How to pick targets that end fights sooner
End Fights Quicker
When the safety of you or your friends or family is on the line the sooner you end the fight the better. Every second the fight drags out creates an opportunity for your attacker(s) to land a lucky blow and knock you out and if you are knocked out you are at the complete and utter mercy of your attacker.
By choosing better targets to strike you can disable your attacker sooner enabling you to get to safety or turn your attention to a second attacker.
The Three Tiers of Targets
Tier 1:
Targets that are very vulnerable and have reliable and predictable results. These areas are highly likely to end a fight immediately or at least will set up the opportunity to end the fight immediately.
- Eyes
- Throat
- Testicles
Tier 2:
These targets are either weak in structure and easy to break, have the possibility to cause a knockout, or can disrupt someone’s balance and coordination. There are people who can withstand multiple blows to these areas while another person will go down from a single strike to one of them. That makes these targets less reliable but still good targets.
- Side of Neck (brachial and vagus nerves)
- Back of Neck (spinal cord, can cause extreme damage including paralysis)
- Face / Nose
- Jaw (trigeminal nerve often called “the button” in boxing because it can shut someone down)
- Head (knockout from countrecoup)
- Solar plexus (knock wind out of someone)
Tier 3:
Everything else on a human body is fairly resilient to damage. Sure ribs can be broken and repeated kicks to the legs will slow someone down but tough people will keep fighting.
- Thigh and lower legs
- Body, stomach, and ribs
- Arms (including nerve strikes)
Final Thoughts
Jeet Kune Do is not about a fixed ideology, system, or set of techniques. Jeet Kune Do is about seeking the truth and applying it. A true martial artist will always question their currently held beliefs in order to make continual change. Understanding the human body, what it takes to injure or disable it and then applying that knowledge to fighting is the pinnacle of martial arts training.
Folks thanks for reading and watching. If you want to become the best fighter you can be come train with us at in Aurora, Colorado’s premiere JKD school Progressive Combat Systems.
Until next time,
Brian
