This entry in contrast with a recent entry: Monday, March 14, 2022: Fake fighting exposed
TikTok video 1: Yes, that is an effective front kick from a horse. Effective for an initial stun move. If that was a human front kick, it may need to be followed up with finishing moves, if the situation warrants for the sake of self-defence. I have read that horses bite and kick.
TikTok video 2: This is technically an excellent move. Also proficient as a knife defence. My friend JCZ, that is a black belt in Aikido, showed me that move years ago, and we practiced it. I have two alternate moves that I prefer, both learned in my brief time in Karate and altered for street fighting.
Facing a punch: One, is I would hopefully wrap my left arm overtop the attacker's right arm (or the opposite if I am attacked with the left, in each example), locking the attacking right arm at the elbow, with my left arm forcing the attacking arm upward, as I simultaneously strike the attacker in the head or throat (sorry folks) with a very hard, right elbow strike (s). Two, is I would hopefully place my left arm under the attacking right arm, locking the attacking right arm and the shoulder and then simultaneously striking the attacker in in the head or throat with a very hard elbow strike (s).
These elbow strikes are probably from the side, as in a horizontal elbow strike (s), similar to a hook punch.
By the way, these elbow strikes can be deadly and generally not expected. A benefit to my stocky build is my upper body striking strength. Someone might be defensively taking away a punch, but are not expecting elbow strikes. Seems to me when hitting the martial arts bag my punches and elbow strikes were very roughly the same striking force.
Facing a knife: This move on the video is excellent. But I would probably use a two-handed grab, and then attempt a right arm elbow strike simultaneously, probably to the head or face. I obviously would have to move my body in a way that I would be both further away from the knife than the attacker intends, and also moving inside in order to strike with significant force.
This elbow strike would probably be a reverse elbow strike. In other words, striking, more definitively, with the point of the elbow.
TikTok video 3: I am amazed that I keep catching my Norwegian friend Arne, on video, with his part-time driving jobs.
