Post by Hachelen on Feb 1, 2007 13:26:17 GMT -5
Originally posted by Jinsei
The stomp kick has to be the easiest of all the kicks of the martial arts because it doesn’t require the changing of blocks, perfect form on stances or even great power and agility. The kick is also extremely affective against larger opponents regardless of the size or shape of the person executing it.
The stomp kick can be used in a variety of scenarios but the one that most people could relate to is when an assailant comes up behind you, grabs you around the shoulders, by the hair or puts a forearm across your throat.
To begin the stomp kick, simply raise your knee and leg as high as possible while rotating the ball of your foot and toes upward. This will insure the hard, bony part of the heel is the first thing to hit as you complete the kick. After you have raised your knee, you will want to “stomp” your heel on the ground with a twisting, grinding motion at completion.
This kick is used for a number of reasons but the one easiest to relate to is breaking the small bones in an attacker’s foot or toes. These small metatarsal bones are very fragile and require a very small amount of pressure per square inch to fracture.
When being held from behind, it is a simple thing to raise the knee, touch your heal to the attacker’s leg and allow it to guide your heel to its target. Boots or high heels can make this technique doubly affective when your heel hits the assailant’s knee and gouges the shin all the way to the foot.
Heels on women’s shoes will give the added benefit of narrowing the amount of your foot’s coverage but applying the same amount of force.
It is preferred that you will give repeated kicks and try other techniques as well to escape. One self-defense routine that can often work follows these simple steps.
1. An assailant comes up behind you and grabs you by placing his arm across your throat.
2. You shift turn your head so your throat is in the bend of his or her elbow. This will give you additional breathing ability.
3. Making a fist, you raise your arm bent at the elbow in front of you.
4. If possible to turn you body towards the side that doesn’t have the raised arm do so to give additional torque.
5. Slam your bent elbow into your assailant’s solar plexus or abdomen with as much force as you can muster.
6. Immediately follow this hit with a downward strike with your balled up fist by extending your elbow again with as much force as possible, striking your attacker in the groin/testicle area. If you are lucky enough that he is wearing loose fitting pants or shorts, grab a handful of the mivonks and attempt to yank them off his body with a sudden forceful pull upwards and towards the front of you.
7. Just as you are completing this step, raise your knee and issue a good solid stomp kick to your attacker.
8. If by some chance he still has a grip on you, attempt to get your teeth into position, open wide and take as big a bite as possible out of his arm.
Once you have gotten away, don’t make the mistake so many Hollywood movies portray heroes and heroines do by sticking around to see if the guy gets up. In the movies the good guy almost always wins and both he and his opponent will take the money made from the movie to the bank. In real life, there is no director waiting in the sidelines to yell cut. Stupidity gives no awards where as there is no shame for running away to safety.
Remember the old saying: “He who runs away, lives to fight another day.”
From mtmt.essortment.com/womenselfdefen_rwmq.htm
The stomp kick has to be the easiest of all the kicks of the martial arts because it doesn’t require the changing of blocks, perfect form on stances or even great power and agility. The kick is also extremely affective against larger opponents regardless of the size or shape of the person executing it.
The stomp kick can be used in a variety of scenarios but the one that most people could relate to is when an assailant comes up behind you, grabs you around the shoulders, by the hair or puts a forearm across your throat.
To begin the stomp kick, simply raise your knee and leg as high as possible while rotating the ball of your foot and toes upward. This will insure the hard, bony part of the heel is the first thing to hit as you complete the kick. After you have raised your knee, you will want to “stomp” your heel on the ground with a twisting, grinding motion at completion.
This kick is used for a number of reasons but the one easiest to relate to is breaking the small bones in an attacker’s foot or toes. These small metatarsal bones are very fragile and require a very small amount of pressure per square inch to fracture.
When being held from behind, it is a simple thing to raise the knee, touch your heal to the attacker’s leg and allow it to guide your heel to its target. Boots or high heels can make this technique doubly affective when your heel hits the assailant’s knee and gouges the shin all the way to the foot.
Heels on women’s shoes will give the added benefit of narrowing the amount of your foot’s coverage but applying the same amount of force.
It is preferred that you will give repeated kicks and try other techniques as well to escape. One self-defense routine that can often work follows these simple steps.
1. An assailant comes up behind you and grabs you by placing his arm across your throat.
2. You shift turn your head so your throat is in the bend of his or her elbow. This will give you additional breathing ability.
3. Making a fist, you raise your arm bent at the elbow in front of you.
4. If possible to turn you body towards the side that doesn’t have the raised arm do so to give additional torque.
5. Slam your bent elbow into your assailant’s solar plexus or abdomen with as much force as you can muster.
6. Immediately follow this hit with a downward strike with your balled up fist by extending your elbow again with as much force as possible, striking your attacker in the groin/testicle area. If you are lucky enough that he is wearing loose fitting pants or shorts, grab a handful of the mivonks and attempt to yank them off his body with a sudden forceful pull upwards and towards the front of you.
7. Just as you are completing this step, raise your knee and issue a good solid stomp kick to your attacker.
8. If by some chance he still has a grip on you, attempt to get your teeth into position, open wide and take as big a bite as possible out of his arm.
Once you have gotten away, don’t make the mistake so many Hollywood movies portray heroes and heroines do by sticking around to see if the guy gets up. In the movies the good guy almost always wins and both he and his opponent will take the money made from the movie to the bank. In real life, there is no director waiting in the sidelines to yell cut. Stupidity gives no awards where as there is no shame for running away to safety.
Remember the old saying: “He who runs away, lives to fight another day.”
From mtmt.essortment.com/womenselfdefen_rwmq.htm