We see it in the movies all the time… Good guy gets surrounded by about a dozen bad guys, punches each once or twice and they lay unconscious on the floor, while he works on the others. Meanwhile, if you’ve been in a fight, you know that it takes a lot of energy and endurance to even get someone athletic on the floor. This article is going to take you through the science of a knock-out and what causes someone’s body to shut-down after suffering one hit from the attacker.
The main concept is to aim for the jaw or chin. Why? A knockout can be caused by stimulate the vegas nerve through the baroreceptors in the carotid artery (artery in the neck). Which lies along the angle of the jaw. The strike sends the brain sliding inside the skull, which causes a chain reaction. As the brain slides to the back of your skull, the contact will cause your nerves to experience trauma.
In essence, the strike from the front of someones skull will also cause damage the the back of the brain, by their brain sliding to the back of their cranium. The trauma experiences from this series of events, causes the nerves to short-circuit.
You also want to focus on maximizing the amount of damage that you can cause with one strike. The power behind punches rests in your stance and footing. The momentum from your feet turning all of your momentum and strength and channeling it all through your fist will give you maximum force.
*Remember to keep your core solid and your wrist locked to avoid hurting yourself.
This video is definitely worth a look a a visual aid to the above content.
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