Elbows by far
So many reasons to favor the elbow...
(1) Hard bone that isn't going to break. You touched on this already but the elbow rules the first twofold: the hand is full of delicate little bones just trying to break themselves, the elbow is a big nubby chunk of bone waiting to deliver pain to the bad guy.
(2) Even if you happen to bump into someone trained at fighting, it's almost a guarantee they aren't trained to defend an elbow. They'll be prepped for the hook/jab/straight/cross action, but when you step inside, crank your body and throw and elbow they aren't going to know how to defend that and absorb the blow.. which means their melon is going to absorb it, which means they are going to go to sleep real quick...
Even going up against a MT practionioner... talking with my instructor Matee Jedeepitak there are MT competitors who are "kickers", "kneers" or "elbowers".. there aren't real strikers since strikes are easier to defend and don't cause as much damage...
My $0.02.. I know next barfight I'm in.. I'm leading with the eblow.. then again I've never been in a barfight and am a little old to start, but hey, you never know...
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