Running the gauntlet is a part of some gang initiations. Even some college fraternities have something like that. There was an early episode of the tv show Riverdale where Jughead had to run the gauntlet as the final phase for his initiation into the
serpents.
Many years ago I read an article in a mainstream newspaper about a former gang member in New York who had left the gang and turned his life around. The article said that to be admitted to the gang, the guy had had to walk past a gauntlet of gang members, each of whom punched him in the gut as he went by. The reporter wrote, "He took their best shots without going down."
JayPuncher (12)
1/20/2022 7:37 PMRunning the gauntlet is a part of some gang initiations. Even some college fraternities have something like that. There was an early episode of the tv show Riverdale where Jughead had to run the gauntlet as the final phase for his initiation into the
serpents.
marquis419 (0)
1/20/2022 10:57 PM(In reply to this)
Did the "Riverdale" initiation scene involve gutpunching? Was any of it hot?
JayPuncher (12)
1/20/2022 11:22 PM(In reply to this)
It was only about 3 or 4 punches - maybe one gut punch
marquis419 (0)
1/21/2022 6:12 PM(In reply to this)
It's season 2, episode 5, and it's on YouTube. I did see one gutpunch.
Kureitondesu (14 )
1/19/2022 7:35 AMWas that a news article or an old Yahoo groups fantasy post. Sounds familiar but I can't place it.
marquis419 (0)
1/19/2022 3:50 PM(In reply to this)
It was a news article or, more accurately, an op-ed, in the New York Daily News.
marquis419 (0)
1/19/2022 3:41 AMMany years ago I read an article in a mainstream newspaper about a former gang member in New York who had left the gang and turned his life around. The article said that to be admitted to the gang, the guy had had to walk past a gauntlet of gang members, each of whom punched him in the gut as he went by. The reporter wrote, "He took their best shots without going down."