I'm saying that it's going to be hard to land a flush kick or punch in a real life scenario where the person is closing in quick, or is already on you...grabbing will be difficult through clothes...a knee is a good idea...but the rest will more than likely glance off the thigh, be blocked or stuffed...etc before it can land. The person is not going to stand at the right range for you to kick them, if it's a sexual assault...chances are it'll be an ambush anyway, and you'll be working from a prone position, or from a clinch...if it's a straight up assault, the person will try and blitz you, they're not likely to square up, circle, or stay at kicking range...
AND if you want to lean down to throw a punch at somebody...be my guest.
A slap to the groin while in the process of doing other things might soften a guy up...but I wouldn't count on it to work all the time...and never anticipate it would work on its own.
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