Personal Defense
How Viable is a
Front Kick in Self
Defense?
By Bill Kipp
R
ecently I was talking with a
group of well-trained burly
cops about the front kick as
being impractical in self defense,
especially against the groin
area. Their argument was
that they try and kick each
other in the groin during training and are not able to successfully hit it. Now the
first thing I take into account when I hear any
sort of absolute self
defense statement is
to consider in what
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Dojo Digest • April 2014