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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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago

Haha, exactly

Are you a tall guy yourself?

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Well, I guess you understand that I referred to training rapier - you cannot pierce your opponent's stomach with it anyway. So its not literally "impaling" lol

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

No, its not a "weird fetish or something". Just wondering, are you a tall guy? If so, then yep, acknowledging such vulnerability of your gut can be unpleasant, I can see that lol

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Of course I know and understand that.

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -1 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

I just wanna hear more opinions

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -4 points 15 hours ago (12 children)

How about "Everyone has a plan until they get stabbed in the belly by a short sneaky girl"? 😉

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

Well, my self-defense is to plunge my knife up to the hilt into a tall attacker's belly and then if necessary even twist the blade there or move it quickly in his gut so that the attacker gets literally gutted. So, you better don't underestimate me, lol

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

Yep, thats true as well, lol

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[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, I'm pretty good at landing those ducking counterattacks into a tall opponent's belly, even when the surprise element is kind of gone. The key issue here is to be quick, to duck lower under the opponent's blade and to disengage quickly enough after I land that hit into the stomach. Such a kind of counterattack is called 'passata soto' by the way. I rarely get hit in the head when doing it.

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 in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] anneSong@lemmy.world -4 points 15 hours ago

I just wanna hear more opinions

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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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Is it true that being short gives me a brutal advantage of exploiting particular vulnerability of a tall opponent's belly in case of a fight? (lemmy.world)
 

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 your belly particularly vulnerable in case of a fight (in comparisson with short people):

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

What do you think about it?

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