kick to kneecap

[Kajukenbopr]

dont use it in a school fight- you will hurt someone bad and you will not like the consequences....(mostly legal, doesnt matter who started the fight)

Try to avoid fights at school, remember, you have to see the same people day after day after day.....

For school fights , I should recommend a soft style like Aikido which is pretty good and wont get the other person badly hurt.

[Kajukenbopr]

Master Jules- wise comment on ur part

[Master Jules]

Thank you.....its amazing what can happen in real life......some guy attacks you, you defend yourself and hurt him, and he winds up suing you....lol

[Aodhan]

Thank you.....its amazing what can happen in real life......some guy attacks you, you defend yourself and hurt him, and he winds up suing you....lol

A lot of it goes by the "reasonable and prudent" principle. It's similar to what medics (EMT's, paramedics, etc.) face.

You are bound to do what a "reasonable and prudent" person with the same training would do.

So, say someone comes at you with a knife and you break his wrist disarming him. You probably won't get into much trouble. Most people with MA training would probably do about the same thing. Now, say that after you break his wrist, you knock him down, kick him in the ribs a few times, and grind his face into the pavement. Now you are up on battery charges, and rightly so.

You can do what is necessary to safely remove yourself from the situation. Anything more than that, and you better hope for a sympathetic jury.

BTW, just in case, the distinction between assault and battery. Assault is telling someone "I'm gonna kick your butt!!!" (The threat portion). Battery is the actual kicking of the butt.

Aodhan

[Kajukenbopr]

a kick to the kneecap will be considered an agression, even if you do get shoved or surrounded by attackers.

But since its school we're talking about- just contact a teacher to let him know whats going on.

[Muaythaiboxer]

once again a kick to the knee by an inexperenced person will not do that much damage unless the knee is locked out (most people will have the knees bent) or if they hit really hard (which will be difficult because they have little training) a kick to the thigh will hurt with less power and you dont have to worry about doing any permenant damage. also the knee is a small target and it is diffcult to hit because it is usually moveing the thigh is a larger target and does not move as fast.

[Sam]

also - you're more likely to kick the leg out from underthem, rather than break the knee, unless they have their weight on it [and more than 50%]

[Master Jules]

That all depends on the angle of attack to the knee, as well as the position of the knee itself.

[Sam]

yes im talking about generally, obviously if the knees bent quite a bit already, and you kick it from the side then yes it will probably break, im just tlaking abuot a standing opponent,

but point take - too many variables in such a chatoic environment ot say for definite.

[Kajukenbopr]

its a schoolfight- dont encourage a kid to hurt someone like that.....