Quoted message said:The heart hit is all too real. There was a big thing on the news about a
high school football player dieing after an opponent hit him in the heart.
Sure; that sort of thing unfortunately happens. But there are two
things you need to consider. First, the level of impact is far
greater when you're dealing with the mass of an entire football player
running at full speed behind a helmet, versus anything you're going to
generate with a palm strike. Second, players get hit in the chest all
the time in football; many times per game. Death from it is
exceedingly rare.
Your chances of stopping the heart with a palm strike are extremely
slim, to the point of being basically negligable. It may be possible,
but it's not something that you (or anybody) is going to pull off on
demand, and certainly not something that anyone should depend on
happening.
Again, people get hit all the time in the chest, be it fighting or
sports, and very few actually die from it. When it does happen it's a
freak accident; not something on which to base your personal
protection.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Do you have any idea what kind of impact is required to do something
like that? Have you ever watched professional fighting? People kick
one another in the legs all the time; it is exceedingly rare to see a
leg bent, much less broken backwards. And it's a safe bet these
professional fighters are kicking a heck of a lot harder than a
fiftyish bike rider.
This fiftyish bike rider had more than enough leg muscle from hard
riding every day. I used to ride up a 950 foot mountain every day and
you don't do that with weak legs.
You don't think professional fighters work their legs? These are
people who train for powerful technique; their livelihood depends on
it.
