A Vital Unarmed Self Defense Move: The Self Defense Groin Kick

One of the most useful unarmed self defense moves - the groin kick - most likely seems simple. Pick up your leg and throw it out at your attacker's groin, then watch him double over in pain while you dash the other direction.

Actually, it's rarely that easy. Male attackers have a unconscious radar that goes off when someone is about to deliver a groin attack. This makes it much more difficult to land an effectual groin kick for the reason that your attacker's going to naturally turn away.

The ideal way to prevent that is to consider three crucial elements of the self defense groin kick.

First of all, groin kicks Must be done in close quarters. Typically groin kicks are done with the knee or the shin, particularly in krav maga and other such realistic self defense methods.

Next, watch out for headbutts. The attacker's body will logically bend forward when hit with a groin kick. If you are right in front of your assailant, this means your attacker's head will come rammingdown involuntarily - right upon you.

The third thing, which will help you prevent that natural headbutt reaction, is to first strike high to your attacker's body. Then he will not see the groin kick coming - and it will get rid of the problem of him typically falling into a headbutt.

Understanding how to correctly do a groin kick requires practice, and obviously this is tough to do properly on a live partner. It is best to obtain a training dummy for training unarmed self defense moves. This way you can employ the same amount of force that you would on a true attacker, and no one (except the dummy!) gets injured.

Bear in mind that just as with the straight punch, you will need to pivot or shift your body to the side as you deliver the kick. This assures that the force from your whole body propels your kick forwards, making it more powerful and more effectual.