Forward elbow strike.

[Geng]

When you throw this strike, what do you make contact with.

Since this is an effective technique I got interested in it.

I heard people say that you should strike with the tip of the elbow.

ON the other hand from my experience with breaking, the whole forearm seem more usefull. The forearm strike doesn't have the rotation of the tip strike, but it makes up in forward movement and less chances of self injury.

So what part of the elbow/forarm would you hit with?

[June1]

I think that I would probably strike with my forearm, just to increase surface area for the blow, but I know that you can actually lacerate a person with your elbow if it's hard enough.

[parkerlineage]

A forearm elbow really should have the same rotation as a tip strike. Start palm up and chambered on your side, then turn it palm down and lift your fist to solar plexus height while you strike with your forearm/elbow. Either way, it hurts.

[MizuRyu]

I strike with the 'sharp' of my elbow, the smallest hardest point.

[ps1]

On crossing elbows and rising elbows I use the last inch of my elbow. On downward and rear moving elbows, I use the very tip.

[bushido_man96]

I would strike with the part of the arm measuring from just in front of the tip of the elbow, to about 3 inches up the forearm. In my experience, hitting anything with just the tip of my elbow hurts like the dickens.

[Brandon Fisher]

I never hit anything that is a solid surface with the tip of my elbow. However I have broke 4 inches of patio block with my forearm.

[ps1]

Brandon Fisher brings up one of the golden rules...strike soft to hard, and hard to soft. Excellent point.

[patusai]

I'd vote forearm. I have seen great breaks done with a firearm much like Brandon Fisher spoke of

[granmasterchen]

Foreward/Roundhouse strike: personally when i am using my an elbow strike, in the context of reaching out, grabbing a head, pulling it in and striking it with my opposite arms elbow, I use the area located from the tip of the elbow to roughly 3-4 inches up the forearm.

Downward/Backward strike: If you are using the elbow in a downward strike as if grappling and dropping an elbow to an opponents back or head, or if standing and delivering an elbow to an opponent behind you (striking nose/throat/solar plexus) i would recommend and use the elbow itself with roughly a one inch radius area surrounding it on the lower side of the arm (not forearm) more of the upperarm....but again only the tip area.

Upper strike: if you are using the elbow in an uppercut manner i would use the tip of the elbow again and only the area in a one inch radius but this time on the forearm section of the arm unlike what i mention above in a downward or backward strike.

when striking with the forearm side of the elbow you can generate alot of power and have little negative side effects, which is my preffered method of breaking. When striking with the upper arm's side of the elbow (tricep area/bottom area) you expose yourself to a nerve (the funny bone) which can be a negative aspect especially with breaking in this particular fasion, but it still generates lots of power.