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The third in my series of the deadliest fighting techniques is an internal force strike to the heart. I this context an ‘internal force strike’ basically means a strike which transmits the maximum amount of force inwards to the bodies internal organs, rather than dissipating it at the point of contact as you would want to if you were trying to break someone’s nose or cause some other superficial wound.

Looking at the heart strike is a good way to learn about this kind of attack, although as with all of these deadly techniques it is not something which I would advise you to go out and use. The basic principle is the same one which is used in CPR to restart a persons heart when it has stopped, only in this case it would have the opposite effect - stopping the heart. In order to achieve this you need to cause a compression of the chest which is best achieved by pushing rather than striking. All of these kind of internal force strikes, which can be used to knock the wind out of a person or attack the kidney’s (very painful and debilitating) as well as the heart, aim to cause this kind of compression. The trick is to do it quickly with a strike.

With an ordinary strike you would want to keep your arm relaxed up until the point of impact, when you would tense your whole arm and dissipate the force of the strike into the surface of their body, and you would want to be using all of your power when you hit. For this kind of attack you want to be using very little power when you make contact, but then increase to full power as you strike, and try to keep your arm relaxed as it makes contact.

This is difficult to describe adequately, as you really need to get a feel for it yourself to understand. The best way to do this is to find something to practice on which is capable of being compressed. An old car tyre standing up is good, but anything that allows for a decent amount of compression will do the job. To start off with just hit it in the normal way (wear gloves or use your palm, or you’ll hurt your hand) and you will see that there is very little give. Then use the first part of your strike just to make contact with your target as quickly as possible, without trying to put power into it until immediately after you have made contact. You should definitely use your palm for this, as it is much more effective than a fist. See how much more give there is, and you will begin to see how to do this strike. Keep practicing then to make sure that there is no pause at the point of contact and to learn how to transmit as much internal force as you can.

The martial art of Escrima is world famous for its knife fighting techniques. Here is a great little 8 minute video highlighting some of the drills and both offensive and defensive knife fighting techniques taught to students of Escrima:

Deadly Art of Eskrima Knife Fighting by Frans Stroeven Part1 - video powered by Metacafe

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.

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!