Comments on: Street Fighting Technique of the Month – Long Range Thumb Gouge to Eye by Christopher “Bob” Roberts http://www.realstreetfightingmoves.com/street-fighting-technique-of-the-month/street-fighting-technique-of-the-month-long-range-thumb-gouge-to-eye-by-christopher-bob-roberts/ Street Fighting Self Protection Revealed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:34:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Christopher "Bob" Roberts http://www.realstreetfightingmoves.com/street-fighting-technique-of-the-month/street-fighting-technique-of-the-month-long-range-thumb-gouge-to-eye-by-christopher-bob-roberts/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Christopher "Bob" Roberts Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:09:10 +0000 http://www.realstreetfightingmoves.com/?p=354#comment-13 Ok, there seems to have been a little confusion about the slap before the eye gouge. Some people thought that the slap was an integral part of the technique and should be a forceful strike. That is not the case. The slap is just a means of targeting the eye by placing the flat of the hand on the side of the aggressor's head and the fingertips on his ear. I teach an exercise where you close your eyes and, immediately upon making contact with your training partner, feel along his body until you find his face, ear and, eventually, his eye to prepare to use this technique to escape from clinches and grappling holds. That is also a situation where you don't need to, nor should you first strike your attacker with a slap. Remember, that is only a one-minute long clip of an entire video about eye manipulation and, without having seen the rest, can lead to confusion. Ok, there seems to have been a little confusion about the slap before the eye gouge. Some people thought that the slap was an integral part of the technique and should be a forceful strike. That is not the case. The slap is just a means of targeting the eye by placing the flat of the hand on the side of the aggressor’s head and the fingertips on his ear.

I teach an exercise where you close your eyes and, immediately upon making contact with your training partner, feel along his body until you find his face, ear and, eventually, his eye to prepare to use this technique to escape from clinches and grappling holds. That is also a situation where you don’t need to, nor should you first strike your attacker with a slap.

Remember, that is only a one-minute long clip of an entire video about eye manipulation and, without having seen the rest, can lead to confusion.

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