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ELI5: Why if a tall guy gets stabbed, the target is almost always his belly? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 hours ago by anneSong@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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Why in case of a stab (especially if the person stabbed is significantly tall) - its the belly which usually gets wounded?

I (21f) am a pretty short (5'2") fencer (HEMA, rapier), and I often get advice to target a tall opponent's belly with my rapier. Also I've attended a self-defense class, and the instructor gave me advice to go for the abdomen of a tall attacker, if I have a pocket knife in my hand.

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[โ€“] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Why are you so weirdly specific and focused about this topic in particular? Yesterday you posted about this same topic and deleted all your comments and the post itself.

It's... peculiar, to say the least.

[โ€“] clean_anion@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago

If I recall correctly, there were multiple posts in different communities.

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