Getting back up is half the battle.
Finding some sort of balance is where I'm at. Go too far one way or the other and the starving side fights back with a vengeance.
Capoeira was a way of practicing martial arts that looked like dancing so when the authorities came by you just make it look more like dancing. Even when you dance you engage the hips and feet which is where all the power comes from so it trickles down into fighting.