| Self defense moves (also known as self defense | | | | Another great one, which is going to be the second |
| techniques) are commonly talked about. It seems as | | | | of our self defense techniques, is the eye jab. Now, |
| though everyone wants to show to you what they | | | | when most people hear about this move, they think |
| think are some of the best self defense techniques | | | | of the Bruce Lee, karate, kung fu, two finger poke |
| or moves. Unfortunately, many of them aren't all that | | | | to the eye; that's just for the movies though, and |
| useful. A fair percentage of them just aren't | | | | not what I'm referring to here. That technique is |
| effective in real fighting in self defense situations. | | | | actually a bad technique for many reasons. For one, |
| That being said, there are some simple moves that | | | | you're only using two fingers. Why not use all four? |
| you can learn, almost instantly, and they'll allow you | | | | Obviously your thumb can be considered a finger |
| to overcome nearly any situation. Now, they do still | | | | too, but it's not really effective for eye jabbing |
| require practice and training, but you don't need to | | | | because it's behind. But, the first four can be spread |
| be any kind of martial arts expert. These are the | | | | out in a fan like motion and thrusted towards |
| three best ones... | | | | someone's face (as close to the eyes as possible). |
| The first one, and everyone should know this one, is | | | | This is great for self defense because you don't |
| a straightforward front kick to the groin. It doesn't | | | | have to be that accurate as you've got fingers to |
| have to be a perfect, martial arts, two chamber, | | | | poke just one eye. |
| front snap kick to the groin. You just have to make | | | | The third and final self defense move that's |
| your foot connect with your attacker's groin, and get | | | | considered an absolute necessity is the ear slap. |
| as much power in the move as possible. And it | | | | When you slap someone in the ear, it damages the |
| doesn't have to snap out, it can lift up, push, as long | | | | ear drum, which temporarily affects their balance. A |
| as you're hitting someone in the groin, it's going to | | | | slap to the ear won't cause someone to drop to the |
| take them down. It's not going to take them down | | | | ground, but it will give you a couple seconds to follow |
| for good, but the 10 seconds that they are hurting | | | | up with your next self defense. Especially if |
| should be enough time for you to make your escape. | | | | someone's grabbing onto you, a slap at the ear is a |
| By then you could be long gone, out of the door, | | | | good way to break their hold. They're not going to |
| running away, and that's what we're looking for in | | | | be able to hold on to you very tightly if they're dizzy |
| self defense. We're not looking to incapacitate, we're | | | | and their equilibrium's all thrown off. |
| looking to allow us time to escape. | | | | |