Another question! Hitting someone, this time.

[Vertigo]

I'd go for the stomach punch, if what you want to do is put emphasis on the size difference. It's a 'nicely' physical blow and if he gets the solar plexus, then the other person will tend to 'fold' over the fist making them seem even smaller.

 

[kromanjon]

If you're bigger than your opponent I'd figure a good hardy push would acctually do the trick. No reason to complicate things. Or grabbing and pulling could work as well.

 

[Fishbowl Helmet]

Aikido.

http://youtu.be/xy0MFbZ9pws

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Is the purpose to hurt her or prove his strength/threaten? If the latter, grabbing her wrist with maybe a light slap might be enough. By that I mean a sense of helplessness might be more sinister.

 

[Boneman]

Google Bruce Lee's 'one inch punch' and you'll see how body movement (putting body weight behind the blow, rather than swinging from half a yard away) can be devastating. A short, sharp punch in this way, to the solar plexus will drop most people, honest.

 

[Abernovo]

Agree with Boneman. ^
Apart from the throat punch, which can be a bit dangerous if you don't get it right, there's also the 'sternum tap'. Similar to the 'one inch punch', it looks like a shove from the outside.

The heel of the hand smacking into the sternum, just above the solar plexus. Done right, the person will drop, gasping for breath and in pain. Don't punch, though. Cracking the sternum is not good. The heel of the hand is quite hard, so what looks like a shove to sternum or solar plexus can be quite devastating.

For a sneaky method, with your back partially turned when they might not expect to be struck, you could use the elbow to the solar plexus. Depends how bad you want the guy to be.

 

[Brian G Turner]

I'd like one blow, ideally, that illustrates the ridiculous difference in physiques

To me I'm thinking a lazy strike that involves least effort - a heavy slap to the face, head, or shoulders - presuming you want to knock them to the ground, rather than knock them out.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Before I say this, I just want to clarify that I am not a violent person at all....

In 2008 I dropped someone with a throat punch on the tube. I caught him with my wallet in his hands. I didn't mean to be so harsh but the shock, anger and panic made me purposefully go for his throat. I had been advised by my partner how to take someone out under the creed that fighting is bad so take out your opponent and run off.

My point is I don't think I lucky. It was relatively easy and he dropped like a bag of yam flour. I was so shocked. I thought I had killed him and expected to see my pic on CCTV (or the cover of Metro) the next day but did not.

What I found really shocking is when I confronted him, the tube carriage passengers looked at me like *I* was crazy so when I hit him, they must have thought I was a crazy.

Anyway it was the single most scary thing in my life; thinking you have caused damage to someone, crime notwithstanding. (His, not mine!!)

pH

 

[alchemist]

I'm not a violent person either, but good on you, Phyrebrat. (your anxiety at the outcome notwithstanding)

 

[jastius]

isn't it the time honored tradition of taking out a woman by slapping or hitting right near the cheek bone?
ie the julia roberts/ jason alexander scene in pretty woman?
if all you want to do is flatten her..

all the rest of it is over kill.. he is not fighting per se.. he is showing dominance. a display of aggression backed up by a show of physical force..

and it would be funnier if she took him out..
that scenario would be miss congeniality's SING method..
Solar plexus - Instep - Nose - Groin...
( for a man.. for a woman you hit else where-- ovaries/ kidneys instead of the groin)

if she has pulled a knife or gun on him then he just holds her arm down and away and then dislocates her wrist so she can't do that again...

 

[Hex]

She's the bad guy, so in this situation it would be catastrophic if she took him out.

He's not showing dominance, he's knocking her down in the middle of a conflict so that she stops being a threat. I don't want it to be showy or evil but it does need to be effective.

Sounds like a shove to the chest might be the way to go. This is great, thank you

(and Ratsy, I know this sounds like a non-stop festival of violence but those are the bits I don't know about -- I promise there's other stuff too. Singing and dancing and fluffy bunnies and everything)

Phyre -- yey for you. Sounds scary, though.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Heel of the hand to the nose, short punch in the stomach, even a slap across the face sould do the trick. If he's the good guy, then he should want to put her down in the least painful way - even if she is a baddie.

Less violent and far more effective is a sleeper hold that can render an opponent unconcious in seconds; no need for fists, just strength and technique.

 

[Cathy M.]

1. Slam them on either side of the ears. (May cause serious damage however)
2. Slam them with the meaty parts of your arms on either side of the neck. (Not to hard or you could possibly break collarbone)
3. take your palm and smash it into there nose at an upward angle. Causes disorientation, and breaks the nose. It apparently also rarely causes death, but can.
4. take one arm and slam it at a downward angle at the crook of opponents neck. Causes disorientation, and drops them very quickly.

I did some research a while back and spoke to a police officer, and a defense specialist. I needed to know something similar, and these were the tips they gave me.
They also said that using a persons weight and momentum against them is the quickest way to end a fight. Simply throw them down some stairs if you have the option.
Let them run at you and if there hands are up and out, grab there wrist, turn, and simply let them continue down the steps.
I'm not sure if this will be useful, or if its to violent for what your looking for, but this is what I have and hopefully it will help.
Enjoy!

 

[David Evil Overlord]

I have put down a male of the same size (fortunately in a training exercise), by doing something unexpected. All the methods we'd been taught would have seriously injured him if I'd used them, since he was up close and personal, too close for me to throw a punch effectively.

I planted one hand flat on his forehead, and shoved. He landed on his ass. Nothing hurt but his pride ( and maybe his ass, it was a concrete floor, another reason to limit what I tried to do to him).

 

[Glisterspeck]

I have put down a male of the same size (fortunately in a training exercise), by doing something unexpected. All the methods we'd been taught would have seriously injured him if I'd used them, since he was up close and personal, too close for me to throw a punch effectively.

I planted one hand flat on his forehead, and shoved. He landed on his ass. Nothing hurt but his pride ( and maybe his ass, it was a concrete floor, another reason to limit what I tried to do to him).

I like this one. It's cool and dismissive, seemingly requiring less effort than the solar plexus blow.

 

[Wanted Hero]

I have put down a male of the same size (fortunately in a training exercise), by doing something unexpected. All the methods we'd been taught would have seriously injured him if I'd used them, since he was up close and personal, too close for me to throw a punch effectively.

I planted one hand flat on his forehead, and shoved. He landed on his ass. Nothing hurt but his pride ( and maybe his ass, it was a concrete floor, another reason to limit what I tried to do to him).

Love this one. It would also show the cool side of your character--allowing for a comical/serious warning.

 

[Gumboot]

If you're bigger than your opponent I'd figure a good hardy push would acctually do the trick. No reason to complicate things. Or grabbing and pulling could work as well.

This. Unless their victim is expecting to be hit, 99% of the time just giving a smaller person a good shove will send them toppling. Bipedalism is a particularly unstable biological design!

 

[Jonathan C]

Push her.