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darrianation · 04-09-2004, 01:37 PM

The ear slap as I call it is a fair technique, painful but won’t end a fight against a determined fighter. Royce Gracie ear slapped Ken shamrock 50 or so times while in the guard in one of their bouts and it didn’t even frustrate Shamrock.

In a real fight and you are on the ground; eye jabbing/poking and biting is more effective. For standing basically it’s a slap. Remember when you were in junior high and you were slap fighting with a friend during PE class? Well it’s just like that. It would be good to lead in with something else and then just slap, hand cupped of course.

Do you know what a scissor punch is? There are other names for it but I can’t think of what they are right now. It’s thrown similar to a hook; in fact the mechanics are the same. Usually it is thrown down ward at a 45’ or so angle to the neck, temple, jaw or mastoid using a ridge hand. The cupped hand can replace the ridge hand the ear can be struck instead of the neck or temple. Just remember to keep the elbow bent some otherwise you will hyper extend it, ouch!

Many newbie’s hurt themselves learning this without proper supervision, but if practiced you can do this full speed and power without injury to yourself and it is very powerful.

Just a different variation from the others I hope this has been helpful.

04-09-2004, 01:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
darrianation Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,161 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	The ear slap as I call it is a fair technique, painful but won’t end a fight against a determined fighter. Royce Gracie ear slapped Ken shamrock 50 or so times while in the guard in one of their bouts and it didn’t even frustrate Shamrock. In a real fight and you are on the ground; eye jabbing/poking and biting is more effective. For standing basically it’s a slap. Remember when you were in junior high and you were slap fighting with a friend during PE class? Well it’s just like that. It would be good to lead in with something else and then just slap, hand cupped of course. Do you know what a scissor punch is? There are other names for it but I can’t think of what they are right now. It’s thrown similar to a hook; in fact the mechanics are the same. Usually it is thrown down ward at a 45’ or so angle to the neck, temple, jaw or mastoid using a ridge hand. The cupped hand can replace the ridge hand the ear can be struck instead of the neck or temple. Just remember to keep the elbow bent some otherwise you will hyper extend it, ouch! Many newbie’s hurt themselves learning this without proper supervision, but if practiced you can do this full speed and power without injury to yourself and it is very powerful. Just a different variation from the others I hope this has been helpful. __________________ The law of tyranny: 1. Any power that can be abused will be abused 2. Abuse always expands to fill the limits of resistance to it. 3. If people don't resist the abuses of others, they will have no one to resist the abuses of themselves, and tyranny will prevail. Welcome to the Socialist States of Amerika . Coming soon Jan 20th 2009!