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Preface: I AM IN NO WAY A MARTIAL ARTS EXPERT. What follows are observations and assumptions based on the most common aspects of Zombology. Yes it's a word. Shut up.
Hand to hand, the choices seem limited. Zombies feel no pain, so pressure points, etc are useless. They can't be knocked out. A skull is one of the hardest bones to shatter. They don't need to breathe, so they can't be choked.
So what is left? Well they attack by grabbing and biting. Limited attack moves. They don't sweep the leg, they don't roundhouse you like Chuck Norris. Just grabbing and biting. The first defensive move then, is to either block, or escape a grabbing attack. Once free, you can run.
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Zombies don't have great co-ordination, so you could try to throw or trip them.
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If they can't bite you, they are less of a threat. So a broken jaw would be a good offensive target.
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Preventing them from running after you or from grabbing you would be a good second best. Remember that since they don't feel pain, you are looking to break the limbs, something that requires both strength, and precision, since you need to aim for the either the joints or the centre of the bone. Joints are held together by muscle, tendon and cartilage, which will tear and break much more easily. Bones are fairly inflexible, but the point that flexes the most is equidistant from either end. Always go for the lower half of the limb. Radius and ulna break more easily than the humerus, and the tibia and fibula break more easily than the femur.
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Finally, you could try breaking the neck. Not recommended for amateurs. By doing this, you are severing the spinal cord, preventing any brain signals to the body. Whilst this might also kill the zombie, the goal is incapacitation to allow you to escape, or grab a weapon and finish it off.
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Most people on this site are proponents of one martial art or another. But these are all fundamentally flawed, in that they are conceived and refined around the conecpt of one human fighting another human. Whilst zombies are physically humanoid, their physiology gives them core differences in technique and capacity for punishment.
For those who are skilled at any particular discipline, please feel free to update this page with moves and techniques that you think are beneficial. The goal of this page is to combine all the appropriate existing techniques, add new ones, and eventually define a style for dealing with the undead.
In World War Z, it is referred to as "Mkunga Lalem", which means The Eel and the Sword. I am open to alternative names though, since this will be a ZSDW collaberation.
Hand to hand, the choices seem limited. Zombies feel no pain, so pressure points, etc are useless. They can't be knocked out. A skull is one of the hardest bones to shatter. They don't need to breathe, so they can't be choked.
So what is left? Well they attack by grabbing and biting. Limited attack moves. They don't sweep the leg, they don't roundhouse you like Chuck Norris. Just grabbing and biting. The first defensive move then, is to either block, or escape a grabbing attack. Once free, you can run.
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Zombies don't have great co-ordination, so you could try to throw or trip them.
[Captions to go here]
If they can't bite you, they are less of a threat. So a broken jaw would be a good offensive target.
[Captions to go here]
Preventing them from running after you or from grabbing you would be a good second best. Remember that since they don't feel pain, you are looking to break the limbs, something that requires both strength, and precision, since you need to aim for the either the joints or the centre of the bone. Joints are held together by muscle, tendon and cartilage, which will tear and break much more easily. Bones are fairly inflexible, but the point that flexes the most is equidistant from either end. Always go for the lower half of the limb. Radius and ulna break more easily than the humerus, and the tibia and fibula break more easily than the femur.
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Finally, you could try breaking the neck. Not recommended for amateurs. By doing this, you are severing the spinal cord, preventing any brain signals to the body. Whilst this might also kill the zombie, the goal is incapacitation to allow you to escape, or grab a weapon and finish it off.
[Captions to go here]
Most people on this site are proponents of one martial art or another. But these are all fundamentally flawed, in that they are conceived and refined around the conecpt of one human fighting another human. Whilst zombies are physically humanoid, their physiology gives them core differences in technique and capacity for punishment.
For those who are skilled at any particular discipline, please feel free to update this page with moves and techniques that you think are beneficial. The goal of this page is to combine all the appropriate existing techniques, add new ones, and eventually define a style for dealing with the undead.
In World War Z, it is referred to as "Mkunga Lalem", which means The Eel and the Sword. I am open to alternative names though, since this will be a ZSDW collaberation.
