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- From: bp652@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gil W. Lau)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: The art of head-butting!
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 04:43:16 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) says:
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- >I've always wondered, how do you pull off a successful headbutt without
- >hurting yourself? I've experimented/practiced a little bit (ow!), and
- >found that the part of the skull about three inches above the eyebrows
- >is a TOUGH spot in the skull. It's ABOUT where the hairline recedes. I
- >hit a wall w/ my head and it didn't hurt.. too much. :) Call me
- >insane.. :)
-
- You're INSANE!!! I hate to see the twenty-odd other times you did
- it against the wall and found out that part of the skull was not as
- tough!! *wince*
-
- Basically you've got the right part of your skull to use. Never use
- your forehead against your opponents like you always see in the movies.
- What you want to do is to slam your crown moving in a straight line
- into the guy's face. This is what's been taught to me, but I kinda
- doubt I'll ever use it in combat. A good knee smash to the groin
- should do the trick!
-
- -- Gil
-