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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.

You can learn a lot about how to defend yourself in a street fight by watching videos of people actually doing that. OnlineFightVideo.com have just added a street fighting videos section to its regularly updated blog featuring the best fight videos. Unlike many other sites that have this kind of thing the videos which get included are all hand picked for quality, and all of the videos in this new section feature demonstrations of real martial arts and self defense skill rather than just clueless thugs going at each other, so you really should be able to learn somthing from them. Its still new so there aren’t many videos there yet, but the site is still well worth a look

This post follows on from The Basics on Knife Defense, and you should read that one first or you probably won’t follow this one.

From the knife defense ready stance if someone goes for you with a stabbing attack to the head or neck area here is what you should do. Firstly, as with the previous midsection attack I explained, you should block with both forearms by pushing them upwards. Assuming that they have attacked with their right arm you then turn your right hand and grab their wrist whilst uncrossing your arms. You should therefore be holding them so that the back of their hand is facing your palm. Step towards them and simply bring their attacking arm up behind their back whilst using your left arm to grab hold of their neck or shoulder so that they can’t easily step forwards or turn out of the arm lock.

Obviously the best way to not get knocked out is not to get hit in the head, but refining this just a little bit getting hit in the back of the head or with a hook punch to the back of the head are both more likely to lead to you getting knocked out so you should take extra effort to avoid these.

Getting hit when your not looking is the one thing that is most likely to knock you out, so being aware and watching your opponent closely at all times is the main thing that you should do.

Going beyond this, you can also train yourself so that you are more able to take a hit without getting knocked out. The thing that actually causes the k.o. is the sharp jerking of the head when you are hit, so the main factor in why some people go down easier than others is neck strength. If you have the strength to hold your head steady when you are hit then you are much less likely to lose consciousness.

One great all round neck strengthening exercise is just to do a head stand up against a wall and hold it. But the best neck strength exercise is to take a chair and rest just your head on it, and then straighten up your whole body to make it like a rigid board. You are then holding yourself up in this position with the neck muscles. At first this is quite tough, and you may not be able to hold it for very long. But when you can do this for a few minutes you can then add a second chair to rest your feet on to make it even harder. At this stage it is important to resist the temptation to cheat by placing your shoulders on the chair to take some of the weight. This advanced stage is called ‘iron board’ training in kung fu, and is great for the back and torso muscles as well as the neck.

On a relates subject, you may like to take a look at this article on How To Knock Someone Out

I decided to start a new series of posts today, giving you my pick of all of the deadliest street fighting techniques I can find from any martial art.

I am kicking things of with something very simple, but very deadly - the stomp. Stamping on the head of a person who is on the ground causes serious damage and can often actually be fatal, so it is something you should never do except in the most desperate possible circumstances (like if you are being attacked by more than one person who you know wants to do you serious harm, and you need to make sure that if you knock someone down they won’t just get straight back up and come at you again).

So here is the technique for performing a powerful stomp. Raise your knee up as high and as close to your body as you can without losing your balance - it doesn’t matter how high your foot is lifted from the ground, it is the height of the knee that will determine how much power you can put into the technique. As you raise your knee you should also raise both hands in front of your body and cross them over. As you stomp down simultaneously throw your arms down and uncross them with as much force as you can. This arm movement serves 2 functions. Firstly it helps you to put all of the weight of your body into the stomp, and it also generates extra momentum from the muscles of the upper body an focusses it downwards into the stomp.

More of the deadly martial arts fighting techniques coming soon!