Street Fighting Man
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| - | '''Street fighting''' is a term used to denote unsanctioned, usually illegal, hand-to-hand [[fighting]] in public places, between individuals or groups of people. The term also usually carries the connotation that the fighters are not professional martial artists or fighters. | ||
| - | Participants may use basic boxing, kick boxing, wrestling, or improvised tactics, including biting, eye gouging, hitting other participants with objects or throwing objects at them. Any rules of combat are dictated by personal choice or [[code of honour]]. | ||
| - | When street fighting escalates to include large scale destruction of property by numerous participants it becomes a [[riot]]. | + | "'''Street Fighting Man'''" is a song by English [[rock and roll]] band [[the Rolling Stones]] featured on their [[1968 in music|1968]] album ''[[Beggars Banquet]]''. Called the Stones' "most political song" by [[Rolling Stone]] who ranked the song #295 on their list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]. |
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| - | Street fighting may include [[edged weapons]], [[blunt weapons]] or [[improvised weapons]]. [[Duelling]] such as a [[gunfight]] which may take place in a street is not considered a form or street fighting due to its formal nature. Fighting that takes place in streets as part of [[combat]] by military forces is known as [[urban warfare]]. | + | |
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| - | While street fighting as an actual activity is relatively rare, [[street fight]] video games and films are very popular. | + | |
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"Street Fighting Man" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. Called the Stones' "most political song" by Rolling Stone who ranked the song #295 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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