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SUMMARY:Combatives #8: Straight Knees
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DESCRIPTION: Straight knees and half-roundhouse knees (yellow belt)
Once you know how to straight kick, you know how to straight knee. Knee attacks provide some of the most punishing strikes and a strong finish to any technique. Elbows and hammerfists are strong follow-up combatives into pretzels.
Knee your opponent with the same technique you use to kick. Rather than make contact with your foot, however, you’ll jam your kneecap into your target. By returning to your left outlet stance, you will rechamber your knee which provides additional powerful and debilitating strikes.
Straight knee
   
Kneeing with your rear leg will connect with enormous power to your opponent’s groin, thigh, and midsection. You can also knee an opponent in the head if you feel him with a strike lowering his level to allow you to target his head with a knee. Elbows are strong follow-up combatives into pretzels.

Pivoting on your non-kicking or base leg (in this case, your rear leg) is the key...

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