Groin attacks attacks myth or reality?

Question

I'd like to hear real stories form girls that used this kind of attack. It was as effective for you or not? (only women versus men stories)

Answer 1

Ypu mean is it effective for a woman to attack a man in the groin to incapacitate him?

Hell yeah!

When I was in second grade, one of the boys on the playground was pushing me around, and when I tried to fight back, he grabbed my wrists. Almost instictively, my knee came up to his groin. He let me go, hunched over, fell to the ground and was crying.

And of course -I- got in trouble for it. >.<

Answer 2

I'm obviously not a girl, but allow me to put forward some words.

Be careful when it comes to making your own conclusions on the how effective 'groin attacks' can be for self defence.

Hearing other people's experience and using this for your self is very subjective. Groin attack success is entirely dependent on the timing and method of the defensive attack and the age, fitness, capability and mental state of both the attacker and defender.

I've been kicked real hard down there (without groin guards) in contact sports (including karate bouts) and can sometimes carry on fighting. What more for someone who may be attacking you with criminal or other highly emotional intent?

If you are in a tough situation against a bad guy, and don't know the background of the person you are defending yourself against (always assume on the safe side that he is stronger than you), and only if it is strictly a matter of your life and death, I suggest that you kick real hard, and the moment there's a twitch of reaction, whack his nose or throat or eyes with your knuckles or elbow or any hard thing in your hands and get out fast.

Never hit a guy in the groin unless you have already been attacked physically or you have every belief that you are going to be hit. In the latter case, if you think you are going to be hit or worse, please make a quick exit without tangling with the hoodlum if it is possible.

Lastly, you don't want to incapacitate or maim a guy for life just because he approached you for some directions.

Answer 3

Both.

Son_of_Gap is right. I've studied and taught self defense for years. In that time, I've taken more shots to the groin than I like to think about. It's painful, but it's not normally completely incapacitating.

The effectiveness of any strike is mitigated by the strength and skill of the attacker and the defender. Groin strikes are no exception. It's true that a well executed strike can cause intense pain and, if executed particularly accurately, nausea and vomiting. Regardless, one should be cautious about overusing the groin as a target area, as it has several inherent drawbacks:

1) The groin is fairly easily defended, because of its relatively small size and awkward position. Most male martial artists learn to twitch their hips quickly when they see an attack moving toward that area. A change in angle of just a couple of degrees will cause the attack to land on the upper thigh, rather than on the groin. The movement is primarily a reflex action (mother nature takes care to protect the means of reproduction), but it can be developed.

2) Although it is easy to cause pain with a groin strike, it is very difficult to cause disability, as compared to other major target areas (eyes, nose, throat, temples, knees, etc.). If your opponent is intoxicated by alcohol, drugs, or just plain old adrenaline, or just happens to have an unusually high pain tolerance, he may not even notice that he was struck until after the fact.

3) Men tend to take being struck in the groin personally, and a groin strike will ALWAYS escalate an encounter. There is a well-documented element of sexual retribution associated with groin strikes, ie. men who are attacked in the groin are more likely to respond with sexual violence. A poorly effected groin strike can turn a mugging into a rape.

Groin strikes can be effective weapons, but they aren't the end all, say all, do all of protecting yourself. In truth, there is no magic button that you can push to incapacitate an attacker. The art of self-defense is a matter of learning to apply to proper techniques at the proper times. It's true that some techniques are more "multi-purpose" than others, but assuming that you can use any one technique to end every fight is foolish and dangerous.

Answer 4

One day I came up to one my exes and tried to give her a hug because she was mad at me. There we're rumors circulating that I cheated amongst females hyping them selves up into frenzies.

Well she tried to knee me in the balls but my pants we're sagging, I laughed at her attempt and didnt feel a thing.

Let me say all these martials artists that want to talk about how effective hitting the groin is, I've heard about dudes that sag their jeans having their groin protected when someone tries to hit them, whether it be a girl or some street fighter wanna be that think what they practice is realistic. It happens all the time.

Another incident is people that come from the gym or whatever sport activity they do will still be wearing a cup, now in my experience wearing shorts and cup isnt enough protection and you can still feel alot of the hit. Someone with gym shorts or sweat pants on probably doesnt have that much protection on their groin.

Now this isnt personal experience because I dont drink but people that are drunk wont really feel much pain from a groin kick and neither will someone who wants to rape and has serious adrenaline. Adrenaline blocks out alot of things.

Ladies, I would steer clear of groin kicks mostly. Especially from dudes who sag.

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Answer 5

groin attacks are helpful but they won't stop your opponent, it might slow them down, but that's not always th case.
they are also only effective if you hit hard enough, I know this from personal experience as well as from years of training.
it will take a lot more than a groin sticke to get out of a bad situation, the stuff you see on TV is not always real, your opponent's adrenalin will help them stay on their feet even if you hit them on the groin so you'll have to do a lot more that just that, it is usually best to knock them out if you can but it will definitely take more than just one hit.

Answer 6

have to echo the generally sentiment about groin attacks. Adrenaline can nullify a strike to the groin. Shattering his nose is equally effective and will bring any size man to his knees.