
Learn tips for using the heel of your palm to strike a male attacker in this free women's self defense video clip.
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"Alright I'm back, just a quick change because chances are if you get attacked on the streets you're not going to be in a gee in a black belt, no sire. So, I'm in everyday clothes and I'm going to show you the rest of the techniques punches, kicks and maneuvers in day clothes because this is probably what you'll be wearing if you have to defend yourself. So, now I'm going to teach you another strike that's excellent and easy to use, safe to use also for you beginners, called the palm heel strike. What I need you to do, my excellent assistant here is going to help out, you're going to let's get in our horse stance. Feet apart, knees bent, knees out, bring your fists back near your ribcage. Now, for the palm heel strike, super simple. Have you ever high five someone before? It's just a high five except you're trying to hit those vital areas that we've just talked about like the eyes, like the nose, like the groin. Okay, so let's aim for the nose. So you're going to open your hand up just like this and you want to actually push your heel a little bit forward and pull your fingers back, all fingers are pulled back so from the side your palm should look like this. From the front it looks like this, alright. So actually you can have your fist open right now so they're ready. Alright, so let's do a palm heel strike to the nose, let's extend and push forward, okay and then switch and switch and switch. Okay, so that's a nose. Now with a ki-eye; pull back, starting with this hand, ready 1, 2, 3 and you can help. It's going onto the other hand now, ready 1, 2, 3. Other hand, other hand, okay let's put our fist back."
Expert Village: Audrey Ronquilo
Video Series: Sports & Fitness
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