Roy

Dear Sean kelleher,
You make a very good point. During altercations, I can remember a strange communication taking place between me, and my opponent/attacker. Oddly, there seemed to be some sort of shared understanding while fighting. So, perhaps your opponent understood that, walking away UN-hurt was more important to you then victory or hurting him. This must have lessoned the tension and cause him to cool down a bit to reconsider his need to continue the altercation.