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As you land, finish the turning motion of the hips to strike through the target with your elbow. Your other hand should remain up to guard your head, and possibly prepare to throw another elbow towards your assailant.

The targets for the Rear “Crashing” Elbow could be either the head/face, or if dealing with a much taller person, the xiphoid process located in the lower part of the sternum.

You want to connect with the tip of your elbow, and make sure that your chest is neither in front or behind, but rather level with the elbow. As with every strike, recoil your elbow after impact. Pull the hips back so they are now in a neutral position.

If your aggressor is significantly taller than you, and you don’t believe they are wearing a suicide vest filled with explosives, you can attack the xiphoid process, a small piece of cartilage that hangs at the lower end of the sternum, as an alternative to the face.

Driving Knee

When delivering knee strikes, you need to make sure that power is transferred forward, rather than simply upwards. To have full power, a knee strike needs to have forward momentum to it, generated by a forward movement of the hips. Striking straight out with the knee, rather than upwards, also makes it a much more difficult strike to block.