Susan:

Bad move as the need to lift the foot that high gives away your intentions. Aim for the ankle, even if you don,t break it, a scraping blow to the boney area is very painful.

For a woman, I recommend what I like to call "The Spider Monkey Attack". Rush the guy and throw your left arm over his right shoulder and dig your nails into his shirt and/or body and hold tight as you press your chest diagonally across his chest and bury your head into his left armpit area and lock your teeth on his shirt and/or his body. Your right hand is free to swing continuously into his groin, preferably with a sharp and/or cutting object. The position of your body makes it very hard for him to pummel you or push you away. After you have stabbed or sliced him up enough for him to notice that he is bleeding, let him push you away and as you disengage, look at his groin area and say, " Oh my God, I cut it off"! When he looks down, slash him across the top of the eyebrows and run like hell. The blood flowing into his eyes will keep him from chasing you and he will still be trying to assess the groin damage.

It is a great manuver for a smaller statured person to use against a larger individual.

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