Ear Slap Instruction

The Ear Slap Instruction: The Ear Slap Strike can be used if grabbed from the front or side and you have a hand free. Also, you can be sitting next to someone, or be with your back on the ground and still use this skill.

EAR SLAP TARGET AREA: The primary area is ear and around the ear. Your hand can either be flat or slightly cupped, as if placing your hand on top of a volleyball. Even a poorly executed Ear Slap Strike will be effective in this general area. A strike to the jaw or neck area can get good results. If the jaw is opened while being struck it is possible to unhinge or break it. This technique of basic self defense is a good skill against a larger or taller assailant.

Move into the attacker while using the trunk of your body to twist in a circular motion to generate more slapping power. Do not drop your hand back to make a big circular swing at the ear. This will slow the delivery of the strike and telegraph your intentions to the attacker.

Remember to keep your arm muscles relaxed throughout the delivery of the strike until just before you hit the target. Your arm muscles only tense up a moment before you strike the ear.

Ear Slap Instruction Training for Womens Self Defense: When you practice with your hand as a target, have the striking hand only 8 to 10 inches away.

Having your hands close together forces you to use the motion you generated from the trunk of your body to whip the hand over for a loud slap.

Note the Response: The head will move in the direction of the slap, and the arm and hand on the side of the ear being struck will move to cover and protect injured area.

It is time to leave the scene, or if the situation warrants, to follow up with another strike or other techniques of basic self defense.

But, before I get ahead of myself, let me show you how to practice this skill safely in the comfort of your own home without the need of a personal self defense instructor or coach with the

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