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In my first post in this ‘deadliest techniques’ series I looked at the stomp, and of course my previous posts on groin strikes and on fighting dirty probably fall under this category too. In this post I want to look at something that is even more devastating and deadly, so it I feel that I must repeat my earlier warnings that techniques such as this primarliy for information only, and should only be actually used in the most desperate circumstances - particularly in the case of this technique situations in which you must quickly incapacitate an opponent, such as if you are fighting multiple opponents and need to make sure that one attacker is out of action so that they can’t get back up and stab you in the back or something.

The technique that I am talking about is the knee smash to the spine. It is great for taking someone out of action instantly, but can break the spine and end up leaving the person it is used on paralyzed or dead. Basically begins with grabbing your opponent in a head lock so that their body is in front of you, their neck held under your armpit, and their head behind you. There are various ways you might move into this, but a common one would be to side step a punch and turn so that you are standing next to them facing the same way as they are as you grab them and pull their head backwards. At the same time as pulling their head back and down so that they have to bend their body backwards you then drive your knee up into the spine. The shock of this will always cause temporary paralysis / severe difficult getting back up and moving around, but as already stated it can also quite easily maim or kill, so should not be used lightly.