| If you ever anticipate needing to know street | | | | 2. The eye gouge |
| fighting techniques, it's not likely that any amount | | | | 3. The throat strike |
| of martial arts training is going to help you. A | | | | As you can see by the names of these attacks |
| real fight relies on quick reflexes and impeccable | | | | alone, they target sensitive areas of the body - |
| timing, as well as hand to hand combat training in | | | | the groin, eyes, and throat area. A properly |
| street combat. There are systems like krav | | | | aimed throat strike can actually destroy the |
| maga that get very close to this, but they are | | | | windpipe and kill someone, so learning these |
| not widely offered. | | | | techniques means you need to be responsible |
| If you want to learn street fighting techniques, | | | | about using them. |
| you basically have to teach yourself or find a | | | | Depending on the situation, groin kicks can be |
| private teacher/mentor. It is fairly simple to | | | | performed differently; at long range, midrange, |
| learn street fighting techniques online, though it | | | | and close range with the knee. |
| helps if you have a partner or can invest in a | | | | Eye gouges require getting close enough to your |
| training dummy so you have a target to practice | | | | attacker to aim a strike at his eyes, but you |
| the moves on. | | | | must curl your fingers a specific way to perform |
| Three street fighting techniques that may save | | | | this strike effectively. |
| your life are: | | | | Throat strikes require grabbing the target's shirt |
| 1. The groin kick | | | | to pull him close enough to execute the attack. |