August article posted at www.leewedlake.com

I wrote a few pages on attacking the knee joint. Here's an excerpt.

This is all not to say that’s it really easy to break the leg at the knee. Given the right circumstances it doesn’t take much but typically what we’re going to see is tearing of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, cartilage with all the associated swelling and pain versus a break of the bones. This causes us to ask which part of the knee do we hit? I’ve addressed the back, inside and outside. Hitting from the front, just above the knee with a side kick, preferably a thrust or stomping type, will give us the best chance of breaking the femur. Just below possibly breaks the lower leg, tibia/fibula bones.

Above the knee tends to shear the femur above the part where it widens to form the condyles. Below can break the top of the tibia below where it widens to make the tibial plateau, where the cartilage is that the condyles sit in. Straight on would break through the joint. The above and below strikes have their own nuances and those positions are shown in the individual techniques in which they are taught. Breaking the bones can be done with sheer force at the right angle and time. Another condition may be bone density. Side kick Granny in the knee and it takes less force to break than an MMA fighter. Unless Granny is an MMA fighter.

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