If
you have taken an IMPACT Chicago program, you have learned a palm heel strike
to the nose, specifically to the area just beneath the nostrils. If you haven’t
taken IMPACT yet, try taking the heel of your palm and lightly touch it to the
area just beneath your nostrils. Why does this strike work?
The
palm heel works because it is a strike to a vulnerable part of the body. The
area underneath the nose and above the upper lip has many sensitive nerve
endings. When struck just below the
nostrils with a palm heel, a person feels a burning sensation and their eyes
tear up. Because nerve endings have been struck, it affects the entire nervous
system. There is no credence to the idea that a palm heel strike can drive the
septum into the brain, because two bones in the skull protect the brain.
To
see a step-by-step approach to doing a palm heel to the nose by Molly (IMPACT
Chicago lead instructor-in-training) and Ben (IMPACT Chicago suited instructor)
go to http://www.girlswhotravel.org/health-and-safety/self-defense/
Martha
Thompson
IMPACT
Chicago
Director
and Instructor
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