Originally posted by Serenity
Did I not say he obviously had no idea what he was doing? While the cheeck may be perforated, it puts up a lot more resistance than say, the gut. Theres no part of the human body impervious to damage, but I'd say the cheeck is pretty solid compared to the rest of your body.
Holy sheet, I missed this until now.
From what I can gather, you've never been in a real fight in your life (yet, and you're 15, so that's no insult, etc.). You don't look to be too athletic (again, no insult, odds are physically you're going to be a lot different by the time you are 18-20).
Because of this, listen up for a second or two.
The 'cheek' is not all that solid. When you say 'gut', I'm assuming you're referring to the abdominals, and not a specific target like the solar plexus.
Unless your target is a complete fatass with zero conditioning, the 'gut' will take a hell of a lot more punishment (in the form of blows) than the 'cheek'. The 'gut' is composed of some serious muscle, and unless you hit someone there while they are sleeping, or totally unaware, the damage you do is going to be pretty limited.
'Solid' things can be
broken, and if/when they are broken, they tend to cause all sorts of problems. Whatever they support/protect is now 'all f*cked up', and that causes other failures.
Also, as Steve Bailey pointed out - solid bone not protected by muscle a fairly thick layer of tissue can be a pretty good target. It often has nerves (that are 'unprotected') around it, blood vessels, etc. A simple harmless example would be to get one of your buddies to grab your shirt with 1 arm, that arm being extended. Put your thumb on the ribs right under the armpit of the extended arm. Jab those 'exposed, solid bone' ribs with your thumb and see what happens.
Then again, a 2d year Judo student should already know this.
And as for the broken bones causing all sorts of problems, another example might be "How did the guy whos ribcage you crushed with a kick" "get away". People with crushed ribcages don't run very well.
Go actually take Judo, and boxing as well. You'll get rid of some really dangerous delusions, you'll be more confident too. That's why I got into MA/boxing at a fairly young (very young for the era) age. I was getting picked on...a lot. I was getting into fights and could not hold my own.
-Mike/wulfie
