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I don't mean disciplines or foundations like wrestling, boxing, BJJ, or judo i.e., I'm talking anatomically. Let me explain.
Fists are the weapon that most easily land on the areas that can cause a KO.
Elbows have a particularity: you can land three strikes along three trajectories in the blink of an eye. It's the fastest combo in contact sports, and an elbow hurts and damages by its own structure: you don't need to "wind up" the strike and the range is so short that the only defense is retreating.
But my choice, IMHO, is the shin. Specifically the low kick.
It's the strike that can be connected repeatedly (unlike a high kick, a spinning kick, and other variants from TKD or karate) that delivers the most force. More than a cross, an upper...
And even when checked, it inflicts damage (also to the one throwing it, though).
No, I'm not Joe Rogan.
Fists are the weapon that most easily land on the areas that can cause a KO.
Elbows have a particularity: you can land three strikes along three trajectories in the blink of an eye. It's the fastest combo in contact sports, and an elbow hurts and damages by its own structure: you don't need to "wind up" the strike and the range is so short that the only defense is retreating.
But my choice, IMHO, is the shin. Specifically the low kick.
It's the strike that can be connected repeatedly (unlike a high kick, a spinning kick, and other variants from TKD or karate) that delivers the most force. More than a cross, an upper...
And even when checked, it inflicts damage (also to the one throwing it, though).
No, I'm not Joe Rogan.
