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Combat Kick Boxing

Appendix
Vital Points

Hitting the right point at the right angle with sufficient power and speed is the
heart of effective self-defence. When your assailant is bigger, armed, or with others,
then you have to be sure to land telling shots, and that means correct targeting.
The ability to land accurate shots under extreme pressure is perhaps the ultimate
skill where self-defence is concerned.
Study the text of the book to familiarise yourself with the vital points. Then
refer to these charts for more accurate descriptions. I would caution you to read
the warnings that appear alongside the descriptions. The taking of a life carries
very heavy penalties and should only be done in defence of your own life or that
of another person.
Below is a series of illustrations and descriptions referring to the places to strike.

Vital Points: Front (Diagram 8)

A) Carotid artery: Located either side of the
throat. Knockout point.
B) Adam’s apple (larynx): Warning: potential
killer.
C)Eye: Can cause permanent damage. Use
only in extremis.
D)Temple: Knockout point. Warning: potential
killer.
E) Chin: Knockout point.
F) Solar plexus: Nerve conjunction just below
the diaphragm. Knockout point.
G)Lower abdomen: Essentially you are hitting
the bladder.
H)Testicles: Intense pain, will drop like a sack.
Knockout point.
I) Front of thigh: Causes intense pain and
muscle spasms.
J) Common peroneal nerve: Nerve running
down the outside of the leg. This is a perfect
self-defence target in that it hurts intensely,
it immobilises and isn’t lethal.
K) Muscle insertion point above the knee: This
hits the nerve plexus just above the knee and
produces the same results as hitting the
common peroneal nerve.
L) Inside of thigh: Causes pain and muscle
spasms.
Diagram 8

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