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Common Myths of militants
We have a generation of people brought a TV and VCR. We - those who learned the possibilities of the human body on such visual aids as "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Fifth Element". Our picture of the world is full of pseudo-scientific notions that have nothing to do with real life. To no longer be expected from the reality of the similarities with the films to be prepared for a real fight, read our revelations. If it was, as shown in action movies ...
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Myth 1: If you hit on the nose, the cartilage may leave the brain and kill
Truth: In certain circumstances, a blow to the nose can be fatal. Unfortunately, among these circumstances are a giant force that the average person is unlikely to manifest in a street fight. The nose is made up of cartilage, much softer and more flexible than bone and cartilage between the nasal and brain are located even bone. The bones have holes only tonyusenkoy nerves, so that the probability to kill someone blow into the nose, quite frankly, ghostly.
It is much easier to reach the brain by sticking a finger into the eye of the enemy and "reach out" to the frontal lobe of the brain.
Myth 2: Turning someone else's neck no more difficult than breaking a pencil
Truth: We all saw as the protagonist of the next flick of the wrist action games folded his enemy's neck and ran cheerfully on. If only it were that simple, the prisons would burst with such "chiropractors." To break the neck, it is necessary to apply a force capable budge 453 kilograms of ... something.
Specially trained soldiers able to develop such a force, however, that the neck was broken, needed more speed and perfect technique. The only way the vertebrae collapse and tear the spinal cord.
Myth 3: cigarette can ignite gasoline
Truth: A lit cigarette could theoretically ignite even gasoline pool, but there is a caveat. For that to happen, it has to burn itself, that is, to be in your mouth. To petrol ignited, the temperature must be 280 ° C, and this temperature reaches a cigarette only when it tightened. Therefore thrown a cigarette to ignite gasoline will not.
Myth 4: Knockout - so, nonsense
Truth: How is the decisive fight in any movie? First, the bad guy butt kicking the protagonist, so much so that the audience despair: a happy ending in sight. Then, if the main character comes to life and begins to beat the offender as if the blow did not cause him any harm. In fact, the real concussion can not be ignored. A blow to the head can also cause bleeding in the brain, and acute neurological problems.
About one in five suffers from boxers boxing dementia. The disease is characterized by slurred speech and deterioration of posture - is the result of occupational injuries. During the period between 1918 and 1997 from boxing died at least 650 athletes.
Myth 5: Clicking on the sore spot on his neck, you can bring the enemy out of action
Truth: Pain in the neck point - vulnerability. Properly working on it, it can cause severe pain to the enemy. Knowledge of pain points, in principle, be useful for those who have to join the fray. However, the adrenaline produced by the body during the fight, it is enough to neutralize the pain. During the battle, more blood flows to the muscle groups tense up, and pressure points the blood flow becomes so strong - this pain is less noticeable.
Myth 6: 90% of fights end with the fact that opponents are lying on the ground
Truth: This question is not disturbed you alone. A study was conducted with 100 videos fights on YouTube. All were clear and unambiguous ending. It turned out that only 12% of the opponents found themselves on the ground. Of course, this is not an exhaustive scientific work, but the data is still interesting.
Myth 7: Dim-Mak (Deathtouch) can kill anyone
Truth: Because of who know this legendary technique? Of course, this is Bruce Lee. And it's not that he performed this attack. His name is often used in conjunction with Dim Mak, because in 1985, article in the magazine "Black Belt" has put forward its associated version of the death of the famous actor. It said that his sudden death could be caused transferred ten days before the strike.
In 1988, the movie "Bloodsport" popularized this notion of "deadly technique", which owned the hero Jean-Claude Van Damme. Science says that Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema due to - increase the concentration of water in the brain. About "Blood Sport" is still debate - is it possible, in principle, to kill a man with a single blow?
Myth 8: You can use keys as a means of self-defense
Truth: They are you that diamond? In our fantasies, armed with the keys (already funny) man looks like Wolverine, claws outstretched. Even in the extreme case, they should give an advantage: they are longer and harder and heavier blow fingers.
Experts agree that it is better to use ... something else. For example, before hitting pinch fist trifle, waving an umbrella or a ballpoint pen. She, by the way, was invented during the Second World War and has become popular precisely because of its suitability as a weapon in an unexpected encounter.
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Myth 1: If you hit on the nose, the cartilage may leave the brain and kill
Truth: In certain circumstances, a blow to the nose can be fatal. Unfortunately, among these circumstances are a giant force that the average person is unlikely to manifest in a street fight. The nose is made up of cartilage, much softer and more flexible than bone and cartilage between the nasal and brain are located even bone. The bones have holes only tonyusenkoy nerves, so that the probability to kill someone blow into the nose, quite frankly, ghostly.
It is much easier to reach the brain by sticking a finger into the eye of the enemy and "reach out" to the frontal lobe of the brain.
Myth 2: Turning someone else's neck no more difficult than breaking a pencil
Truth: We all saw as the protagonist of the next flick of the wrist action games folded his enemy's neck and ran cheerfully on. If only it were that simple, the prisons would burst with such "chiropractors." To break the neck, it is necessary to apply a force capable budge 453 kilograms of ... something.
Specially trained soldiers able to develop such a force, however, that the neck was broken, needed more speed and perfect technique. The only way the vertebrae collapse and tear the spinal cord.
Myth 3: cigarette can ignite gasoline
Truth: A lit cigarette could theoretically ignite even gasoline pool, but there is a caveat. For that to happen, it has to burn itself, that is, to be in your mouth. To petrol ignited, the temperature must be 280 ° C, and this temperature reaches a cigarette only when it tightened. Therefore thrown a cigarette to ignite gasoline will not.
Myth 4: Knockout - so, nonsense
Truth: How is the decisive fight in any movie? First, the bad guy butt kicking the protagonist, so much so that the audience despair: a happy ending in sight. Then, if the main character comes to life and begins to beat the offender as if the blow did not cause him any harm. In fact, the real concussion can not be ignored. A blow to the head can also cause bleeding in the brain, and acute neurological problems.
About one in five suffers from boxers boxing dementia. The disease is characterized by slurred speech and deterioration of posture - is the result of occupational injuries. During the period between 1918 and 1997 from boxing died at least 650 athletes.
Myth 5: Clicking on the sore spot on his neck, you can bring the enemy out of action
Truth: Pain in the neck point - vulnerability. Properly working on it, it can cause severe pain to the enemy. Knowledge of pain points, in principle, be useful for those who have to join the fray. However, the adrenaline produced by the body during the fight, it is enough to neutralize the pain. During the battle, more blood flows to the muscle groups tense up, and pressure points the blood flow becomes so strong - this pain is less noticeable.
Myth 6: 90% of fights end with the fact that opponents are lying on the ground
Truth: This question is not disturbed you alone. A study was conducted with 100 videos fights on YouTube. All were clear and unambiguous ending. It turned out that only 12% of the opponents found themselves on the ground. Of course, this is not an exhaustive scientific work, but the data is still interesting.
Myth 7: Dim-Mak (Deathtouch) can kill anyone
Truth: Because of who know this legendary technique? Of course, this is Bruce Lee. And it's not that he performed this attack. His name is often used in conjunction with Dim Mak, because in 1985, article in the magazine "Black Belt" has put forward its associated version of the death of the famous actor. It said that his sudden death could be caused transferred ten days before the strike.
In 1988, the movie "Bloodsport" popularized this notion of "deadly technique", which owned the hero Jean-Claude Van Damme. Science says that Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema due to - increase the concentration of water in the brain. About "Blood Sport" is still debate - is it possible, in principle, to kill a man with a single blow?
Myth 8: You can use keys as a means of self-defense
Truth: They are you that diamond? In our fantasies, armed with the keys (already funny) man looks like Wolverine, claws outstretched. Even in the extreme case, they should give an advantage: they are longer and harder and heavier blow fingers.
Experts agree that it is better to use ... something else. For example, before hitting pinch fist trifle, waving an umbrella or a ballpoint pen. She, by the way, was invented during the Second World War and has become popular precisely because of its suitability as a weapon in an unexpected encounter.
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