What would you consider your most devastating weapon of self defense that you naturally possess? Your fists? Knees? Heel? Head? No.... Your elbows. The elbow is a natural devastating weapon. It's very hard. It's pretty resilient to damage. It has mass and when used properly has tremendous knockout power. It can be deployed from almost any angle. Used to the front, side or rear and can level the playing field against a larger, stronger opponent. I teach four ranges in combat self defense. Kicking range. Punching range. Stand up grappling range and on the ground. The elbow can be used both on the ground and in the stand up grappling range. Consider this. The UFC and other MMA organizations have limited the use of the elbow in competition. The reason? They are just too dangerous. Instead they now allow forearm strikes which limit the leverage and take away much of the hard bone striking area. If you have watched these competitions for any length of time you remember when a competitor would take the mount and get those elbows into action. The were totally brutal. Usually the fight was stopped within 30 seconds or less once the first elbow had landed. Either because of an instant knockout, massive head trauma, severe bleeding or all of the above. When in the stand up grappling range elbow strikes are among the best you can offer. Together with knee strikes (the principle of alternately striking high and low) and head butts you have a highly effective arsenal. I teach a number of different types of elbow strikes. The rising elbow, inside and outside elbows, the downward elbow, the elbow thrust, low rear and high rear. You can practice your elbow strikes and thrusts on a heavy bag or a large pad if you have someone to work with. You can (and should) also practice your elbow strikes slow motion against a partner if you have one. You should do this from various stand up grappling positions. If you don't have a training partner (or willing significant other) you can still practice slow motion (and even faster) elbow strikes against an imaginary opponent. Some might snicker at this, but this type of training goes way back into the history of the martial arts in the form of kata (forms) training. Slow motion training is important to wire in the proper form and to help you see various target areas. In the near future I will write an article on the benefits of slow motion training for self defense and why we have been doing this for years in our adrenal stress response training seminars and classes.
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