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a bar room fight.
http://guyspeed.com/7-things-you-should-know-about-bare-knuckle-boxing/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/423429-irish-bare-knuckle-boxing-techniques/
bare knuckle fist fights require special strategies because hand can be broken
~Bare fist punch body; not head
~No gloves, no protective shield/defense skills are much more critical
~Accurate punching is critical
~Heel of hand technique
~The sliding forearm strike
~Use head to intercept a blow breaking the opponent's hand bones



a high school fight
http://herkimercounty.org/content/Documents/File/125.PDF
Younger teens (9th graders are most likely to get in fights)
Most teen fights are because of disrespect and insults
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text
our brains undergo a massive reorganization between our 12th and 25th years.
In situations where risk can get them something they want, teens value the reward more heavily than adults do.
Teens prefer the company of those their own age more than ever before or after. At one level, this passion for same-age peers merely expresses in the social realm the teen's general attraction to novelty: Teens offer teens far more novelty than familiar old family does.

a fight between a supervisor and a worker
http://www.livescience.com/1929-abused-workers-fight-slacking.html
it is clear that employee-employer relations are at one of the lowest points in history,” researcher Wayne Hochwarter said.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/99-101/
They expect the same production rates even though two guys are now doing the work of three. We're so backed up I'm working twelve-hour shifts six days a week.
One of the Early Warning Signs of Job Stress is short tempers.


a fight between opposing soldiers in a war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-to-hand_combat
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-02/us-armys-ambitious-fight-agains...
"Yet something different was unfolding in the minds and bodies of the soldiers of Bulldog Company. They had done this so many times during training that they were operating from muscle memory. The surge in stress sharpened their attention, heightened their performance".
During World War II, psychologists replaced shell shock with battle fatigue, which described the condition as overwhelming physical and mental exhaustion. After the Vietnam War, researchers better understood what the brain and body go through in combat. They knew that a complex mixture of psychological and physiological reactions trigger anxiety and intense flashbacks in many soldiers.

a quarrel between a man and a woman
http://thesinglewomanguide.com/why-are-men-so-difficult-the-8-big-differences-be...
Men - fight or flight; Women - tend or friend
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-10660/why-men-women-fight-how-to-resolve-it.html
The deeper the connection you have with someone, the more vulnerable you are with them, and the more likely you're going to feel hurt from time to time.
http://www.eharmony.com/dating-advice/about-you/nine-things-men-and-women-argue-...
Three top topics men and women argue over are: How to spend the money; how to raise the kids; and who does what in the home.

a fight between two men over a girl
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/men-fight-violence-women-dominance-control-11281...
Men fight over a woman more for exhibiting social dominance than winning the woman.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Cq2xNPu2lu8C&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=social+reas...
Men fight for assess to women

a fight between two best friends.
http://listovative.com/10-most-common-reasons-why-kids-fight-with-their-friends/...
Jealousy, peer pressure, money, who is most intelligent, fame, bullies, want the same toy, girl friends and family issues.
http://listcrown.com/10-common-reasons-friends-fight/
tension, mocking, misunderstandings, use of personal items, narrow-mindedness.