Let’s first look at one of the biggest self defense mistakes you’ll see on the street…

You see, in many street fights caught on tape, two people will stand there, trading blows back and forth.

Both parties are simply trying to win a street fight by being the first to land the best lucky blow.

That is not self-defense.

That is foolishly punching away, exhausting yourself in the process.

Even worse, as soon as your attacker gets in a good punch, your natural reaction will be to cover up, giving every ability to pound away at you while you try to defend yourself.

Here’s what you need to do instead…

The Secret For How To Win A Street Fight

If you want to win a street fight, you have to switch from self defense to self “offense”.

What I mean is that you have to take the attack to the person you’re fighting and create “forward drive” momentum.

Basically this means moving forward with your body to unbalance your attacker and get his brain and his body reacting to your attack as opposed to focusing on attacking you.

By displacing your attacker, you take away his structure and ability to counter-attack and likely causing him to fall or stumble backwards so you can follow up with other self defense techniques.

Here’s how to do it…

How To Create “Forward Drive”
In A Real Street Fight

The easiest way to train yourself to own the offense and create forward drive in a real street fight is to simply look at it as replacing your attacker’s body with your own when you strike him.

When you step in to punch, you want to move your entire body forward, stepping in and making sure that you get your feet at least at the point of your opponent’s center of gravity or beyond it.

The best self defense techniques to use for this close quarters combat move are such strikes as palm heels, elbow strikes, and forearm strikes.

As you step and strike, covering your body at the same time, you come in – you hit – and at the same time, move your body into the opponent’s spot.

In A Real Street Fight,
Don’t Stop Until HE Stops!

In any self defense scenario, you never stop fighting until your attacker stops being a threat.

That’s why when you step in with this forward drive, you keep on moving forward, driving through and following up with other strikes.

By remaining balanced and mobile, you completely take away your attacker’s structure and ability to fight back.

This is one of the key concepts you must master to win a real street fight and is key to your successful self defense.

Cornered like this, most people would simply cover up and pray for mercy in the hopes of not getting beaten to death.

I mean, what self defense techniques could you possibly pull out to escape such a hopeless situation in a real fight, right?

Well fortunately, defending against multiple attackers who’ve pinned you isn’t as hopeless a scenario as you might think.

Fighting Multiple Attackers In
Close Quarters Combat Against A Wall

Ok, you’re jacked up against a wall by several attackers with nowhere to go.

No matter how much you can bench press, the force of the other fighters is too much for you to push against in order to escape.

But while your brain is thinking “push”, simple street fight physics dictates that the path of least resistance is your best technique for self defense.

You see, while you may not be able to push multiple attackers forward, your body does have mobility from side to side.

In fact, the more your attackers push forward, the more lateral movement you have as their force actually provides you with additional sideways mobility.

Sneaky Street Fight Self Defense Technique
To Crumple Multiple Attackers Like Magic

It doesn’t matter if you have two fighters or thirty-five fighters pinning you against a wall, the self defense technique I’m about to describe to you will work almost like magic.

But you have to act fast because you want to avoid getting punched as much as possible.

Your first move is to choose just one single person among the multiple attackers you’re facing, preferably the person closest to you, but it really doesn’t matter as long as he’s in the close quarters combat zone.

Now, reach for that person and choose any close target where you can gain leverage.

My favorite is his chin because when it comes to street fighting, if you can control his head, the rest of his body will follow.

However, any close leveraging target, such as the inside or outside of his elbow, will work.

Now, with one hand, reach up and quickly push your target sideways as he’s pushing in toward you.

Having your back against a wall will actually give you something to push off of to gain more stability and power.

At the same time as you’re pushing, shift your body in the opposite direction, moving laterally along the wall.

How This Street Fighting Technique
Defeats Multiple Attackers So Fast…

Ok, this is where this amazing street fighting move does its magic.

Because the force of the multiple attackers are pushing in toward you, as your body shifts out of their way, their momentum remains moving forward.

As you push one of the attackers sideways and move along the wall, you’ll find that all of the fighters instantly implode on one another, likely falling to the ground in a crumpled mess while you make your escape through the opening you just created.

Sound like a street fighting fairytale to you?

Well you don’t have to believe me that this multiple attacker move works.

Get five, ten, or twenty of your friends to pin you against a wall as hard as they can and prove it to yourself by using this simple self defense technique.

Unfortunately, despite its power, the uppercut also has its disadvantages when it comes to fighting.

I’ll explain why and also show you a simple trick you can use to make your uppercut an even more effective self defense technique to knock someone out:

How To Knock Someone Out With One Punch:
The Uppercut

First, let me explain why the uppercut is such a great self defense technique for how to knock someone out.  You see, when an uppercut comes in, it does so from below the attacker’s field of vision so he won’t see your punch coming until it’s too late. This means that your strike has a better chance of reaching its target and less chance of being blocked.  That also means a better chance to knock someone out.

When the uppercut hits the opponent under the chin, it slams his head back.  Besides jarring the brain, this whiplash effect triggers the nerves in spine as the skull slams back and down into them.  This is one of the main reasons why the uppercut has earned such a reputation as a knockout blow.

Another strength of the uppercut is that it takes advantage of the body’s centerline.  Your centerline is the area that runs vertically along the body and is difficult to protect.  The path of the uppercut comes up and in along the centerline, shooting straight up the body and targeting the chin for a one punch knockout blow.

But there is a problem with the uppercut as well.  For one, the chin is a relatively small target.  Since in a real self defense scenario, you won’t be wearing boxing gloves, there’s a good chance your punch will miss its target.  Even worse, when you do make contact, it’s very easy to fold your wrist over, potentially breaking or straining it.

There is a solution however.  Instead of using the traditional knuckle punch for your uppercut, throw the same strike but with the palm of your hand, using the hard area just above your wrist instead of your knuckles.  You still have all the benefits of the blind attack up the body’s centerline, and you’ll deliver incredible power, but you’re much less likely to be injured from your punch.

Of course, you may not get a knockout from your uppercut so you must be prepared to follow up with other self defense techniques.  Fortunately, using your palm for an uppercut has its advantages there as well.  For example, you could choose to follow your strike with a clawing rake down the face.  You could also grab the back of the head, turning the blow into a clinch and knee-strike.  Even if you miss with your palm heel, you’ll be in the perfect position for these follow-ups, which can be delivered explosively and brutally to defend yourself in a real street fight.

In summary, the palm heel strike under the chin has all of the uppercut’s strengths and none of its liabilities. It gives you more options in a real street fight, both as fail-safes and as follow-ups.  An uppercut is a powerful strike, but a palm-heel delivered in the same way is simply a much more effective self defense technique for how to knock someone out with one punch.