If Attacked where do you strike

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  1. tai-gip

    tai-gip New Member

  2. Monty

    Monty Valued Member

    Depends on the attack.
    But groin, knees, eyes and nose are good targets.

    Gimme a more specific attack, and I'll give you a good defense :)
     
  3. nzric

    nzric on lookout for bad guys

    If you're attacked low, attack high. If you're attacked high, attack low.

    For example, you're face-to-face with someone and they go for a sucker punch in the gut. Use the momentum of either your block, or (if you weren't fast enough to block) your reflex to headbut or strike to the face and throat.

    If someone comes with a punch to the face, deflect the strike and enter their guard (which will be open) with a foot stamp/knee kick and a gut/rib strike.

    If you're attacked you should always go for the throat and face. Anything else is just a setup before you cause some real damage.
     
  4. Monty

    Monty Valued Member

    I partially agree, but only partial :)

    Attacks to targets other than the face and throat aren't nescessarily "just a setup".
    A good, solid lowkick can end a fight right there, saving you the potential danger of moving close enough to attack face and throat.

    Entering the guard isn't quite my game either. As often as possible, I will also deflect my opponent's punch (or kick), but I will always try to deflect his attack towards his center line, thus preventing him from throwing an attack from his other side, and allowing me to move into the area behind/on the side of him, from where I can then do my thing.
     
  5. nzric

    nzric on lookout for bad guys

    That's what we do in bagua. If you open someone up or get behind/beside them so they're a clear target, I'd go for the head and neck next (maybe with a kick to the foot/knee at the same time to bring them down).

    There's few fights you can win without eventually getting inside their guard. If running/defusing the fight is an option, it's best to keep them at arm's length, otherwise I think it's best to overwhelm them with close-quarters attacks to finish things as quickly as possible. But then I'm biased. Internal arts are designed for close quarters so although I've got a long reach, I'd try to get close.
     
  6. Loci

    Loci Valued Member

    to be honest i would have to say i dont know, as i have never really gotten into fight. i would have to wait til i was attacked and just act on insitinct.
    if that makes sense
     
  7. quartermaster

    quartermaster Cat-like, stretchy guy

    good answer loci. me i just go for whats nearest (usually arms) and work in close from there
     
  8. shunyadragon

    shunyadragon New Member

    I will assume you mean 'If attacked where will you strike first?'

    My simple answer follows the simple rule; Strike the most vulnerable point closest to the strongest weapon available. In most attacks the closest most vulnerable point is the knee and the strongest weapon is the leg, but most attacks are not that simple and the strike is the last possible choice. Knocking out the attackers transportation or the ability to pursue you is more appropriate than creating a life threatening situation. Also another important rule is the response to an attack should be in proportion to the threat.

    There are some simple guidelines for responding to any verbal or physical attack simply called KARM. Verbal atacks often preceed a physical attack.

    K - Ki center. Know your center always keep balenced and earth-centered.

    A - Awareness. Your greatest defense against attack is your awareness of your surroundings. Be aware of the Qi of violence and avoid all situations where this is likely to occur.

    R - Relax. The first and most important response to any attack, verbal or physical, is relaxation.

    M - Movement - Once a threat occurs the next response is movement after you have relaxed. Move from darkness (violence and threats) to light (safety).

    If you try to hard you will get an A for effort and be caught in the wheel of cause and effect or KARMA.
     
  9. Beehe

    Beehe New Member

    i stun them some how
    to gain the advantege
     
  10. heat1012000

    heat1012000 New Member

    :love:

    If you are attacked at any time your priority should be to get rid of your attacker as quickly as possible. you should always go for the sensitive areas such as throat, eyes or groin
     
  11. Poop-Loops

    Poop-Loops Banned Banned

    I tend to favor painful shots. Knees, back, neck, back of the head. :)

    PL
     
  12. surgingshark

    surgingshark Valued Member

  13. Din

    Din 3rd dan

    throat , groin , knee, nose , floating ribs , solar plexus , temple ...... where ever i can inflict pain i guess
     
  14. Tess

    Tess New Member

    I recently somehow got into a fight with some Italians and a moped...they started it!! I was fairly sleepy and achey from looking around Italy anyway so when they started I just went straight for the groin. :woo:
    It's not the most imaginative place but it gave me time to run away. :D

    Actually there was quite a bit of fighting going on on that holiday... it was sort of a school art trip. There were some groups of Italian boys picking on us and our teachers kept attacking them...maybe my teachers are all secretly ninjas...cool...

    They did rather well in my opinion. :)

    Out of curiosity, how is the knee such a good place? I never really thought of it like that...not that that's an excuse to do a demonstration on me, I'm still recovering from the Italians. :D
     
  15. Geisha Girl

    Geisha Girl New Member

    I agree a snap kick hammer fist ridge hand whatever to the balls and when he bends in chop to the throat maybe rip his face off and punch across the temple.... Under attack it's the attacker or me and I will walk away as for my attacker... if he walks away it'll be with a limp after he wakes up
     
  16. Geisha Girl

    Geisha Girl New Member

    Out of curiosity, how is the knee such a good place? I never really thought of it like that...not that that's an excuse to do a demonstration on me, I'm still recovering from the Italians. :D[/QUOTE]You can bust the kneecap crumple your attacker hit him in the face whatever but once that knee is gone he won't be so quick to attack but watch his buddies in case their dumb enough to try to help him
     
  17. cioGium

    cioGium New Member

    I have had 1 fight recently and it was after 1,5 years of training in a traditional martial art. After all that time spend in training all i could came up was a head shot towards the attackers head which cut his eye brow and end the fight in seconds.
    I think the best thing to do if attacked is to hit back, hit hard and run fast after!! :woo:
     
  18. nekogami13

    nekogami13 Master of all I Survey

    Why are you assuming the attacker has balls?
    Maybe you are being attacked by a roving band of leather clad lesbian bikers.

    Attack the throat? So a drunk in a bar swings at you, you haul off and kill him?
    enjoy prison.

    There is no automatic response to the question. What is the situation, what is the threat level, what led up to the attack?l
     
    Last edited: Mar 3, 2004
  19. Geisha Girl

    Geisha Girl New Member

    Even for a girl a groin kick hurts that's bone there and we'll drop too.If a drunk at a bar swings at me I block it and do what I got to do self defense not offense
     
  20. Tess

    Tess New Member

    All of a sudden I'm really glad no one demonstrated the knee thing for me. :eek:

    On a higher note, you can severely torture a guy just by threatening to wax his legs! Or worse. :D

    It's funny how they sometimes try to hide the pain and you just see the terrified glint in their eye as you rip the paper away.... >=D
    *ahem*

    ....

    *puts the lucozade back and scampers away*
     

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