Horizontal Elbow Strikes — Second-move Destruction

Posted on December 17, 2007
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Why Emphasize “Horizontal” Elbow Strikes?
Actually, you should practice elbow strikes from all different angles. Still, elbow strikes that come across from left to right or right to left seem to have some special uses:

These strikes are effective follow-ups when the distance between you and your opponent ‘changes’….

If you hit someone at “punch distance,” you generally expect him (or her) to reel backwards from the force of the blow. 90% of the time, this is exactly what happens. You hit — the person falls back out of range, so you press forward and hit some more.

Unfortunately, there are those occasions where you hit, and, not only does your opponent not move back, but he (or she) moves forward, closing the distance.

So, as the person’s face comes into elbow range, your punch hand (the one that is forward) folds back to the body — as the elbow strikes across the face.

Don’t Separate The Techniques
This is NOT a punch, then draw the hand back, and ‘then’ cock your elbow for one super-strong elbow strike.

You want to blend straight from your punch into an elbow strike. Absolutely no extra motions allowed:

  • * No withdrawing of the hand

  • * No retracting the punch back to the side of the body (I wouldn’t keep mine there anyway.)

  • * No wind up for the elbow strike. (You don’t pull back for the swing.)

    • You go straight into the strike.

    End Note:
    As described above, use this elbow strike if the person closes the distance to an “in-fighting” range.

    Also, use the same strike if you have the person locked, and he breaks free and backs out of the controlling range used during some headlocks and winged arm locks.

    (For wrist-locking help, see ‘Wrist Locks: From Protecting Yourself to Becoming an Expert,’ and for the particular headlock I am describing, see the ‘1st’ Best of Martial Arts Mastery — if you don’t have “The Best of,” I’ll email it for free with any order — just ask.)

    In other words, it doesn’t matter if the person is moving in or out of your range. As soon as an opponent’s face gets to the magical spot, your elbow instantly strikes.

    And as mentioned in this article, that strike may occur mid-punch.

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    Keith Pascal is the author of Wrist Locks: From Protecting Yourself to Becoming an Expert. Many say that this is the only book that teaches you how to reverse and counter wrist locks and arm bars, and invent your own joint-locking techniques.

    “This book makes me feel like I have a teacher in the room with me.”

    http://www.WristLocksExpert.com

    Note: Keith is also the editor of one of the longest-running martial-arts ezines on the Internet, Martial Arts Mastery.
    It’s free and filled with practical information:
    http://kerwinbenson.com/martial_arts_ezine.html

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