I posted the December article in the members's section this morning. It's about groin strikes. Here's a preview.
"We’ve all heard the phrase “a swift kick in the…” fill in the blank. Most books you read on the technicalities of the martial arts refer to the groin as one of the primary targets. Eyes and throat are the others. However, the groin is a primary target in many Kenpo self-defense techniques.
It’s a standing joke in our circles about how the TKD people don’t allow groin kicks. I remember being a brown belt and asking a Korean TKD instructor why they didn’t allow that. The answer, in broken English, was “You at tournament, your wife or girlfriend or family, they not want to see you get kicked in groin.” It’s not that they don’t do it, they don’t allow it. Too often, I think, they don’t even teach it. Then the hapless practitioner does not get used to seeing it coming and they get hit because they didn’t recognize the technique."
"I was fighting in a tournament in Indiana, in the black belt division, and the two fights before me were between TKD and hard stylists. The two TKD guys went down (and out) because they took a kick in the groin and were not wearing cups. I’m not picking on them because of their system but it was noteworthy that they chose to compete without the protective gear even though the rules on the flyer said it was required equipment. The third guy up was their teacher and I was paired with him. The center ref asked for a cup check on everyone. This guy I was to fight dropped his gi pants right there to show he had one on. "
"Mr. Parker used a nasty pinching movement in some sequences in which the testicles are smashed between the heel of the foot and the ground. It’s an attention-getter."
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