Move #5: Knee To Head
Once you’ve stunned the threat with the first strike and have them bent over and defenseless, you’ll want another move to eliminate the threat.
Enter your knee and his head…
Now, most people make the mistake of hitting a person while their head is looking down. If you hit someone on the chin with your knee, you will injure your knee and give the threat the chance to attack.
The most important part of this move is to turn the threat’s head to side before striking him with the knee. By turning his head, you will be damaging sensitive parts of his body (like his ear and temple) that will drop him to the floor without hurting yourself.
Make sure to follow through with the motion. You want to use all of your body weight, not just your knee.
Note: the move takes place from 7:27 – 8:04, but feel free to watch the rest for more tips.
Move #6: Breaking The Knee
One of the most effective leg kicks is the stomp kick (aka push kick, piston kick, front kick). It is effective because you are using your entire body weight to hyperextend the threat’s knee in hopes of breaking it and/or disabling him long enough for you put in some more blows.
The knee helps us stabilize, so without a knee you know your threat will pause for a moment…giving you the chance to finish him with another strike.
When doing this move, you need to raise your foot as high as possible and drop the bottom of your foot, along with your body weight, as hard as you can onto the threat’s knee.
You’ll see how natural this move is and why a lot of people use this the most often.