Striking the weak points Part 1

As I stated In the Streetknowledge section you should only ever resort to the physical approach if it your last and only resort.

It Is well known that around 95% of all fights at some point will end up on the ground, and to be on the ground during a fight isn't really the best place to be.


95% of Fights end up on the ground because neither of the people involved have any kind of fighting skill what so ever, resulting In constant clinches/falling over. And that If any of fighters had any form of skill then the fight wont go to ground, although somtimes that fight can go to ground even If the fighters are both top trained martial Artists.


So in this section I'll try to teach you how to avoid going to ground and how to end a fight as quickly as possible.

In the above post i went through the various basic weak points on the human body, there are many others but I choose these ones because they are all easy to access but also effective. Lets start from the Bottom up ;)

- Ankle -Joints on the body, for example the Ankle are always vunerable points and are open to striking. The ankle as a weak point is rarely used in a actual fight situation, mainly because it's underestimated. The ankle is extreamly strong, it is able to support your entire bodyweight, but this does put alot of strain on the joint. So a swift kick and stomp on the ankle will be enough to bring your attacker of balance or if they are much larger possibly cause them to collapse.

- Knees - These are an extreamly vunerable part of the body as they cant be protected easily and with a good strike can cripple your attacker, and possiblely cause serious damage to their knee cap so be carefull with this one. It will only take 1 or maybe 2 shots to the knee before your attacker goes down.

There are quite a variety of different ways to stike the knee all are effective and easy to do. Ill go through the different ways to stike the knee now:



- Back of the Knee - This is a good spot if somehow end up behind your attacker and want to quickly put them to the ground, without causing them any serious issues. All it takes to bring your attacker down is for you to to hit the back of their Knee with a "Sidekick" (Look at http://martialarts.about.com/od/standingtechniques/ss/sidekick.htm to see how to do a Sidekick.) Or alternatively hit the back of the knee with your heel or the bottom of your foot, that is all it will take to floor your attacker.


- Side of the Knee - This is also another good place to stike the knee, as it can be struck from pretty much any position whether your Infront, behind or next to. This is a brilliant area of the Knee to strike as It will take down your attacker swiftly and stop him from being able to get up for quite awhile. The area of the Knee you want to aim isn't the knee cap itself but just slightly above it. If struck propally the knee will bend in on itself causing the leg to collapse sending the attacker down hard and quickly and feeling abit wobbly.
The method of striking is the same as the above as it delivers more power, although you also stirke it using your fists, just above the knee cap If hit properly (with your knuckles not fingers) you cause a pretty nasty dead leg making your attacker unsteady on their feet and unable to pursue you.

However if you deliver to much power and hit directly to the knee cap you can break the knee cap and possibely cause serious damage so do be carefull.

- Front of the Knee - This is the most effective of the three, and 90% of the time result in a broken knee. So if you wish to inflict alot of pain to your attacker if under serious threat then. The muscles in the back of your knee aren't strong enough to withstand the pressure of the bone so the knee will bend back against itself snaping the Knee bone and tearing the muscles.
I remember when I was just 5 years old my dad told me to hit him as hard as i could, so i took his advice and kicked him as hard as i could on the front of his knee. Bearing in mind that i was only five and he was about 40ish and a pretty big man he ended up on the floor with a almost broken knee cap.

The area of the knee you should aim for is just above the Knee cap again with preferably the same method again although a hard enough blow would be enough to send your attacker down.

So the knee is a effective and very good point to strike as it is always exposed and doesn't take alot of power to bring someone down with.