firstborn said:
I understood the whole nose through the brain thing to be an urban myth. Something hitting you hard enough to push bits of your nose into your brain would probably end up in your brain itself imo.
Not true, it is possible, but the bridge needs to be damaged, and the nasal bones are meant to end up behind the glabella, but you do need to be superman to do it
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Best places to hit are probably nerve centres, such as the solar plexus (poke or punch), the brachial plexus (use the knife edge of your hand) and the armpit (punch or kick if you can get it), as they will disable an attacker briefly, but won't do much more. You can do that palm hitting thing, but I would recommend you do it on their chin rather than anywhere else, and it will disorientate them, but it's a good idea to do it with their mouth shut as otherwise you could cause them to bite off their tongue or could screw up their teeth, but that's their fault (as long as it's self defence
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