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Being short gives me a brutal advantage of exploiting particular vulnerability of a tall opponent's belly in fencing and in case of a fight (lemmy.world)
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I (21f) am 5'5" and skinny. I recently attended a self-defense class, and there I was tought how to use a pocket knife. And as I have some male friends 6'5"+ tall, I thought that that height actually makes their belly particularly vulnerable in case of a fight (compared to a short guy/girl):

  1. a short person's shoulder height is around the same level as the the tall person's belly making it easier to stab/hit;
  2. a tall guy's belly is proportionally a larger target.

And in general, if a 6'5"+ guy stands in front of me with his stomach released (even if he has just a bit of a belly) it feels like having an exposed, large and squishy punching/stabbing bag right in front of me, into which, if needed, I can easily harshly and deeply plunge anything straight away.

I also practice historical fencing (rapier) and most of the times I stab tall opponents into the belly - my favorite thrusts are ducking counterattacks when I duck while they attack, go low and impale a tall guy's unprotected belly right onto my rapier.

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[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You nead to be sneaky, agile to defend yourself succesfully, especially given my short height

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 7 points 16 hours ago

You need to ask the smallest guy you know to wrestle with you. Explicitly tell him that you don’t want him to hold back his strength.

If you want to get fancy with it, give him a white shirt to wear, and have an uncapped felt tip marker in your hand. See how many stabs you can get in before he’s completely overpowered you, which he certainly will.