Krav Maga Tactical Survival. Gershon Ben Keren

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      As you connect, start to extend the arm, driving your fist through the target. Don’t keep turning the body beyond this point, as you risk turning away from your attacker and giving them your back.

      The hook punch is delivered in much the same fashion as the slicing elbow. The body movement is exactly the same: the heel raises, the elbow comes up, the hips turn, and the torso twists. Instead of the elbow slicing, however, the fist is used to punch across the body into the attacker’s head. The only real circular motion of the hook punch is made by the body turning; the arm itself extends in almost a straight line across the body, like a jab that is delivered sideways. It is the turning of the body that makes the arm motion appear circular.

      Hook punches work best as one of a combination of strikes; however, for the purpose of clearly illustrating the technique, it will be demonstrated from the interview/de-escalation stance.

      Pull your arm back and make a loose fist. Don’t clench your fist tightly at this time, as this would tense the muscles of your arm and slow down its movement.

      Imagine that you have a piece of string that runs from your elbow and attaches to your heel. As you raise your elbow it pulls your heel up, so that you can pivot on the ball of the foot. This will allow you to drive your hip into the strike.

      Keep turning your body, with the arm bent at the elbow. At this point, all of the power should be generated by the turn of the body.

      As your fist connects with the target, stop your body turn and start to extend your arm; think of it as making a jab punch across your body. This will allow you to drive your fist through the target without having to keep turning, which would expose your back to your assailant.

      Once you have extended the arm, recoil it and start to pull your body back by sharply pulling your right hip backward.

      By continuing to pull the hip back, you should end up back in the position you started from.

      If the arm itself were to make a circular motion, rather than be moved by the body, two things would happen. For one, the punch would hit the target at an angle and force would be transmitted in several directions; for a strike to have maximum power, all the force should be directed into and through the target in a straight line. The other problem with the arm moving in a circular fashion is that if you miss, it will pull your body around, exposing your back to your attacker. If the body turns enough to put power into a “sideways” jab, but isn’t pulled around by the arm in a circular fashion, the hips will stay square and facing your assailant.

      When you throw a hook punch, don’t swing your punch and/or turn your body too far. If you fail to connect with the punch, you will end up in a vulnerable position. If your attacker pulls their head back from your strike, the momentum of your swing will see your fist travel past them—something that would not have happened had you extended the arm, jabbing it out across your body.

      As you continue to turn, your back will now be exposed toward your attacker and your hands will not be in a position where they could be used to cover/block/protect you.

      Your assailant will now be able to launch their own attack, striking vulnerable targets such as the back of your neck.

      If your back is turned to your assailant, they will be able to drive into you, delivering strike after strike, before you can reorient yourself to respond.

      I have been involved in many, many discussions concerning the orientation of the fist when throwing a hook punch; e.g., should the thumb be up (vertical fist), or should it be facing toward you (horizontal fist), etc.

      If the fist is turned over so that the thumb is pointing toward you, you will generate more power. The rotation caused by such a movement engages the muscles of the shoulder to a greater degree than if no rotation had occurred. The issue, however, is that the larger knuckles, which you want to strike with, are now closer to you than to your assailant. If you are accurate with your hook punches, and your timing is good enough that your attacker isn’t able to pull their head away from the punch to any degree, this won’t be a problem.

      If you strike with the thumb up, you will lose some power, but it is unlikely you will end up connecting with anything but the larger knuckles.

      However, if your attacker flinches, or your range control isn’t perfect, you will probably connect with your weaker knuckles, and if you hit the skull, they may break. The irony of punching is that the harder you punch, the more likely you are to injure your hand.

      The only issue to be aware of when punching this way is that, although you are connecting with the largest knuckles, you may run the risk of damaging your wrist if your fist isn’t clenched tightly and your wrist fixed and locked.

      Although it’s an interesting theoretical debate, when it actually comes down to it, the way you orient your fist doesn’t really matter; each position has its pros and cons, and at the end of the day, СКАЧАТЬ