#palm strike

[talldorkandhandsomedood]

Karin Kanzuki color and edit

This one for some reason was difficult...

[thattagen]

AD-HOC 1-8 - Death’s Grip

http://ad-hoc.webcomic.ws/comics/9

Yushiko discovers a disturbing truth about herself (that she resolves to tell her wife later).

[asifashraf75]

Palm strike

Palm Strike

[safeinternational]

Any predictions on what happens? Wait for it..........BAM!  https://goo.gl/c9yB5Y 😂 (via GIPHY)

[howtofightwrite]

slywit said: I am fairly sure the cartilage into the brain thing is a disproven myth. There is a bone behind the cartilage to the nose, and you aren’t breaking through the bone with soft cartilage

No, that one's not a myth. The strike itself is bitchy to execute and granted when they teach it in self-defense they aren't expecting the student to do the full follow through in a real situation. They're expecting them to pull back at the first feeling of their opponent's nose giving way. But you can just slam the palm strike straight up on a diagonal angle (which is usually the one they teach) and break through that thin sheet of bone and put it (bone and cartilage) all straight into the brain. All the person needs is the right angle (diagonal up under the nose, following the line).

Is it easy? No. Have people died from it? Yes. Is that the intention of the strike? Yeah, that's what it's original use was for when done to the face. It's worth remembering that martial arts are designed around killing and warfare, even if that's not what they're being used for today. Even the most innocuous safe strikes can have a deadly counterpart in the style. Many strikes are designed to break bones, the palm strike has that application with the nose and the ability to do deep tissue damage to the internal organs. Granted, that might not be the one that's being taught but it is there, it is real, and it's worth thinking about.

[justcallmequill]

My brother is a badass. He just posted a video from his black-belt degree test of him breaking two cement blocks with a palm strike. Ouch.