl, also had a berretta tucked into his back pocket. friend of mine referred to him as 'the yeti'. when this guy stepped into the fray the antics stopped.

Hey sinjin, do you remember what club you saw this guy at? I'm in the Philly area and I remember some really big guy as well. It's bugging me that I cannot remember where it was.

 

[Becoming]

ffknight84- If you are in school, just find some place that is convenient to you.... If you actually like going to the bar, it would be better obviously... Just call or walk in some afternoon (usually the managers are stocking or recieving deliveries) and talk to a manager... bouncers have a pretty high turnover (crappy pay, crappy job), so it should not be hard to find a gig....

c3ntrifug3-"talk like an Italian" don't take this as being confrontational, but what is that supposed to mean? But otherwise pretty decent advice for the most part...

I would not be so sure to think the biggest bouncer is always the best. A guy I knew in college (cool kid from NY about 215lbs) took apart 3 285-300lb offensive linemen outside the bar (this was one of the more prolific BigTen schools) AT THE SAME TIME, including putting a HUGE dent in a random car with one of their heads... One of the more impressive displays I've seen in my days...

 

[Cochise (M-Wave)]

Hey Becoming,

Can you give details about this scrape? Was this guy a grappler or a boxer or something? Or, was he just a natural butt-kicker.

 

[Becoming]

Cochise- Basically, the kid was inside the bar with the three linemen, some kind of crap happened and they all ended up outside. (I heard that part from my friends who I was meeting there) As I recall (though I had put down more than a few at that time, I worked at a different bar then he did and was coming up to the bar he was working at for some drinks just as it went down....) the first guy rushed him and the kid like tripped him and threw him head first into the side of the car putting a huge dent in it.... that guy was done in about .5 secs

I think the second guy he jacked face then gut and gave him the bigtime knee to the face... he was done too

The last guy he traded a couple blows with (the big guy was too slow to land anything good) and smacked him face first into front quarter of the car a couple times right on the seam where it won't dent easy and he was done too.

The guy who was the bouncer there was a cool bro, used to see him at the gym about 50% of the time, and had the same friends/parties, etc. that dude from what I know never really used weights just did pushups and pullups and running etc, but he was a tough hombre....

 

[louden_swain]

Cochise- Basically, the kid was inside the bar with the three linemen, some kind of crap happened and they all ended up outside. (I heard that part from my friends who I was meeting there) As I recall (though I had put down more than a few at that time, I worked at a different bar then he did and was coming up to the bar he was working at for some drinks just as it went down....) the first guy rushed him and the kid like tripped him and threw him head first into the side of the car putting a huge dent in it.... that guy was done in about .5 secs

I think the second guy he jacked face then gut and gave him the bigtime knee to the face... he was done too

The last guy he traded a couple blows with (the big guy was too slow to land anything good) and smacked him face first into front quarter of the car a couple times right on the seam where it won't dent easy and he was done too.

The guy who was the bouncer there was a cool bro, used to see him at the gym about 50% of the time, and had the same friends/parties, etc. that dude from what I know never really used weights just did pushups and pullups and running etc, but he was a tough hombre....

I love these stories!! Have any more?

 

[c3ntrifug3]

hehee sorry, that was a little bit ambiguous.

Talk with your hands, as I explained. Make gestures non-threateningly. You know how the stereotypical Italian talks? Making lots of hand gestures, animating his or her words. It's a good way to do things because it can

A: Help communicate what you mean to someone that is inebriated

B: Allow you to appear non-threatening while still having your hands up in front of you.


Just something that I found worked pretty well.

Chokes and arm-bars work great, but use them sparingly and never to excess. Seriously, I'm not sure how bad things are in Canada, but in the states you hurt someone and your ass is fried with a 1000 dollar simple assault law suit.

Road House this is not.