knees are a fundamental target, as are all major joints in the body,
the bonus with knees is that pressure to the knee will , also unbalance
and drive the opponent to the ground . Damage to the knee seriously
limits mobility, and causes great pain.
The effects of attacking the knee are also psychological, and emotional .
this is true even if it is not your knee, It is one thing to see someone
Ko’d , it is quite another to hear his knee being torn , and
the cries of the recipient and he writhes in pain.
the knee is a easy joint to attack and damage because the
weight of the individual works against him, the knee
just has to be misaligned and the recipients own weight
will do the rest of the damage.
How we attack the knee determines the amount of damage
and the effects, In sports leg kicks seldom damage the knee
because the angle of the kick is in and up, this hurts but the
knee is strong enough to resist and the recipient can
lift his leg or move his weight from it , so no damage is done.
the knee is most giving if attacked from behind,
kicking behind the knee and dropping your weight downward
on the back of the leg , will drive the opponent to ground
but not damage the knee, because this is the direction
the knee works in.
the knee is strongest from the front
Kicking into the front of the knee is easily resisted,
this is the strong side of the knee, and this has
little effect, unless it has somehow already been
straightened or hyper extended.
the knee is most vulnerable if attacked from the sides at a downward
angle . as a hinge joint it is not designed to move in this direction.
To attack a joint like the knee or elbow, (both are hinge joints)
pressure is applied above the joint and at the other end of long
bone attached to the joint. This is a classic arm bar, when speaking
of the elbow,
When speaking of kicks, the ground acts as the trapping mechanism
for the foot, Once the knee buckles under downward pressure ,
the foot is trapped sideways against the ground, there is no
way to elevate the pressure by moving the foot, the weight of
the individual is on the misaligned joint , and the recipient can
not fall fast enough to stop the damage.
To insure that the weight of the individual is on the leg
before attacking the knee, we can seize the opponent
and pull downward, this draws his weight onto his
forward knee as he attempts to resist, unbalance,
once this occurs , it is like breaking wood for the fire with
a nice downward angled blade kick into the side of
the leg just above the knee. Snap , crackle , pop
This is a great kick done with shoes or boots, which just
enhance the effects.
The fact that the to resist unbalance from pulling a
opponent must put pressure on his front foot , means
that the knee is a easy target, as you can time when this
will happen, and somewhat control the ability of
the opponent to move his weight from it.
All of this and we have not even talked about kicking into
the nerves and major arteries above the knee on the inside
of the thigh before driving downward into the knee,
(best done with the toe tip, or cowboy boots : ) )
I have seen people take a punch to the face that I
thought would drop anyone,
I have seen people hit in the head with pool cues
bottles, and all kinds of other things and still keep
going, (they don’t have enough brains to be ko’d : ) )
If you get a kick angled downward into
the knee, EVERY ONE , and ANYONE will fall.
That makes the knee a great target.
It starts a reaction that none can resist.
Romney^..^
