Heel-palm for self-defense

Heel-palm strike for self-defense:

People think that the all mighty fist is the only way to defend yourself—not true. The fist has small bones in it that you can break when striking something hard. The myth of using the fist to hit the head was formed by movies. In actuality you can fracture the bones in your hand by striking the head and even the jaw and cheek bones, depending how big he is.

Let Sifu tell you a story: I was an x-ray technician for many years. A tough young man came in for an x-ray and he bragged about breaking a guys jaw. After seeing the x-ray, I had the job of informing him that he had broken two bones in his hand.

The heel palm is an effective weapon on the body but mostly against the head. It is difficult to sprain the wrist as it is in the fist. But the fist can be used as a ‘back fist’ with the knuckles striking and smashing the nose. It can be used to strike the groin. So both fist and  heel-palm has their place, but the fist should not be considered to cover everything, it does not.

Sifu