JKD Wednesday Night Group instructor Shawn King talks martial arts and self defense training, nutrition, mindset, and more. His background in Law Enforcement, Security, Jeet Kune Do, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu give the podcast a unique flavor. Follow @simpledirectjkd on Instagram.
In this episode: How effective are groin strikes for self defense?
Podcast excerpts:
02:38
Bruce Lee shows the primary targets in fighting as the eyes and the groin on page 1 of chapter 10 of the [Bruce Lee’s Fighting Method] Skill in Techniques book. He continues on a few pages later to show other vital targets that include the shin and the knee, throat, solar plexus, and a few other targets. But he does talk about the importance of these other targets, like striking the knee. I’m going to explain why I believe the targets that he lists as primary, I’m going to label a little bit different. For example, I’m going to say I would go 1A for the eyes, 1B for the knee, and then move the groin to 1C. So I put it more as a, you know, other vital target rather than the primary two vital targets as Bruce listed.
04:39
We’ll move on now to my reasoning for moving the groin to 1C and behind the knee, and behind the eyes and knees as primary targets. My first reasoning for moving the groin kick is the typical results from the groin kick; And that is that there isn’t a typical result. Speaking from personal experience I’ve been hit in the groin more times than I would like to remember. Luckily none of them left permanent damage that I know of. I mean I still managed to have two kids. But I’ve been hit in the groin and dropped immediately. I’ve been hit and had a delayed reaction. I’ve been hit and continued on fighting through it. I’ve also been hit and had no reaction. Maybe it was because of the angle of power where I was hit. Could be a lot of factors. But my reaction to groin strikes that I’ve had to absorb has been mixed.
10:28
Now you know moving on to why I rate the other ones higher. I rate the eye jab as 1A because I personally have never gotten poked in the eye where at least it hasn’t caused me to stop for a second and if nothing else then bring my hands up to my face.
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