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Combat Kick Boxing

Striking Surface: Back edge and point
The fastest of all the elbow strikes, the spinning elbow also generates great power
by having the entire body spinning behind it. It works best as part of a combination
or as a powerful hold-breaker.
To throw the spinning elbow strike, quickly turn 180 degrees and drive your
elbow around in an arc. Like all spinning techniques, it is essential to turn your
head and body ahead of the elbow. (Figs. 35 and 36)
There are many targets for this strike, but a useful aid is to remember that
many of them lie on the centre line of the head and body: between the eyes,
under the nose, the chin, throat, sternum, solar plexus and the lower abdomen
are all targets.
Additional targets not on the centre line are the nape of the neck, the heart,
liver, kidneys and between the shoulder blades.

Fig 35

The elbow strikes are almost a mini-fighting system in themselves, so great is
their range and adaptability. In close-range combat mastery of the elbow along

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