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This technique is used regular by police officers and is a great way to pacify an attacker and gain control over them. Basically it just involves using your thumb and forefinger to grab and apply pressure to either side of the voice box. This is easier to do on men, because it is so easy to find the right place just by going either side of the adam’s apple, but it does also work on women. You can find the correct place on yourself by running your thumb one side of your voice box and your finger the other side, then gently pushing inwards and then squeezing your fingers lightly together so that the tips of your thumb and forefinger push in behind it. You really don’t need to push hard when doing this to cause pain, and more importantly to make it very clear to them that you can cause serious injury by applying more force. The psychological effect of this technique is perhaps even stronger than the physical effect, as it is a very unpleasant and scary feeling. The only weakness of this technique is that your opponent can get out of it by pulling backwards, so you need to either have a firm grip on them with your other hand, or have them backed aginst something so that they can’t back away further.