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By throwing a palm-heel strike against the chin, you are able to move your attacker’s head back, disrupting their balance and thus creating opportunities for further attacks.

You can also use the palm-heel strike in a less rigid fashion, with the idea of quickly getting a hand/strike into your attacker’s face so that their vision is obscured. Quickly getting a strike or hand into your attacker’s face, whether your thumb hits their eye or not, is an easy way to disrupt an assailant’s attack, and set up your own.

Cradle-Strike to Throat

The throat is a target that doesn’t move. An assailant can turn their head away, moving the eyes as a target; however, the throat and neck stay in place, meaning that they are always available to be attacked. Striking the throat causes shock and pain (it’s an unexpected pain), and can result in serious trauma; it can cause the internal cartilage of the trachea to collapse, resulting in difficulty breathing. A hard strike will also cause a degree of swelling around the throat, which will further affect breathing. This is one of the reasons why, in a fight, you should keep your chin tucked down so that the throat is protected (keeping your chin down will also direct your face downward, making you less vulnerable to a head-butt).