More Secrets To Generating Great Asshole Stopping Power (GASP)
In my last admittedly wonderful post (“Make Your Attacker GASP – Core Secrets To Dynamic Self Defense”) I introduced you to the concept of GASP (Great Attacker/Asshole Stopping Power). Nothing new, really, just a catchy training mantra. I imagine that I have talked up the core secrets of generating power through hip rotation, locking all joints on impact, hitting and sticking on your target at least a half dozen times in my 35 posts. Not to mention anticipation, or asking yourself what would I do if “A” happened before an attack; springing into action and, finally, pinpointing power (high-dollar) targets.
Of course reading the secrets and putting them into action are two different things. If you have the desire to get real good at GASP, commit yourself to hours of practice a week, then, heck, Tough Girl or Roughneck, whoever you be, we got ourselves a deal. I can come up with a neat little training agenda – simple stuff, too, that will do the trick. I can make you good. Real good. In the studio or dojo, that is.
Putting everything together in a real dead-bang attack scenario might be another dealio. Developing the necessary mentality and heart to fight – the willingness to do what is needed at the time it is needed, is, in my mind, the most important thing. But that is up to you – beyond my control. What is within mine, in the context of this post are a few tips on what strikes can work for you in a jiffy when your ass is on the line.
GASP STRIKES THAT WILL END THE FIGHT NOW
I must caution you. The following are all Deadly Force, Lethal techniques that you must only use when you perceive that your attacker is about to cut your wires. Shut down your computer, for, like good.
BEAK STRIKE TO ADAM’S APPLE: Grip your index and middle finger tight to your thumb. Blindfold yourself, hold your breath, go out and get blind-ass drunk. Doesn’t matter. Once you learn this configuration, you will be able to do this under any stressful or dysfunctional circumstance. If the attacker’s throat area is open, the Beak Strike cannot help but stop him cold! Not only that, it is easy to do from the “Surrender Stance (both hands up in front of you, palms facing the attacker, fingers spread). Drive that beak hard into the throat area. It is possible this strike can cause serious damage, even death, so, once again, use it only if—
WEB STRIKE TO THROAT: Another semi-lethal strike that works perfectly from a Surrender Stance (which lulls the Bad Guy into dropping his guard). Stretch your fingers taught, away from the thumb, forming an “L” laying on its side. Drive the strong web into the throat area. Should be easy when you place the palm of your hand on the Bad Guy’s chest when he pulls you close and beg him to let you go. Impossible to stop if the Bad Guy’s chin is even slightly up. Drive the web up through the Blind Spot that extends from his chest to his nose.
HEAD BUTT: A good head butt driven into the Bad Guy’s nose or forehead may not stop the fight now, but it will most likely stop him in his tracks. Once again, simple and easily doable. Just drop your head using dead weight into the target (or, if the Bad Guy grabs you from the rear, the back of the head driven to the rear works amazingly well. Your skull is durable, build for survival, so chances of an injury are minimal, much less than the Bad Guy’s chances, if you can pull this off. Enhance the Head Butt by grabbing both sides of his head and holding it there for counterpressure. Lots of times when men attack a woman, they hope for a woman reacting in this way; it is part of their fantasy script. Feign tenderness and go medieval on him!
INVOKING SINGULARITY OF FOCUS: What the hell is The Hammer talking about? You are probably muttering. Well, don’t you worry about The Hammer; he knows about what he speaketh. Singularity Of Focus simply means for you, the Good Guy, to maintain upper body or facial eye contact with the Bad Guy to make him certain that whatever counterstrike you are about to unleash will be coming with your upper body. In many cases this surprise move comes off of a grapple where the attacker moves in close, grabs you and starts to unleash a flurry of upper body strikes, slaps and grabs. Surprise the Bad Guy with one of more of the following lower body counterattacks:
- The Front Kick: Used effectively by the Israeli Army, who dynamically enter an enemy building with their rifles chest high. When the Bad Guy grabs the rifle *(invoking Singularity Of Focus), the Israeli drives the instep and/or toe of his foot hard into the lower shin of the terrorist, who loosens his grip on the rifle. This kick shuts down the Central Nervous System for a second or two, opening up other targets. You can do this much the same way. Imagine you have just stepped in a muddy puddle with your new shoes. Now, imagine shaking the water off your kicks. That is exactly the motion of the Front Kick delivered to the lower shin, just above the tongue of his shoe (Superficial Nerve Motor Point).
- The Knee Strike: Drive your knee hard into either the groin or Femoral Nerve Motor Point (inside of the leg, halfway between the groin and the knee). Follow up with more knee strikes. Power your knee strike by driving the hips into and through your target. Don’t bounce off it, stick on it and through it. Feel like you are sitting in a Barco Lounger. You know how it feels when you pull the rods and your ass end slides forward. There you go!
A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE DEVASTATING EYE GOUGE: No doubt, the Eye Gouge or Tiget Claw is the number onbe counterattack in my Playbook. In an attack against a woman a man often pulls her in close. Take that opportunity by getting even closer and performing one of two tacts:
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Drive a Palm Heel strike up through his blind spot into his chin. Drive his head straight back, as if trying to rip his head off his shoulders. As you are doing this, ehnace the whole shooting match by curling your fingers and dsriving them into his eye(s) This is the Tiger Claw Counter Attack.
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Surprise the crap out of the a’hole. When he pulls you in, not only go with it, but get even closer. Place your head on his shoulder with the back of your head wedged against his (creates great counterpressure. His head cannot escape). Now, take your inside hand and at first place it on his opposite shoulder, then, suddenly,slide your thumb just below the earlobe and inside the manbible (jaw bone) for leverage. With your thumb locked in, simply allow your fingers to locate the Bad Guy’s eye and gouge away!
Enough For Now. Stay Safe.
Hammer