The groin area and face are two extremely vulnerable parts of the body. Targeting these areas of weakness allows you to strike to cause the most amount of pain to your assailant. Therefore, focus on striking either the face or groin area when you find yourself threatened.

For men especially, the groin area is very sensitive. Any physical contact, even in the smallest of measurement, causes severe pain and means that they are unable to respond for at least a few seconds. It is standard practice for someone use their knee to strike someone’s groin when someone bigger than them is intent on doing harm. It is commonly used in movies as a way to escape from the bad guys.