The Edge of Hand
There is a reason the edge of hand is the most common strike in all of hand to hand combat.
Literally every fighting system on the planet has this technique in its tool box – however because of boxing and other combat sports, it has been completely ignored by the self defense world – only to be found in some ancient kata or dead sea scroll.
This is one of the main reasons it’s “fallen our of fashion”. Since people started sparring, they forgot how to actually use it and most of them DO IT WRONG…until now.
FUN FACT: Do you know why you see this technique in many movies and TV shows from the 1950s and 60s? Because most of the Hollywood stuntmen were World War II veterans and actually trained in combatives (though they didn’t call it that back then).
Good info. Thank you!
Why do you prefer edge of hand over hammer fist?
Technically less surface area, more force per square inch… however we teach both and they’re interchangeable.
Some people prefer the hammer fist because they hurt they’re pinky – so it’s not a big deal it’s if you use the hammer fist.
Hi Damion,
I’m really liking all these self-defence moves. Would love to become a Self-Defence Instructor down the road.
Hi Ernie, thanks for finding us. The best place to start is to work with the SDTS programs here:
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After that you can roll into getting certified and coached as an Instructor.
Is this it I paid over 200 hundred dollar were is the rest of the program?
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The “rabbit punch”. I learned it when I was 8 years old; 1961. It was taught to all of us neighborhood kids by one of the many “Dads” that fought in WWII.