The video has a good point. The hips hold up the rest of the body and arteries run through it.
Is Pelvic Shots A Good Defense Technique?
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The video has a good point. The hips hold up the rest of the body and arteries run through it.
I know from personal experience that pelvic shots are extremely effective.
While in Afghanistan and places... many of the enemies had heavy flac jackets or plate carriers covered by their goat skin jackets. You could not tell if they had any protection.
But they never had anything from the waist down. Head, pelvis and leg shots were common.
While in Afghanistan and places... many of the enemies had heavy flac jackets or plate carriers covered by their goat skin jackets. You could not tell if they had any protection.
But they never had anything from the waist down. Head, pelvis and leg shots were common.
Always advocated for this technique, especially since the bad guys started robbing banks with full body armor.
Old Jalopy
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Don't have Twatter, X, Instapfft, and rarely on FaceFarce so I can never see posts like in the first. But face, crotch, and legs. #2 birdshot.
The pelvis is held together by three principal ligaments: iliolumbar, sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments. These ligaments are important stabilizers. They also transfer significant energy from the torso to the lower extremities. As a result, they are susceptible to injury.
I seem to remember Soldiers being prohibited (in training) from kicking or hard strikes to the groin to avoid severely debilitating injuries...
Shooting someone in the pelvis is a "gut shot" and if they don't die on the spot, they'll wish they were dead.
I seem to remember Soldiers being prohibited (in training) from kicking or hard strikes to the groin to avoid severely debilitating injuries...
Shooting someone in the pelvis is a "gut shot" and if they don't die on the spot, they'll wish they were dead.
northny
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The caveat on the pelvis shot is that while it is effective in putting the opponent on the ground, it does not immediately take him out of the fight. It buys you time to end fight
My training was two in chest, but if opponent was upright then two in pelvis, then one in head. If opponent was obviously in body armor, skip the chest shots. But the pelvis shot does not stop opponent from using arms and chest to accurately shoot at you, you have not broken down his upper body.
My training was two in chest, but if opponent was upright then two in pelvis, then one in head. If opponent was obviously in body armor, skip the chest shots. But the pelvis shot does not stop opponent from using arms and chest to accurately shoot at you, you have not broken down his upper body.
Acer-m14
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MikeM
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I was taught if multiple opponents, shoot closest in pelvis to get his aim off of you. Kill shots to the second guy then kill shot back to first.
Right. Pelvis shots slow down the threat. If you have a threat coming at you and the torso shots have not stopped it, the pelvis shot will slow the advance buying time.