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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Strike your attacker’s face or neck, connecting with the bottom of your fist, and drive through the strike.
The horizontal hammer-fist can be used effectively when you recognize that an assailant is coming toward you from the side or rear. One of the assumptions you should always work from is that your primary assailant is not alone; that they have friends and third parties who can come and assist them. This means that while you are dealing with an attacker who is in front of you, another can approach from the side, or from behind you. (This is one of the reasons you should move and scan, so that you have a 360-degree field of vision and know what is happening in your environment.) If you detect movement coming toward you, you should assume that it is hostile, as people generally move away from fights unless they have an interest in them. If it is a friend of yours coming to assist you, it’s hard luck for them; in a fast-paced, dynamic conflict, you may not have time to make a full assessment of whether the movement belongs to someone coming to help you—and the only safe assumption is that it doesn’t. If you are in a group where people might want to assist you in the case of a physical confrontation, plan with them beforehand the best way to do this.
Not all situations will involve single attackers, and it may not be evident who in the environment is an attacker, and who is not. In this situation, you are dealing with an aggressive individual who you are pretty sure is intending to attack you. Put your hands up in a placating manner as you try and de-escalate the situation, but also be ready to defend yourself. You may be aware of another person in the environment, but may not have enough time and space to move away from them.
The aggressor in front of you suddenly starts to move toward you. Your de-escalation stance, with hands raised, has prepared you to move to make an eye strike in order to set up your hammer-fist strikes. At this point, the second person has not indicated whether or not they are going to get involved.
Your eye strike and first hammer-fist strike have caused your initial assailant to back away; however, as you were launching your assault on them, you realize that the second person has begun to move toward you.
You don’t have the time to work out whether they are coming to assist you or attack you, and your only safe option is to assume the latter. Because they are moving toward you, and your other attacker is moving away, the second person should now become your primary target. Bring your right hand across your body in preparation for delivering a horizontal hammer-fist.
Step toward them and deliver a hammer-fist into their neck or the side of their face.
Once you have struck them, immediately turn back toward your original assailant. If they haven’t already started to move toward you, they are likely to now. Use the follow-through motion of your strike to set yourself up to make a downward hammer-fist strike.
Step toward your first attacker and start to deliver downward hammer-fist strikes against them. Keep driving forward and delivering strikes so that you have dealt with them before the second attacker recovers. In multiple-assailant situations, you should try to take one attacker out at a time, rather than dividing your efforts and attention among them.
Forearm Strikes
The forearm can also be used as an effective striking tool, in a similar fashion to the horizontal hammer-fist. Although it is a slower-moving strike, it requires less accuracy, as is has a much larger striking surface—and it has the advantage of bringing the whole weight of the arm to bear. It can also be used at a closer range, making it an effective tool for creating space. A forearm strike works extremely well when it is brought down at a 45-degree angle against the neck and throat. You may also end up connecting with the forearm by chance if an attacker moves toward you as you are throwing a hammer-fist strike against them.
Forearm strikes against the neck are extremely powerful; they can be delivered with such force that it feels like the head is being torn off the body. Wind the arm around/across your body as if you were going to make a hammer-fist strike; of course, you will be much closer to your assailant when you are striking with the forearm.
Unwind the strike, aiming your outer forearm at your assailant’s neck. Power should come from the turning action of your hips, coupled with the pulling action of your back muscles. It should be the body moving the arm, not the other way around.
Strike at a 45-degree angle, hitting downward into the base of the neck.
Keep transferring your weight into the strike and driving through your target. With a solid, driving strike you should be able to knock your attacker to the ground.
Hook Punches and Slicing/Circular Elbow Strikes
The toughest striking tools you have on your body are your elbows, knees, and head; and at some point you will be looking to move into an effective range to use these. (In reality, most fights either start at this range or soon close distance to it.)
Most people fail to make contact with circular elbow strikes because they underestimate how close they need to be to the target (their aggressor’s head), and either miss completely or lean forward to make sure that they connect. When throwing any strike, the head should remain over the shoulders, and the shoulders should stay over the hips. If your body leans forward, not only will your balance be compromised, but you won’t be able to fully utilize the power of the back muscles, which should help turn the torso and power the strike.
It is harder to get the timing and distance right with a circular strike than it is with strikes and punches that are directed forward. It is easier to judge distance and timing when your strike is traveling in a straight line, as opposed to a strike that travels in an arc, because the point at which that arc intersects the target has to be calculated. It is worth noting this, because in any physical confrontation you will want to keep things as simple as possible, and circular strikes—especially those delivered with the forward arm/hand—can be difficult to pull off successfully in a dynamic situation.
The power of the circular elbow strike comes from the hips and torso, rather than from the arm and shoulder; however, not a great deal of power needs to be generated for the strike to be successful. If the elbow can make impact and then drag across the face, digging into flesh and cutting skin, it will be an extremely effective strike, generating a lot of pain. One of the big myths about cutting the flesh/skin of the face is that you can cause a great deal of blood to run into the eyes, and so affect your aggressor’s vision. This really only happens in a prolonged fight, after the effects of the adrenal fight/flight response have worn off. This is because when a person becomes СКАЧАТЬ