What's everyone's opinion on this? I've been trying to think outside of the box, so while watching a video on bare knuckle boxer done by travelers, they were showing a degree of strikes with the fore arm that I found interesting, and you don't see it too often. seems pretty solid to me or am I missing something?
Striking with the fore arm.
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I have trained and teach some pretty basic adaptations of strikes using the forearm. The easiest (and perhaps most available) is a forearm to the side of the neck, which has the bonus of potentially activating the brachial plexus. This can have a range of effects including a possible knock-out.
I've also seen videos talking about big forearm swings - much bigger than you'd normally risk with a fist. It's harder to injure the big bones and muscles in the forearm than the smaller bits in your hand.
I've also seen videos talking about big forearm swings - much bigger than you'd normally risk with a fist. It's harder to injure the big bones and muscles in the forearm than the smaller bits in your hand.
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All valid points! I was interested in for the purpose of different angles originally.
I'm not certain I've followed your point on this one, so if my reply makes no sense, chalk it up to me needing sleep.
There are few angles where I could hit with a forearm but not a fist, but there are some I like. One is entering hard (to jam a striking arm, for instance) and using the near-side forearm against the neck to disrupt structure. I can slip that forearm to the neck in where their guard might make a punch to the face harder (and punching the side of the neck would be an awkward angle).
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Thats what i was going for! tyI'm not certain I've followed your point on this one, so if my reply makes no sense, chalk it up to me needing sleep.
There are few angles where I could hit with a forearm but not a fist, but there are some I like. One is entering hard (to jam a striking arm, for instance) and using the near-side forearm against the neck to disrupt structure. I can slip that forearm to the neck in where their guard might make a punch to the face harder (and punching the side of the neck would be an awkward angle).
Sure, there are any number of effective forearm strikes. A lot of punches (especially hook punches and things of that sort) can be done with the forearm, depending on the range. Likewise, a downward forearm can be used instead of an elbow. It all just depends on exactly where the bodies are and where they're moving.
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For self defence they're much more useful than punches so you don't break your hand. Forearms and palm strikes are the best things to use for head strikes in self defence
The head lock is a 45 degree downward hay-maker on the side of your opponent's head. When you get a head lock on your opponent, you have knocked him out half way already.
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when I wrestled in highschool, i'd throw the cross face like a damn punch as hard as I could! loved it!
In Shotokan we learned that all the "basic blocks" instead could be attacks with the forearm. So a high block, if you were close, is actually a forearm strike to the jaw. Etc.
Literally the first strike I teach, man (as part of a "plow block" entry).
What's a plow block entry, bro?
Put both hands together in front, arms bent (looks like the cow-mover on the front of a train), and enter HARD against an attack. One forearm goes to the shoulder or upper arm, the other to a brachial stun, both as strikes. It evolves to a number of entries to clinch, grappling, etc.
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Strikes with the forearm in kung fu often look like blocks. You will hear some people say that they don't block. When people say this they may be referring to this this type of striking. You see quite a bit of this with WC as well.
Hung Ga forearm strikes
Choy Li Fut forearm strikes
Another Hung Ga
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One of my favorite videos:
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