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ELI5: Why if a tall guy gets stabbed, the target is almost always his belly? in c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
[โ€“] anneSong@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I'm a 21 y. o. girl and 5'2", not a guy and not tall anyway. And yep, I'm a fencer.

ELI5: Why if a tall guy gets stabbed, the target is almost always his belly? in c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
[โ€“] anneSong@lemmy.world -1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Getting stabbed in the belly could be as fatal as getting stabbed in the chest. But a belly stab would hurt much more

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ELI5: Why if a tall guy gets stabbed, the target is almost always his belly? (lemmy.world)
 

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.

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
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
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
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
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