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There are three soft and vulnerable targets that don’t require any force for a strike to be effective: these are the eyes, throat, and groin. Sometimes the eyes are not an effective target because an attacker turns their face away to avoid being hit there. It doesn’t matter how far a person turns their face/eyes away, however, the throat/neck will usually remain available. The best way to attack the throat is in an upward direction.

When you strike the throat, hit it hard. Your goal is to cause trauma and swelling to the throat so that your attacker’s breathing is impaired. An attacker who can’t breathe properly will not be able to fight effectively.

The throat can still be a target even if your attacker turns their face away, which would make an eye strike difficult/impossible. The throat can be a difficult target for an attacker to defend—unless they keep their chin tucked to their chest at all times.

The Initial Strike as a Range/Distance Finder

Your initial strike can be used as a tactile “marker” to set up further strikes. In a dynamic, fast-moving situation where there are many changes in movement, punches and strikes often won’t land because the distance and position between the striking unit (e.g., the fist), and the target (e.g., the face), change as the punch/strike is being delivered. By not retracting the initial strike—such as the thumb to your assailant’s eye(s)—you can not only control their head (the target), but also give yourself another tool for judging distance/range. You just have to deliver the second strike roughly where your first hand is, as it’s already on the target. Using this method of zoning in on your targets makes it almost impossible to miss with your subsequent strikes. As long as you keep your hand on their eyes, you will always know where to hit, regardless of whether they move in to you, pull away, turn their head, etc.