Krav Maga Tactical Survival. Gershon Ben Keren
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Название: Krav Maga Tactical Survival
Автор: Gershon Ben Keren
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Спорт, фитнес
isbn: 9781462919161
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Cycling Hammer-Fist Strikes
Striking combinations, from a self-defense perspective, do not have to be complex; in fact, there is no reason to throw a myriad of different strikes at your assailant if repeating the same strike over and over again is effective. Because the strike and recoil of the downward or vertical hammer-fist are circular in nature, the hand/fist can easily be pulled back up, ready to make another strike, without there having to be a break in the movement of the arm. This means you can land multiple hammer-fist strikes in quick succession, without giving your assailant an opportunity to attack/counterattack.
By moving forward, and, if necessary, using your left hand to push/strike your attacker’s face (in order for it to be in place for your next strike) you should be able to land a large number of powerful strikes using just a hammer-fist.
Combining Eye/Throat Strikes and Range-Finders with Hammer-Fists
While a good eye or throat strike is effective at disrupting an attacker, at some point you will need to deliver forceful concussive strikes that will start to cause extreme pain and trauma to your assailant. A good follow-up strike to these strikes is to use the hammer-fist in a cyclical fashion to repeatedly beat down on your attacker. This may not seem like a particularly sophisticated solution; however, it is a simple and effective one that sees you laying down a lot of firepower in an aggressive and determined manner. If you can strike in such a way that there are few spaces and gaps between your strikes, it will be almost impossible for your assailant to launch any assault of their own. Your goal is not to fight your attacker, but to assault them with an all-out blitz that they are unable to cope with. Simplicity and aggression are often better friends than sophistication, where violence is concerned.
Eye strikes are good first strikes, as they don’t need to be well placed or delivered with force to have an effect. Unfortunately, they don’t deliver concussive force, which is necessary to cause your assailant the type of pain and trauma that will make them want to disengage from the fight. As you throw the eye strike, start to bring up the elbow of your rear hand in preparation for delivering a hammer-fist strike.
The eye strike will provide cover for the time it takes to raise the arm up to make a strong hammer-fist strike.
This time, instead of simply turning and dropping your weight, turn and step forward to bring your bodyweight into the strike.
Drive through with your hammer-fist. As you start cycling it through to throw another, start to move your left hand forward.
Your left hand can do one of several things: it can make an eye strike or a cradle-strike to the throat, or it can act as a range finder for your next strike. Bring your rear leg forward so that you are ready to step forward when you make your next hammer-fist strike.
Your goal is to keep your assailant moving backward as you overwhelm them with strikes. While they are moving backward and defending themselves, they will have few opportunities to make an attack of their own.
Drive through with your hammer-fist strike, stepping forward as you do. With your attacker bent over, the back of the neck is a good target to aim for. As you strike, pull your left hand back so that it can be used to make another strike.
Once again, bring the rear foot forward and make another eye strike or cradle-strike while setting up your hammer-fist strike.
This process can be repeated over and over again. You don’t have to alternate every hammer-fist with an eye/throat strike; it may be more effective to throw several hammer-fist strikes and only use the eye/throat strike as a way to move them back if they aren’t moving fast enough in response to your hammer-fists, causing you to get jammed up. As soon as it is safe to do so, disengage. If you end up forcing your assailant into a wall or similar where they don’t have an opportunity to disengage, they will be forced to come back at you fighting. It is rarely a good idea to stay too long attacking an assailant in such a position.
Horizontal/Outward Hammer-Fist Strikes
Hammer-fists can be thrown at virtually any angle, due to the ability of the forearm and shoulder to rotate and present the bottom of the fist in many directions. There are, of course, certain directions from which more power can be generated than others. One direction in which an immense amount of power can be generated is outward, away from the body. If this is coupled with the hips turning and/or a step out, so that the hips can be opened and the bodyweight transferred, then the entire movement of the body can be applied to the strike.
The outward hammer-fist strike comes into its own when your assailant tries to move out of the way of your linear striking. If an assailant is moving backward against someone cycling hammer-fists, they will soon realize that moving backward in a straight line only sees them remaining in the path of the onslaught, and that it would be better/safer if they moved to the side—offline and out of the line of fire. If you are attacking with momentum, it may be that as they move to your side, you initially continue moving forward. Your goal should now be to change direction while still striking, using something like a horizontal hammer-fist strike. You won’t want to turn and then resume your striking, as this would create time and space for the assailant to recover and possibly initiate their own attack.
Just because you have a plan doesn’t mean that your attacker will cooperate with it by reacting in the way you predict (or possibly the only manner in which you’ve trained). If you only train for one outcome, you will be surprised and caught flat-footed when your assailant doesn’t respond as you expected. It may be that as you rain hammer-fist strikes down on your assailant, they will manage to step off to one side in order to avoid further strikes.
As soon as the target changes direction, so must your attacks—this is necessary in order to keep your assailant under pressure, not giving them any time or space to launch a counterattack against you. Immediately pull your arm across your body, and prepare to extend it horizontally toward your assailant.
Turn with your body and hips to unwind your strike into your attacker—you can use your back muscles to assist with this turning action. Shift your weight from your left foot to your right in order to help get your bodyweight into the strike.