Website design By BotEap.comOne of the techniques we teach in combat is called Chin Jab. The Chin Jab is essentially a palm strike, and there are several different palm strikes in many systems. I think this is a very special palm strike flavor that is perfect for fights that are very close. It is particularly effective for women who, according to Melissa Soalt (aka Dr. Ruthless), tend to be swallowed up by their attackers. As with most combat techniques, a practitioner does not have to rely on great skill or precision to make the Chin Jab work, which is precisely the idea! Many of the classic combat attacks of World War II had to be taught very quickly to soldiers embarking on war. Efficiency and ease of acquisition were very important, as you can imagine.

Website design By BotEap.comAs the name implies, the Chin Jab is applied on the chin, with the heel of the palm. Kelly McCann compares the orientation of the hand to that of patting a grapefruit. The hit comes from below the field of view, which means that you are quite close to your target. While driving up and through an assailant’s center line (although you can throw it from an angle and is also taught this way), as Dennis Martin describes, move “your body on the attack”, accelerating through the target. The elbow remains bent, and McCann recommends keeping it pointed downward. He also checks the opponent’s right arm as he moves toward the punch. In the classic text, Kill or die, Rex Applegate recommends that the fingers of the striking hand be extended to keep the palm rigid. The blow is most devastating when the chin protrudes forward and when the blow is delivered more directly under the chin.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Chin Jab is classified as preventative, and McCann claims that he can use it while the assailant is speaking. I imagine this has an added benefit: the guy will probably sink his teeth deep into his tongue upon impact. The main idea is unconsciousness, or the “6-inch KO”. The chin is a sweet spot for a knockout, and Dennis calls it an effective lever for “moving the skull” and essentially moving the brain within the skull. If it really does spiral your brain, I have no idea, but the end result has been seen over and over again. There is some discussion about the possibility that the Chin Jab also causes damage to the cervical spine. Applegate represents the simultaneous action of grasping the belt with the left hand and pulling the body forward at the moment of impact on the chin, causing a neck fracture.

Website design By BotEap.comIn addition, Applegate describes another combination: the knee strike to the groin with the Chin Jab. He is likely to lean forward after taking a devastating blow to his knee, thus producing the ideal target for the Chin Jab: the chin sticking out far forward. We find it difficult to do both techniques simultaneously.

Website design By BotEap.comThink of the Chin Jab as a surprise, a close-range blow, probably thrown from a protective fence of some sort, a prepared stance, or even from what Dennis calls the “listening fence” – pretending you missed what you were saying, moving closer to hear it again, and then hitting. Keep this in mind: fighting principles include hitting hard, hitting fast, and using the element of surprise. I think of combatants as more self-offending, because I don’t believe in waiting for confirmation, such as being hit (or worse, stabbed or shot), before launching an attack, as long as you have perceived the threat and the pre-incident indicators at the same time. violence. Essentially, I believe in preemptive strikes because, as I will state over and over again, action is faster than reaction. In any case, I recommend that you play around with this technique and practice it with the knowledge and confidence that it has been proven in the field to be brutally effective.

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Website design By BotEap.comApplegate, Rex. (1943). Kill or be killed: a hand-to-hand fighting manual. Boulder: Paladin Press.

Website design By BotEap.comGrover, Jim. (1999). Jim Grover Combatives Series: Power Strikes & Kicks, Vol. 1. [Videotape]. Paladin Press.

Website design By BotEap.comMartin, Dennis et al. The classic strikes. Retrieved May 2009 from Dennis Martin’s Combatives Community Forum.