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THE HIPS
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The hips are the fulcrum point for leverage in throws. They are also used
to generate rotational force and back-up power in upper body techniques, all kicks,
knee strikes and throws.
THE LEGS
- Knees: these are power weapons used against an opponent's testicles,
pubic bone, ribs, or face. A "drop-knee" is a brutal technique where you
drop your body weight onto a fallen attacker's vital areas via your knee. This technique is devastating when used as an "offensive fall" if you are being pulled to the ground onto an assailant.
- Shinbone (tibia): this weapon is used like a baseball bat to kick to
the opponent's knee, femur, ribs, neck or face. Highly conditioned shins, such as those seen in Muay Thai, can
be used as both devastatiing kicks and for offensive blocks.
- Back of the legs: this area is used to upset an opponent's balance
with trips and sweeping techniques (see next page.)
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takedowns. When faced (1) with an oncoming attacker sidestep his approach
(2) sweep your leg behind his calves to trip him and (3) smash your arm
across his throat. (4) Taking out his legs and throat simultaneously will
cause him to slam backwards to the ground, headfirst. You are then in a
position to stomp...
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THE FEET
- Ball of the foot: Striking surface is exposed by flexing the toes backward.
You can then deliver potent front-snap or roundhouse kicks to the opponent's groin,
solar plexus, face etc.
- Blade of the foot: Used with the heel
for side kicks to targets such as the knees, solar plexus, ribs, throat or face.
- Instep: Used for striking in roundhouse kicks for front kicks
to the opponent's groin.
- Heel: this weapon is used as the striking surface in side, "mule,"spinning
and back kicks. It is also used to stomp kick when your attacker is on the ground.
- Toes: Work best when delivered in a stabbing motion to
soft-tissue areas such as the eyes, throat or groin.
Just as the body may be used as a comprehensive self-defense
tool, our martial arts training can be viewed as a tool for self-development.
In the course of learning to deal with an external adversary, we find we
are confronting the enemy within: the fearful, undisciplined, reactionary
side of our nature. The Martial Arts path offers us such jewels as discipline,
respect, patience, wisdom and strength. As we strive to master our art, we
must not neglect to master ourselves.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Cordelia Clancy is a black belt in the
South Korean special forces martial art of Tukong Moosul, and is a certified
bodyguard. She teaches street self-defense seminars and courses nationally, and may be contacted in Saratoga, CA at Concrete Jungle Self-Defense (408) 242-3806.
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