Self-Defence and Combat Hapkido: Thumb Techniques Against a Bully

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Would you like to know how much pain you can inflict with your thumb? For example, here are a few simple defence techniques that can be used against a bully using your thumb rather than hitting.

Hitting a bully may have its place but if you want to be inconspicuous in your defence you can apply pressure to pressure points using a thumb or finger.

The first thumb technique is aggressive and would be applied in a situation in which you know you may suffer injury and you want that bully out of your face quickly. Note that even in this strike, the hand is cupped so the thumb is doing the striking/poking and the fingers wrap to the other side of the neck. The cup of the hand helps avoid striking the bully's throat.

The second series is used when a bully might be manhandling the victim or just trying to intimidate and scare the victim. The sudden and excruciating pain sends a definite message.

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