Originally Posted by
YouKnowWho
You may be able to guide your opponent's arms to a safe place, but you can't keep his arms there forever. If your body is close enough to your opponent's body, his hand should be able to reach to your eyes, groin area, ... That's the price you have to pay to be in the clinching range. This is why, groin attack, eye gauge, bite, ... should be included as part of your combat training even in the "sport" environment. This way, your body will be fully alert.
I agree. Too many sportsmen get comfortable with the idea that these types of attacks are not allowed, this even goes so far as to say they are completely non-effective in any scenario. The most often used example is a famous, extremely skilled practitioner defending against such attacks. The obviously glaring hole in that argument is; Are you as skilled as that man? And are you dense enough to think that everyone will always be able to defend against these attacks 100% of the time against anyone in the world?? If you put your thumb on someones eye and start to push as hard as you can, they freak out. Doesnt matter who you are, if you get into position and can feel the eye in true danger, your body reacts, and you try to escape.
How many of you are hardcore enough to lose an eye knowingly?
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.