Wednesday, June 17, 2009

hand strikes

Idly amusing myself the other day while sitting in Heritage Square in downtown Flagstaff where all us geezers and geeks hang out while others are imprisoned in their work cubicles, I counted eleven major strikes with the hand:
  • heel of hand (upward strike to nose or jaw)
  • first two knuckles of fist (traditional Isshinryu punch)
  • all four knuckles of first joints of fingers (good for loosening another's teeth)
  • index finger supported between thumb & other 3 fingers folded in (good for eyes)
  • thumb knuckle atop fist (side swing into temple or around back into kidney)
  • bottom of fist (downward strike to mid-sagittal suture atop head)
  • chop (excellent for collarbones)
  • back of fist (good nose breaker)
  • thumb tip and finger tips joined for a "peck" strike
  • claps on ears (possible ear drum rupture)
  • spear hand (drive into solar plexus & other assorted areas)
No doubt I am forgetting some. But I had a good time trying them out while sitting on my geezer bench, deep into my guise as a little old white-haired guy sitting in the sun.
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4 comments:

  1. Charles JamesJune 17, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Hi, George:

    Could not help but chuckle at this one. I can only imagine the passerby's and their thoughts, "This old f%#@ is nuts!"

    Thanks,

    Charles

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  2. George BreedJune 18, 2009 at 3:40 AM

    (Laughing) Charles, It's like Mister Bobby Dylan sings, I'm invisible now. Most everyone is so caught up in themselves they don't see anyone else. Very few have that 360 degree awareness.

    Also, I forgot the drive forward with open hands, palms out, beneath lower ribs of person, grasp ribs, then pull back (that makes 12); and drive forward, back of one hand on one's forehead, back of other hand on one's thigh, grasp other person's throat and testicles and rip (13).

    Ain't martial arts fun?

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  3. Kathy TrejoJune 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM

    Ouch! .."bottom of fist (downward strike to mid-sagittal suture atop head)"...i know how that feels LOL

    is the peck strike the same as the 4th dot on your list? trying to imagine folded in? anyway...fun? no.

    Jesus says turn the other check...how do you respond to that? you mentioned earlier that Jesus slapped the fig tree or hit it...meaning? sorry. the will? im so very slow...sorry.

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  4. MonkeybabylonNovember 8, 2011 at 3:40 AM

    You could've knocked some sense into me while I wasn't looking -

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