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Basic Self Defense Techniques
- By Mark Thomas Walters
- Published Thursday 22nd 2010
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Mark Thomas Walters
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Being able to defend yourself is as basic and important as reading and writing. Today’s society is filled with individuals who are intent on harming others; thus, you never know when you will need to utilize self defense techniques. The good news is that learning self defense techniques is much easier than one would imagine. The same basic principles apply to learning how to defend yourself in numerous situations.
The foot is perhaps one of the most rudimentary parts of your body that is rarely thought about. Certainly using them for walking and running is crucial, however, we only usually think about using them to perform these basic functions. The foot has several strong parts that allow it to be used during self defense without fear of causing any damage to it. Punching, on the other hand, particularly to certain portions of another persons body, can easily result in breaking your fingers, or severely bruising your hand.
The heel is the best part of your foot to use against an attacker. There are very few moving parts to the heel and this makes it less susceptible to damage or harm. Kicking with your toes or other part of the foot is not recommended when using basic self defense techniques as there are several small bones that make up each toe, and a poor kick could result in your breaking or fracturing them. Still, any kick is better than
no kick, so don’t get overly caught up with technique.
The chances are that you'll be attacked from behind, with the upper portion of your body being grabbed or held tightly. If and when you are assaulted from behind, bring your knee up as far as possible to provide more strength within the kicking motion. Then, release your knee with as much power as possible in the direction of the attacker; get as much of your heel to connect with their body as you can. This will certainly hurt them, and, in the few seconds that they are distracted, you can free yourself and run away.
Some of the most delicate bones in our body are make up our hands. It is unlikely that during an assault that you will not have a chance to grab someone’s hand or fingers. Causing severe pain to someone’s finger gives you a unique advantage in that the pain receptors immediately rush to their head, and this causes them to become momentarily incapacitated.
Simply grab hold one of their fingers, preferably the ring finger or little finger, and put as much effort as you can muster into bending it backwards. Not only are you likely to break the particular finger you are bending, but you will have allowed yourself enough time to escape. Accessing their hand or fingers is much easier when they attach from behind you as their hands are placed right in front of. If they approach from the front, wait until they reach out their hand and then seize it with both of yours.
The foot is perhaps one of the most rudimentary parts of your body that is rarely thought about. Certainly using them for walking and running is crucial, however, we only usually think about using them to perform these basic functions. The foot has several strong parts that allow it to be used during self defense without fear of causing any damage to it. Punching, on the other hand, particularly to certain portions of another persons body, can easily result in breaking your fingers, or severely bruising your hand.
The heel is the best part of your foot to use against an attacker. There are very few moving parts to the heel and this makes it less susceptible to damage or harm. Kicking with your toes or other part of the foot is not recommended when using basic self defense techniques as there are several small bones that make up each toe, and a poor kick could result in your breaking or fracturing them. Still, any kick is better than
The chances are that you'll be attacked from behind, with the upper portion of your body being grabbed or held tightly. If and when you are assaulted from behind, bring your knee up as far as possible to provide more strength within the kicking motion. Then, release your knee with as much power as possible in the direction of the attacker; get as much of your heel to connect with their body as you can. This will certainly hurt them, and, in the few seconds that they are distracted, you can free yourself and run away.
Some of the most delicate bones in our body are make up our hands. It is unlikely that during an assault that you will not have a chance to grab someone’s hand or fingers. Causing severe pain to someone’s finger gives you a unique advantage in that the pain receptors immediately rush to their head, and this causes them to become momentarily incapacitated.
Simply grab hold one of their fingers, preferably the ring finger or little finger, and put as much effort as you can muster into bending it backwards. Not only are you likely to break the particular finger you are bending, but you will have allowed yourself enough time to escape. Accessing their hand or fingers is much easier when they attach from behind you as their hands are placed right in front of. If they approach from the front, wait until they reach out their hand and then seize it with both of yours.
