Real Street Fighting Moves

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This is an analysis of what happened in this video by one of our fighting faculty members, Master David D’Antonio.  Here is what Master D’Antonio has to say:

The “karate man” is using a knife hand strike on an upward angle into the mandibular angle target. This causes three very distinct reactions in the person being struck:

1:  BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD IS MUCH MORE LIKEY TO CAUSE A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IF THE HEAD MOVES LATERALLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS OPPOSED TO FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS. (There is also the very real danger of one or more types of fracture to include: spiral fractures; avulsion, in transverse fractures; bending, in short oblique fractures)

2:  Immediate shut down of the carotid artery. Compression of the carotid causes a stoppage of blood flow hence a loss of consciousness. Carotid artery injuries caused by blunt trauma often cause thrombosis ( which is the formation of a blood clot  inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system) and delayed neurological deficits, and are associated with mortality rates of up to 40%

3:  A whiplash effect which causes disorientation and shock to the brain.

Notice that our karate man in the video does two very important things here which sealed the deal on the success of his technique:

1:  He struck first and without warning.

2:  He did not take any “stance” whatsoever to indicate either his intention to strike or to show he was a martial artist.

I also want to point out that our “karate man” never once takes his eyes off of his adversary, even when he is making an effort to walk away before the actual physical altercation, he looks over his shoulder keeping his eye on his opponent.

When his opponent gets in his face, our karate man uses angling to set up his strike, thus moving him out of the range of any reactionary counter from his opponent. Moving on an angle and to the OUTSIDE of his target provides him a tactical advantage.

This RBF expert definitely knew how to “keep it real”.

David D’Antonio