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Strike your attacker’s face or neck, connecting with the bottom of your fist, and drive through the strike.

The horizontal hammer-fist can be used effectively when you recognize that an assailant is coming toward you from the side or rear. One of the assumptions you should always work from is that your primary assailant is not alone; that they have friends and third parties who can come and assist them. This means that while you are dealing with an attacker who is in front of you, another can approach from the side, or from behind you. (This is one of the reasons you should move and scan, so that you have a 360-degree field of vision and know what is happening in your environment.) If you detect movement coming toward you, you should assume that it is hostile, as people generally move away from fights unless they have an interest in them. If it is a friend of yours coming to assist you, it’s hard luck for them; in a fast-paced, dynamic conflict, you may not have time to make a full assessment of whether the movement belongs to someone coming to help you—and the only safe assumption is that it doesn’t. If you are in a group where people might want to assist you in the case of a physical confrontation, plan with them beforehand the best way to do this.