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Continue swinging/cutting through the target with your elbow and bring your rear foot forward—your weight transfer should naturally pull it with you. From here you can turn back out, either throwing a rear elbow strike with your back hand or a forearm/hammer-fist strike with your left arm. Even if you connect solidly with the target, don’t assume the fight is now finished—your attacker may be drugged, adrenalized, etc., making them somewhat impervious to pain.

Hook Punches

Given the choice, you should look to throw elbow strikes to the head, rather than hook punches. Both are thrown from the same range, and the elbow is a much more devastating striking implement than the fist. However, there may be times when it is impossible to make a good connection with an elbow, making the hook punch a better tool to go with. One example would be when an assailant starts to cover their head with a high guard. In such a situation, your circular elbow strikes will not be able to make contact with your assailant’s head, as they will be stopped by your assailant’s arms. This means you will need a strike that is able to get behind their guard and reach the target. This is something that the hook punch is designed to do.