Street fighting
involves the use of anything
and everything that can be used as a weapon including all the parts of
the human body and various objects that can typically be found lying in
the streets of any settlement or community.
Bottles, sticks, stones,
chairs and other types of furniture, common household tools and working
implements–all of these things can be used to deliver
potentially deadly force when faced with an opponent.
For purposes of
this article however, we will stick to street fighting
techniques that
do not involve anything other than the parts of the body.
Even with that restriction, there is a lot
of damage that you can do. Just using all the various parts that humans
are born with, an experienced street fighter can cause considerable
amounts of pain and injury, and in some cases even death.
Let’s start from the top–literally–then,
shall we?
First up in your arsenal of inborn weapons
is the head. While your instincts may tell you that the head is a part
that should be protected at all costs–and it is–it
can make quite an effective striking weapon when used properly.
When
using your head as a street fighting technique, you should always
remember to make contact with the top part of the forehead.
Next up are the elbows. Used to tremendously
devastating effect in mixed martial art competitions, the elbows can be
used to strike in almost all directions towards the nose, chin, throat,
neck and solar plexus of your opponent.
Aside from its great force,
elbow strikes tend to come out of nowhere, and your opponent will
probably never even see it coming.
The fists are of course one of the parts of
the body that is most often used in combat. As to whether it is used
effectively however is another matter entirely.
Anyone can throw a
punch, but it needs a fair amount of knowledge and experience to be
able to throw one and connect effectively without breaking your hands.
These are only a few of the street fighting
techniques that you can use. They should be a good start though and
give your opponent something to think about!