Body Target Areas
Head
- Temples - Point to it with the thumb and 1 st two fingers. Use this to get the correct distance from the ‘dummy’. Parallel position.
- Bridge of nose - Strike with the knife hand horizontally.
- Eyes - Poke past the head with two fingers, stepping forward at the same time.
- Mastoid nerves - Place three fingers under each ear following the jaw line, then make the bottom two fingers meet in the middle of the head.
- Philtrum (Base of nose) - Strike with the knife hand upwards.
- Chin - Strike with the knife hand downwards
- Carotid artery (Sides of neck) - Strike with the knife hands. Parallel position.
- Throat / Adam’s apple - Strike with the knife hand horizontally.
- Kidneys - Push hands past ‘dummy’ and drag them back striking the kidneys. Use this to get the correct distance.
- Solar Plexus - Point with thumb and two fingers.
- Groin - Strike with knee.
- Knee - Kick past opposite knee with foot, this protects groin from being exposed.
- Shin - Run foot down shin.
- Foot - Stamp on instep.
- Wrist - Knife hand downwards.
- Elbow - Ridge hand upwards.
- 7 & 8 performed together.
Back of Body
- Carotid artery (Sides of neck) - Strike with the knife hands. Use this to get the correct distance.
- Base of skull / cerebellum - Strike with the knife hand horizontally.
- C3 Vertebrate - Strike with the knife hand vertically.
- Kidneys - Twin upset punch.
- Small of back - Strike with elbow.
- Coccyx - Strike with elbow.
- Knee - Strike the knee with foot, bending ‘dummy’s’ knee.
- Achilles Tendon / ankle - Down ward strike with outside of foot.
